We spent a lot of time just hanging out and shopping on the main street in Seminyak-taking lots of pictures of everyday life in Bali. We saw women carrying all sorts of things on their heads, motor scooters carrying entire families including infants, and lots and lots of statues of various gods.
Recycling cardboard is a big business here in Bali and it's done on foot!
This fella has all kinds of things for sale as he peddles along in his mobile store!We saw people carrying all kinds of things imaginable on the back of a bike or scooter.
Unfortunately this is the one and only photo we have of our beautiful villa, the Samaya. I took hundreds of photos all week in Bali and somehow they got erased from my camera! I still can't believe I lost all my photos, and have decided that we will just have to return to Bali someday and do it all over again! These photos were all taken with Shelby's camera. He LOVED the indoor/outdoor shower so much that he took a picture of it! It looks out over the yard and outdoor dining area, with a private pool and waterfall to the right. The Samaya Villas were voted the Best Romance Hotel in Asia! The meaning of the name Samaya is in old Javanese, a word which refers to the inner sanctum of well being, a reflection of peace and tranquility where one finds refuge, and a message conveying "I am with you". Gotta love it! Peaceful, relaxing, quietly spiritual. I really wish we had the photo of Shelby in yoga position out by the pool - priceless! ha!
Rice is big business in Bali, and there are rice paddy fields just outside of town. They are built on different levels which looks really cool from a distance. Here you can see the villagers tending to their field, and they all have on those cute little hats! :)
Here we are on our morning bike ride. I never knew there was a place that was hotter and more humid than Singapore, but Bali is just that. The sun was very intense and the humidity extremely high. We took at least 3 or 4 showers a day!
Here is another woman with her hands full walking down the beach! Why is it we never see men carrying things on their heads I wonder?
Going out to dinner at La Lucciola, an Italian restaurant next door
This is a petrol station on the side of the road. The scooters pull over and fill up with petrol, which is stored in Absolut Vodka bottles! No pumping gas!
This was taken at the Samaya just outside of our villa
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I took this from inside a taxi. Four people on a scooter was a common sight!
Thought you might like to see Shelby in a skirt! One day we had a driver take us to a temple that overlooked the town below. Because it was a Muslim temple we were required to cover up our legs and they provided these garments for us. Doesn't Shelby look cute?
There were monkeys running wild all over the temple area. Guess who took this picture - and no, it wasn't me! :)
Look closely and you can see the monkeys climbing up the side of the mountain. They were everywhere!!!
That purple skirt was so hot! I don't know how the people can tolerate being covered from head to toe in all that heat!
Another view of the temple
I thought the baby monkey was so cute!
This big guy was not very friendly
View from the Breeze Restaurant at sunset
One of the locals leaving offerings
This is what some of the offerings look like. They are mostly bits of dried flowers and fruits in banana leaf baskets and they are everywhere you look!
One day we went to Jimbaran Bay for a lunch and watched the fishing boats. At the restaurant you pick your fish and they grill it over an open fire in a basket. Yum!
I took this from inside a taxi. Four people on a scooter was a common sight!
Thought you might like to see Shelby in a skirt! One day we had a driver take us to a temple that overlooked the town below. Because it was a Muslim temple we were required to cover up our legs and they provided these garments for us. Doesn't Shelby look cute?
There were monkeys running wild all over the temple area. Guess who took this picture - and no, it wasn't me! :)
Look closely and you can see the monkeys climbing up the side of the mountain. They were everywhere!!!
That purple skirt was so hot! I don't know how the people can tolerate being covered from head to toe in all that heat!
Another view of the temple
I thought the baby monkey was so cute!
This big guy was not very friendly
View from the Breeze Restaurant at sunset
One of the locals leaving offerings
This is what some of the offerings look like. They are mostly bits of dried flowers and fruits in banana leaf baskets and they are everywhere you look! 
One day we went to Jimbaran Bay for a lunch and watched the fishing boats. At the restaurant you pick your fish and they grill it over an open fire in a basket. Yum!
