Bali 2013 - Day 11

Rainy day today.  When it slowed a bit, we walked down to Ibu Putu's for breakfast.  We took our time eating, visiting with the family, and watching the tourists making their way down the Campuhan steps in the rain.  Macaela had a noon appointment to get her hair and nails done, so she left and Jake went with her as far as Londo.  Ibu and I then made our way down the steps in the rain.  It was treacherous, but we made it.  When we got to the bottom, it really started coming down, so we took shelter under the taxi stand for a few minutes.  Eventually it slowed again and we scurried on down to Sama Sama Shop to check on our order.  They were supposed to call us on Thursday to let us know if they could do what we asked and how much it would cost, but this is Monday and we hadn't heard anything.  Our contact Pande, wasn't in, so back up the stairs we went to go home.

Macaela arrived back at the bungalows shortly after we did.  Her haircut wasn't bad; a bit choppy in back, but after washing you couldn't really tell.  Her manicure was a bit sad.  Both she and I said we could have done better ourselves.  She said the salon's scissors were in need of sharpening, and the manicure tools seemed dull too.  The stylist dried Macaela's nail polish by waving an envelope over her nails.  And to top it all off, she had a sour disposition.  Well, we only paid 120,000 (about $12) for the haircut and manicure, so no big deal, although we won't use that salon again.

The rain continued all day, so we stayed at our bungalow reading, playing cards, catching up on photo uploads and edits, and writing.  Thankfully it finally did stop in time for our dinner with Benny and Clive, friends from Australia, and their friends Adrian and Sue.  We met at Laka Leke for dinner and the Kecak show.  This restaurant offers different shows various nights each week, along with a buffet dinner.  The buffet was a bit expensive at about $16 per person plus 21% for tax and service, however, they have an extensive menu of a la carte items at reasonable prices.  Dinner for the four of us, including drinks and ice cream for the kids, was about $35.  The food was very good, and the portions were huge.  We didn't really watch the show, as we were busy socializing.