Vegemite and Rice Paper Rolls: Bali for Fall Break

We arrived back in Ho Chi Minh City last night after a wonderful week in Bali. After a week of sunshine, sand and sea we are all a little down this morning, we still have the sun - it's a hot 32 degrees today ( it is only 9am,) but there is no beach for us to go to. Holidaying in Bali made us all remember just how much we miss the beach. There are beaches here but with little to no surf most of the time, and the sand is just not the right color it is just not the same.
But back to Bali. I went to Bali 30 years ago and there is nothing I remember it has moved way beyond the sleepy seaside towns that I remember - it's all hustle and bustle now. We had plans to do different things like go to Ubud but we couldn't drag ourselves away from the beach.

So our days went something like this -
1. Breakfast - what to have was always a problem too much to choose from.
2. Beach - surfing, swimming,
3. Back to the pool for a swim and a late lunch
4. Siesta - sometimes a nap, sometimes just a shower
5. Sunset Bar - watching the sun go down over the ocean with a glass of wine, beer, sprite
6. Dinner - A different restaurant every night
7. Bed

Looking back over this, I guess it would appear a bit boring for some but it was exactly what we wanted. We did do a little shopping but only a little for when you live in an Asian country market shopping is just not that exciting, - and store shopping is so expensive compared to here.
The only day we ventured further then the beach was the day we went over to Nusa Dua to scuba dive. So much fun.