Its our last night of
our travels, we left our island paradise Lembongan this morning and came to
Kuta near the airport for the night and this time my pre-booking skills payed
off the guesthouse I’ve booked for our last night is lovely and is just round
the corner from the airport so big lie in for us tomorrow!!! So different to
the one we last pre-booked for the night we landed here 3 weeks ago!!
Our last 2 days on
Lembongan were spent chilling. We rented canoes but then got stuck in a bit of
a drift so quickly went back to shore!! One night we went for a “posher” meal,
which was lovely and on our way back we saw a performance taking place in the
village so we went to have a look. We later found it was a show put on by the local
school and as I looked around the packed audience gathered there I noticed
there was only one other western woman. It’s been the things like this that
we’ve stumbled on that we’ve loved the most. But unfortunalty only part way
through there was a power cut so the show had to end!!!! We went back and sat
on the sea front outside our room and drank beer in the dark while we waited
for the power to come back on!
Our last night (last
night) we had our last fish cooked on Reggie’s special BBQ and watched the
sunset.
This morning we said
our sad goodbyes to mr and mrs Reggie (our lovely hosts on Lembongan) as a
present for us both mrs Reggie gave us a kg bag of salt (could look very dodgy
going through customs tomorrow) and presented us with the biggest papaya I’ve
ever seen, its as long as 2 rugby balls put together!! How the hell are we
meant to fit that in our backpacks, also she obviously hasn’t noticed that
every time we’ve ordered a fruit salad (most days) we’ve left the papaya as we
don’t like it!!!! But the gesture was lovely and we both were very touched,
they told us we are like family now! Mrs Reggie then tied little string
bracelets on our right arm, which Mr Reggie had got when he went to the temple
to pray yesterday. As she tied them on us she said a little prayer and Mr
Reggie told us they are holy and from Lembongan because now we belong
there. We were very sad to leave
but it’s been the perfect ending.
Well that marks the
end of our travels for now and what an amazing 6 months it’s been, exploring 29
different places in 6 different countries; from elephant trekking to moped
riding, sky diving to scuba diving, drinking out of buckets and dancing on
tables on the beach to running in the sunsets, from frozen cappuccinos in Ho
Chi Minh to Luwack coffee in Bali, Erewan falls in Thailand to Peter Andres
Mysterious girl waterfall in Oz, getting lost in towns and cities, walking
round markets, learning to cook Thai style, eating in the street, insect bites,
food poisoning, weird effecting malaria tablets, learning more history and
culture than in any school lesson, the longest most uncomfortable bus rides
ever, overnight trains, feeding a baby tiger……. The list is endless. And
through it all Mister Al’s been right there beside me, experiencing it together.
It’s been truly magical, the memories will stay with me forever- bring on part
2!!!!!! J
But now I’m so excited
to be coming home and to…. Have a hot bath, mums cooking, English tea,
chocolate, chocolate biscuits, sitting on our sofa watching a film, a bottle of
wine, Sandra’s Sunday roast, walk Meg, fish and chips, get a hair cut…… but
most of all I’m excited to see everyone, I cant wait- we really will “SEE YOU
SOON!!!”
Lots of love to
everyone xxxxxxxx
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