Seminyak, Monday.

We enjoyed a quick vist from the newlyweds Beau and Jess on Saturday just as they were doing the rounds prior to flying back to Melbourne Saturday night. There was even more leftover stubbies and yet another bottle of wine to add to our collection.

I made a pretty good fist of finishing some of the beer off on Sunday but I am suffering just a little today (Monday).  I am usually a mid strength beer maker nowadays so a session on heavy can be hard going for me.

Footy watching took up much of the weekend which didn't deliver good results for either Trish or myself. I headed down the street to watch my game as it wasn't covered on the in-house TV.

The photo above is one taken around the hotel pool. We have booked a late checkout (6pm) for Wednesday and a car to the airport will take around an hour and costs $20.

Today Kuta and the Discovery Mall was our aim.  We grabbed a cab (we have been told only use Blue Bird cabs as they are obligated to use the meter) and around 40 minutes later and at a cost of $4:50 we arrived at the Kuta Discovery Shopping Mall.  We had a good look around and even checked out the Kuta Beach nearby which wasn't too flash just here.

Discovery Mall even has a Marks and Spencer section so sections of the Mall were quite upmarket. After checking out a few places in the air conditioned Mall we ventured out for another look around the local Kuta main street. Perhaps Kuta is where we should have stayed?  There are many more eating options there with large areas of eateries catering for many tastes.

We especially like our Asian food and we found a nice looking place that had Murtabak and the Indonesian form of our Malaysian favorite Koay Teow. The Murtabak (a large thick roti/pancake with ground beef, vegetable and spices inside) was sensational and the Koay Teow was good too. Despite feeling a little queasy along with any associated toilet hassles, I really got into the food.

The tummy has been fine, the Murtabak was sublime!

That's the restaurant in the photo above.

We walked for about 20 minutes then hailed another Blue Bird cab back to our Seminyak hotel. This was a much quicker ride and therefore cheaper at $3!

I might grab a quick swim later today before heading off for more eating and possibly just a little drinking.