Review of the Royal Beach Seminyak Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia Review: The Royal Beach Seminyak Our family stayed at the Royal Beach Seminyak for 10 nights in July 2012. The Royal Beach is one of the first hotels along the beach in Seminyak to have direct beach frontage. That is, without a street between the … More Review of the Royal Beach Seminyak

Our last full day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Today is our last full day and we were greeted with a particularly warm and sunny morning. We met up as usual at breakfast at 8.30 am and then Matt and Annabelle headed into Kuta for one last shopping trip. The rest of us headed down to … More Our last full day

Nick and Eleni return day! Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia The morning walk was a most entertaining one indeed. There were hundreds of locals, armed with large bags and kitted with gloves, carrying out a ‘Clean Up The Beach” activity. None to soon is all I can say! I also discovered another large gathering of white … More Nick and Eleni return day!

Lazy Day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia The morning started the same as all of the others; various forms of exercise and then we all met up at breakfast at 8.30am before heading to the pool. Mark and Tom went to the Sports Bar in the afternoon to watch the Swans whilst Ali and I went … More Lazy Day

Downhill Bike Day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Friday 6/7 : very brief for the time being; will update with more detail later. Morning: Mark, Mary, Tom, Ali and Nick: Downhill Bike Tour from Kintamani 7.30am – 4.30pm Evening: Mark, Mary, Ali and Tom: drinks at hotel beach side bar and then dinner at Tekor; a … More Downhill Bike Day

Ubud Day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Thursday 5/7: a brief outline Mark, Mary, Ali and Tom: morning by pool. Afternoon tour to Ubud. Dinner back at hotel restaurant ‘Husk’. Annabelle, Matt, Eleni and Nick: morning at ‘Water Bom’ park. Afternoon: shopping followed by drinks at ‘Potato Head’ and dinner at ‘La Luciola’.

‘State of Origin’ Day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Wednesday 4th July: The State of Origin Day The morning started as usual; I went for a long beach walk and Mark headed to the Gym, along with his sore knees. We all met up for breakfast at 8.30am and after a leisurely meal we then headed … More ‘State of Origin’ Day

Day 3: Tuesday.Lost ‘i Touch’ day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Tuesday 3/7 Mark and I had an early start this morning….5am. We waited for the sun to appear and then I walked whilst he cycled in the gym. We met up with the others for breakfast at 8.30. Matt, Annabelle, Eleni and Nick then headed … More Day 3: Tuesday.Lost ‘i Touch’ day

Day 2 Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Monday 2/7/12 Mark and I started the day as usual with a morning beach walk. We met up with all of the kids at breakfast at 8.30 and spent a leisurely and interesting 2 hours chatting away whilst we dined. Nick and Eleni have a lot of contact with … More Day 2

Our first day in Bali Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Sunday 01/07/12 Mark and I headed out for a morning walk at about 7.30am. We were grateful for the cloud cover as it kept the temperature down to a comfortable level. We were amazed at the amount of rubbish littering the beach and found this rather … More Our first day in Bali