Bali Vacation

We took a whirlwind trip to Bali last week. I think I already mentioned that Brian's work schedule is supposed to be crazy and uncertain over the next month or two. We already knew we couldn't go at the end of the month as originally scheduled...and decided to go last week since Brian had a guaranteed window of time. So yes it was a shorter trip than originally planned but we didn't want to risk putting the trip off until May/June- traveling to a 3rd world country is probably not the smartest idea during your 3rd trimester of pregnancy.

Our first day was spent mostly relaxing and recovering from our late flight. We swam- the girls loved the mini water slide. We then took the girls to get their hair braided. Mina didn't want her hair done and opted to have her fingernails painted instead. Brian and I did the fish spa...Kaiya and Emi were also brave enough to try it and loved it! After lunch the kids went to Camp Nusa (the resort kid's club) and Brian and I went to the spa for a massage (Brian) and facial (me).


Kaiya and Emi at the fish spa after hair braiding.

The next day we journeyed to the Bali Safari and Marine Park. This place is amazing- lots to do!

Camel rides...


Kaiya held the orangutan for our family picture.

This orangutan liked Emiko.

Feeding elephants.

Riding elephants.

They gave us these hats as gifts after our elephant ride. We had a fun time wearing them around the park. Too bad they didn't make it past customs (they found bugs in the straw)- not a big surprise but I had to try!




We got to try coconut juice. Emiko was NOT impressed.

The next day we ventured on a 15 minute boat ride to Turtle Island. They have sea turtles of all different sizes...sea turtles are caught and brought here for a microchip before being released again. It also has a turtle hatchery but there weren't any eggs (wrong season). The kids loved holding all of the turtles.





They also had a few other creatures besides turtles...I do not know what Mina is doing in this pic...

I think Mina is hysterical in this pic w/a flying fox.

I left a day earlier to get back in time for my girls weekend down south. Brian spent another day swimming at the resort and getting another massage (good thing the kids loved going to Camp Nusa). Of course Brian would get lucky on the plane ride home with Mina sleeping almost the entire way. I'm grateful for a husband willing to fly home with 3 kids by himself so I could have a much needed girls weekend!