Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Day 4 - Fun In the Sun

Because we weren't hot, sweaty or excited enough from being at Turtle Island in the hot, hot sun, we decided to have dinner on the beach so we could release the turtles.

However, we arrived way in advance of our turtles, so we splashed around in the ocean, which felt AMAZING.


"I (heart) Bali"


The outside of the restaurant that served us


Ocean-side dining


I LOVE THIS PHOTO!
I can't help but brag, but this is HOTT!


Vanesha


Whee! Here we go!


Again, SUCH a hott shot!


Mmmm....


With my crazy girls


Poor Pak Agung, getting splashed






Cuuute!


William and Pak Agung






Pak Deky, Pak Agung, Blee Made, and Blee Wayang

("Pak" means "sir" or "mister" in Indonesian; "blee" is more informal and means something along the lines of the same thing, but as a "brother".)




Therrrrre go the turtles!









The last one was a bit slower than the rest.


The girls prayed over it, released it, and cried.

Good grief.


Here's a guy selling corn on the cob. At the beach.
That was pretty much the most awesome, and random, ever!







There were Balinese dancers at the restaurant. This was the only photo I took that looks presentable for my blog; the rest are either blurry or too pixelly.


Dinner!

And, yes, I ate the fish, although the tiny bones were a pain in the butt.


Again, I didn't want my shrimp because it still had its eyes, so Audrey used it as a finger puppet.


Copy cats!


We celebrated some March birthdays with a way-awesome tiramisu cake!


*Yeah, baby!*

Day 5 - More Fun In the Sun/Farewell To Bali

On Friday morning, we packed up our stuff and headed to a water sports area that we went to last year. It was only a few minutes from our souvenir market area AND the airport, so it was a convenient place to hit up before leaving.

The kids and I had the option of choosing a water sport - jet skiing, flying fox, parasailing, or banana boat.

I chose the banana boat, which is this rubber boat here.



Woo hoo! Here we go!
(Don't worry- the speedboat didn't hit us.)




This is called the flying fox. It's a rubber thing that you get in while in shallow water, and then a speedboat pulls it and you go flying in the air.
I ALMOST did this with Audrey...but I backed out of it, and we did the banana boat instead. :-P


I wore Reinhart's awesome sun hat while he went on the flying fox.


Josephine



I have NO idea why William was lying in the sand, but it was really funny!


Permata


Covering Caca with sand


DARLING!


SUCH a candid shot!


Trying to make a sand castle. Mound. Thing.


Sandy girls!
Josephine and Vanessa


Thomas the Fearless Student did all 4 water activities! *yikes*

Here, he's going parasailing!


Up, up, up....


...and awaaaayyyyy!


He landed safely. Hooray!



After shopping and lunch, I made the kids pose for one more photo in the Bali airport.

I told them to express how they felt at the moment. Most are still smiling, so that's a good sign!


Now it's time for bed. More photos another time!