Day 14

Day 14

 

Today we traveled with Ketut to White Beach on the outside of Candidasa. White beach is at the end of a very bumpy path that should not be considered a road.  We had about one hour there before the monsoon rains hit us AGAIN.  Sydney loved the waves  - Tara is convinced she is a beach bum at heart. 

 

While traveling to Candidasa, we stopped at a Sorong store where they were made in the back shop area.  We didn’t buy any…I was convinced our driver stopped there only because nature was calling.  The cheapest sarong went for approx $17…to rich for my blood – I’m sure we can get them for half the price at the market – and really…when else am I going to wear one of these other than here??

After the sarong store we traveled to a local market where all fresh produce and spices were sold.  We could tell we were not in the tourist area anymore because no one spoke English – the universal language of a smile seemed to work well, especially for Sean, little guy makes for finding friends easy…

After the market we traveled to Padangbai where we stopped for lunch.  Padangbai is an seaside town where the hagglers try to sell you fishing tours, etc, etc.  Lunch was overpriced and Sydney decided she wanted to test the nerve of both parents. I’m not going to listen to either one of you and I’m going to do what I want when I want – sounds like me after a few beer…after a brief timeout and a discussion on listening everything went fine..until Sean had to be changed in the back of the van…

 

One must understand what stage Sean is at to get a clear picture of what I was facing…Sean likes to twist and turn whilst the filter is being changed.  To add to my pleasure was the natural tilt in the seat causing a further leaning towards facing the backrest versus lying horizontal.  Now, the details here become a bit fuzzy…Tara handed me the Vaseline after the wipe stage…and I thought I handed her back the Vaseline…apparently my definition of handing includes launching the said Vaseline towards her head…well…lets just say that a cool Calgary breeze was felt in the van for several minutes afterward while I apologized profusely for my strength and vigor.  Hey, no stain, no sorrow – van change rules….mine anyway…

 

Returning to our visit to White Beach, after Tara, Ketut, and Sydney went in the Indian Ocean, Sean and I drank coconut juice straight from the coconut. The taste was slightly sweet and very watery.  Tara had previously described the taste as milky – guess I had a bum coconut as I couldn’t taste anything close to ‘milky’.  After sucking back the remainder of the juice (why waste it??) it started to rain, and I mean monsoon rain.  Ketut told us we have to get out of there right away otherwise the road may become washed out.  After an uneventful bumpy ride back up to the road we made the long two hour trek back to Ubud with a quick stop at Hardy’s for some necessities, yogurt, milk, cheese, (gee, can you tell that part of this family is Dutch) and some great little pasteries that Tara just loves… as well as these delicious cheap little pancakes that are sprinkled with different toppings and cut in half (about one dozen for 70 cents)…amazing.  We made it home went for pizza and we put or feet up and chillaxed with two big beers it was so nice.  Sydney watched her I-crack (eye-crack) err I mean Ipod and we just sat …so nice.

Rich had his heavenly four dollar massage for one hour.  We had both decided to do this on a twice a week basis….life everyone…is all good.