Ubud, Bali, Wednesday

The open-air shower sounded like the perfect touch in the flyer. Very tropical. Very relaxing. Very sexy.


But upon arrival during a 3-day long tropical storm, it just amounted to a big hole in the bathroom ceiling. Wet toilet seat. Slippery floor. Nowhere dry to hang a towel. It became less sexy, and more of a drag.


But by this evening, the rain had let up long enough to give the girls a bath, and I joined them. And I'm sold again. Feeling the cool breeze in the warm bath, and facing a wet garden in a dim room was quite relaxing. Even with 2 babies splashing next to me.

We hired a car and driver today. Bali is a beautiful island with fantastic scenery throughout, so we took in a few hours of it. The fog was such that the mountain sightings were few and the lake looked more drab then spectacular. But the terraced rice paddies well made up for any disappointments. Too beautiful to describe and too majestic to photograph, sometimes we just stood and stared to take it all in.