A Day in Bali

We're exhausted after a long day touring the island of Bali. We started with an earlier than asked for "wake up call". It appears that the front desk person did not have complete understanding of the English language and we were awakened at 5:30. Rather than go back to sleep and miss our 9:00 arrangement with Yonson and kids we got out of bed. Yonson had a van rented and two friends who were our drivers. They took us through many villages with traditional houses, crafts, carvings, etc. We stopped by a rice field where we ate our packed lunch in the car. We went up Batur Mountain and had a buffet lunch (supper?) at 3:00. It really doesn't matter what time it is on this island - whatever works... We stopped at a monkey sanctuary and watched these funny creatures fight and steal Victor's toy out of his hand. I think he's still in shock. Just when Lorraine was falling asleep in the car we learnt that we were scheduled to stop by some friends of Yonson and MaryLynn (just a little out of the way...) Not only did we need to visit but out came the rice dishes, sauces, etc. and of course we were expected to be polite and eat lots. Well, we are back and figuring out a few technical things before going off to bed. Tomorrow we get up at 7:00 and prepare for our flight from DenPasser, Bali to Kupang, Timor. We'll keep you posted.