Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
The Bali Zoo doesn’t get rave reviews, but a fortnight ago we were facing serious difficulty finding children-appropriate activities to fill the last free day of our itinerary. The Zoo had a Breakfast with Orang Utans programme, so we opted
Day 4 was pretty dense with activities. We’d gone west to Jatiluwih, traveled south to Tanah Lot, then back north-east to the Ubud Monkey Sanctuary – and it was just past 3PM when we’d finished at the Sanctuary – thanks
The Ubud Monkey Sanctuary is another hugely popular tourist attraction in Bali, and any visitor to Ubud would at some point go by the spot. The reserve holds more than 700 monkeys over about 12.5 hectares, and roam freely. I’m
Tanah Lot is another area that features high on most tourists’ must-see list of places when in Bali. We’d visited this spot in the early evening 10 years ago for sunset pictures and also long-exposure shots. So, for the 2018
Of all the spots we were revisiting this 2018 trip, the one I was most looking forward to was the Jatiluwih Rice Terrace, a UNESCO World Heritage site. I was keeping my fingers crossed as it rained for most of
The Bali Strawberry Farm and Restaurant is actually slightly downhill from the Bali Treetop Adventure Park and we passed by it on our way up the mountain, and Ulun Danu Bratan – the famous temple by the lake – is
Aside from the workshops, one of the two outdoor activities that Hannah was especially looking forward to was the visit to Bali’s Treetop Adventure Park. The park comprises 7 adventure circuits and 72 challenges spread among them to suit all
Our visit to Phuket last December was already fairly heavy on beaches, so we gave the same a miss this trip to Bali. The Pirates Bay Restaurant is situated right on Nusa Dua Beach, and it was just 4PM by
One thing we’ve tried to do a little differently this trip was not to go full-board consumption mode for the kids. Yes, there would be the usual visits to interesting and scenic places, zoos, parks and the like – but
We were initially somewhat hesitant including Waterbom Bali into the itinerary. This will be the fourth water theme park the kids have been to already in just a few years, and we seriously had doubts whether the park will be
The front balcony of our home @ The Minton is so filled with plants now that butterflies are frequent visitors. And alongside them comes also numerous caterpillars. Over the last four years, we’ve re-home numerous caterpillars from the balcony plants
As these things go, the kids are a lot more excited about traveling than the parents are. Or at least, that’s true for Hannah who for the last week couldn’t stop talking about the upcoming trip to Bali, and Peter
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