Today Gemma took us to Balangan beach. This beach is north of Dreamland and is much quieter. We took lots of photos and collected shells and coral. Before we left we relaxed for a while in a little warung on the beach, and watched the local men fishing from a nearby cliff cave. One caught an octopus, which he brought to the warung to put on ice. He assured me that there were many and bigger if I wanted to go catch my own. We went back to Gemma's for lunch instead.
The kids and I then went to the Dreamland pool, part of which is still under construction. It has only been open a few months, and is quite beautiful, but it looks like it will be spectacular when complete.
We were scheduled to meet some Aussie friends at Jimbaran beach for dinner, so we went back to the house, showered and changed, and packed our stuff for the trip back to Ubud. At Jimbaran, there is a line of stalls on the beach that sell fresh seafood. You walk through and choose your dinner, then it is grilled and served with rice, vegetables and fruit at a table on the beach. You really can get 12" long prawns here, and lobsters with bodies 6" wide, but we passed on those and got red snapper and jumbo prawns instead (only about 6" long).
Made had been waiting for us for about 2 hours when the party finally broke up around 10:00. We went back to Gemma's to gather our things and say our goodbyes. It was midnight by the time we finally got home.
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