Friday we spent chilling around the villa. Wayan prepared some satay sticks and we had a bar-be-que. On our last visit we agreed that the only thing the villa was missing was a BBQ. Gordon arranged to purchase on before we went and it was waiting there for us. It was just a small unit but i did the trick. We left it as a donation for Pedro and Kerry’s Villa.

Saturday was my sister Ann’s 50th birthday – it was also Derby Day. This wasn’t lost on Ann so she arranged her birthday dinner at Sugar Ray’s (Sports) Bar. Dinner was nice and was nice to see Ann and John. The bar was full of Eagles supporters. The Dockers should have won the match but gave it away with similar errors. All in all it was a good night.

Sunday again lazing around the pool. At night we decided to go to Frankensteins Laboratory. We had heard this was a good fun night out. Our family was joined by Jacqui and Ashanti. Gordon and Cristy didn’t fancy it and had some alone time in the their Villa.

It was indeed a good night out. The food and drinks were good and reasonably priced the cabaret shows were no extra cost. There was a live band playing mainly older rock classics. The were very good and interacted with the audience very well. The dance show were called the “Zombie Crew”. They were a very talented street style dance crew. The first set was based around Micheal Jackson songs, while the the second set was newer hip hop style songs. It was fast paced with some humorous parts. Jane has told the staff it was Jacqui’s birthday, so of course they had her on stage twerking to the happy birthday song. Jacqui said she was so embarrassed, but we all knew she loved it. Jane and Jacqui were also invited on stage dancing to Mama Mia.

Monday was Cristy’s birthday. We were here for Christy’s birthday last year. This time was a little more subdued. The girls wanted to explore the shopping in Seminyak and Gordon wanted to buy a dress for Cristy. Gordon and I did some cocktail bar hopping as the girls shopped. It was a pleasant albeit boozy afternoon.

That night we at dinner at Mano Beach House, a relatively new beach club close to Potatohead Beach club. The food and cocktails were great and the view of the beach was nice. The girls dressed up in yellow and white and took a million photos.

Tuesday was a another day traveling into Legian and Kuta. Jane was getting her tattoo, Cristy and I were picking up canvas prints, and all the girls were getting their hair or nails done.

Jane’s tattoo was a small replica of Chewy’s paw print on her ankle.

Back to the Villa for dinner – another BBQ.

Our last day consisted on two meals in Nook restaurant. We went there for breakfast on a recommendation. It was very nice and we booked for dinner.

After breakfast we visited W hotel. Its a high end hotel on the beach at Seminyak. It’s famous for its bamboo tunnel entrance. I’d seen many photos in Instagram and wanted to see and take my own photos.

Out last dinner was at Nook, without Cristy who was feeling ill. Food was a again great. We came home relatively early and Jane and I weren’t ready for bed and there was still some booze left. We took it upon ourselves to knock it off. We stayed up to about 1 am talking BS and drinking.

Thursday was home time. We made out way to the airport about 12.30 for our 3.40 flight. On check-in we found out I;d only booked for 25 kg for the four of us. This caused all sorts of confusion and resulted in rapid re-shuffle of our cases. In the end it didn’t matter because ultimately I had to buy another 15 kg. At $40 this wasn’t a huge burden.

All up it was another fantastic Bali getaway. Travelling with 8 people at times was trying, but learning to relax and accept the differences in people was the key to enjoying the trip.