Alba Edith arrived safely on 17th January, 2019.
Rachel and Char with Alba and the dog Lola.
One very proud grandfather!
We caught up Rob & Jas and the girls…
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A month-long stopover in Bali on our way to Australia – our first hotel in Seminyak, Bali…
… although situated on a busy road, the hotel had a lovely pool area and secluded grounds.
After a few days to recover from the flight from the UK, we hired a driver to take us across the island to Pemuteran on the NW corner of Bali.
The Taman Sari Resort was idyllic…
Our room at the Taman Sari Resort…
… with its outdoor bathroom…
… relaxing terrace…
… and swimming pool just steps away from the terrace.
View from the private beach of the resort…
… where a fantastic breakfast was served each morning.
While there, Keith was able to do a dive on the coral, which was in good shape.
The dive trip included lunch on this island.
After a delightful couple of weeks, we moved around to Lovina, where we’d anchored in 2013 during the Sail Indonesia Rally.
Our hotel was a bit disappointing but, as always in Bali, the grounds were amazing.
Our hotel was a bit disappointing but, as always in Bali, the grounds were amazing.
From Lovina we moved further south to another of the Taman Sari resorts, this one with just a few chalets in the grounds of the family estate…
As the only guests, they gave us the honeymoon suite!
Once again, we had an outdoor bathroom…
… and our own private grounds!
Once again, the grounds were amazing…
… with an horizon pool overlooking the padi fields.
We enjoyed several walks through the rice padis…
We enjoyed several walks through the rice padis…
We enjoyed several walks through the rice padis.
Finally in Brisbane, we bought a KIA Sportage SUV to enable us to find somewhere to live!
