Living it up in Bali - Villa Style

The first few nights in Bali we stayed in a Villa (Bali Rich Villas) in Seminyak. The Villa was huge with a kitchen, our own small pool and an outdoor shower. It was pretty nice! The only downfall was that much of it was outside and so we had a lot of bugs…but hey it’s Bali! Oh and the outdoor shower takes some getting used to but is so fun!

They say Seminyak is where the hip, trendy, pretty people go. It’s full of small boutiques, cafes, and restaurants. Our villa was only about ½ a mile from the beach but we soon discovered it really wasn’t all that walkable. The streets are really narrow and with so much construction going on much of the sidewalks are unusable. So we ended up having to take cabs at night. Not a big deal but we both like being more accessible to the beach.

We were there on a Saturday night so we did the scene even though we were exhausted. We had dinner at Ultimo, which had the best lasagna I’ve ever had (it melted in your mouth). By the way, we got there at 10pm and the whole street was PACKED! After dinner we decided to check out the Living Room and Hu’u Bar, both of which are lounge/clubs that supposedly are the places to go. Maybe we were there on an off night but it was too much like Hollywood….people trying too hard….only this time they were Europeans/Australians. That said, they were playing good music and the lounges/restaurants themselves were pretty cool to see. We did also catch the sunset at Ku De Ta which is another Seminyak must do. Good music, good people-watching, and nice sunset!

One day we hired a driver who took us down south to Dreamland and Padang Padang Beaches. These beaches were beautiful and the surf was pretty rough so it was fun to just chill and watch the surfers. We also went to Ulu Watu Temple which is on a cliff and the views below are just amazing. Around the temple there were tons of wild monkeys on the path. I love monkeys but you discover quickly that they are really sneaky and will steal anything….hats, jewelry, glasses. They were pretty freaky actually. For lunch we went to the Bulgari Resort which is on the top of a cliff and just spectacular. Somehow we got insanely ridiculous treatment….always a bonus! They tried to get us to stay there, but we had to break the news to them that the rooms were about $1000/night over our budget. Then on our way back to Seminyak we stopped at Jimbaran Bay to have fresh seafood on the beach….we were still stuffed from lunch so barely ate but it was beautiful eating on the beach. This was our favorite day by far and our driver Made was great. He was so cute and even told us he would miss us when we left.....he really loved Darsh. Awe. :)