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Headed over to Bali to spend some time on the beach in January. Normally it’s the rainy season there in January but we got lucky with some beautiful weather for the month. Some days were cloudy and windy but made the temperatures perfect. We even enjoyed a couple of thunderstorms since we haven’t seen any rain since Bangkok in November.

The first 3 weeks there we stayed in Sanur on the SE side. The last time we were in Bali we stayed on the SW side of the island near Seminyak which was not to our liking since it was so overcrowded and a party town. Sanur is a much more laid back area with a beautiful beach promenade and lots of great restaurants. Stayed at a cute little villa with a pool for 5 days until our 2 week house swap began. We had been doing this house swap thing for about 2 yrs now with our apartment in Porto. Now because we will no longer have our apartment in Porto we are trying to use up all of our credits. The Australian couple’s villa was a perfect location since we could walk everywhere from there. Every morning we would start with a walk on the beach and coffee. Then lunch and a dip in the pool at least twice a day. It was nice to be able to barbecue some fish on the grill for dinner and enjoy a movie on their big screen TV.

For our final week in Bali we decided to go north to the Lovina Beach. This is definitely a local beach area where all the Balinese people go for holidays. It was a nice change to get away from the touristy south of the island. Here again we had plenty of time for relaxation and getting some Spring travel planning out of the way. On the way up, we stopped at a very famous temple complex called Ulun Danu Beratan Temple. If you have seen some instagram pictures from Bali no doubt there were pictures of this place. It is set on a volcanic crater lake which gives it this mystical beauty. Our time in Bali was relaxing and productive to get us ready for the next few months of travel in Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. (See some videos in the comments below) 👇🏻