Day 746 - Sneaking into the pool

Before checking out of our fancy room, we found a cheap one around the corner, then hung around until checkout to use the pool - we had to take advantage of it while we had it!!!It doesn't really matter that our new cheap place doesn't have a pool, because we just headed over to the JK where were found mumbles and pops by the pool, with chairs and towels already reserved for us! Thanks Jayakarta!!!

We managed to wile away the morning and early afternoon by the pool, before Carly and Jody arrived, and we decided to change scenes and go out for lunch at Batu Belig beach about 4km away. The taxi ride there took us past typical Balinese shops and the odd temple squeezed in amongst it all! We had a great meal with the waves striking the beach and providing the background music, and since we're on holiday and have time up our sleeves, we walked the 4km back along the beach. As we ate up the sandy distance we tried to avoid walking on the mini crab villages dotted out of the sand - it's really cool to see: the crabs make tiny little balls of sand as they dig their holes deeper, and as the sand balls roll on the surface they create neat little patterns. We made it back to the JK in time for the sunset, which was amazing!It was almost like we got treated to 2 sunsets, as it reflected in the thin layer of water still lazing on the flat sand. It was really cool to see everyone (locals and tourists) out and about, making the most of the cool evening - football games with mixed local/tourist teams, tennis, running, and even a father out teaching his sons karate and stretches. After some refreshing ales and chips on the balcony we went out for dinner down the road. Even though the men asked for their food spicy, it came out pretty mild and had to be spiced up with bowls of freshly chopped chillies - Adam learnt the hard way that you shouldn't touch your face after handling these red-hot chillies!! We figure that other tourists come in asking for spicy food, but can't actually handle it, which is why the meals came out mild - little do they know that these guys love their chillies!!

The people staying in the fancy JK (ie mumbles, pops, Kim and Russell) were keen to check out the rooms of the budget travellers, and then we all settled in for the night.

Adlibing it along the beach.