Denpasar Bali – 12:30 A.M. December 31
With carry on luggage we are off the plane and through immigration quickly. Art changes $100 into rupiah and we set off to find a taxi. Several drivers surround us and Art asks the rate to the Bakung Beach Resort Hotel, supposedly very close to the airport. $2500 rupiah is the first bid and groggily, I encourage Art to just go for it; always a mistake. The driver drops the price to $2000 ($16) rupiah and we follow him to his waiting van. 10 minutes later we are dropped off at our hotel. Art will grumble and remind me of my haste and waste for the remainder of our trip.
Our reservations are in order and the night manager shows us to our room; through a pretty garden, past the pool up to the third floor. It is clean with a balcony and three single beds. We are asleep almost instantly.
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| Denpasar Beach |
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| Trash on Denpasar Beach |
At 7:30 A.M. we wake to the sound of bells and a crying of a baby and step out onto our balcony. Art and I leave John sleeping and walk the several blocks down to the beach. Fishing boats are out on the placid water and drift wood and debris, from the recent storms are in piles, waiting to be hauled away. We walk to the end of tip of the crescent beach and find other side strewn with washed up yogurt cups and plastic garbage, a sad reminder of human impact to our environment.
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| Bakung Beach Hotel Pool |
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| John Relaxing in the Pool |
The three of us have breakfast in the outdoor dining patio; a selection of fruit, eggs, omelet, toast and a meat and vegetable stir- fry. We drink multiple cups of coffee, watch John swim and wait for Dedi to pick us up to drive us to Penestanna, Ubud.
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