THE END HAS ARRIVED

So now we are at the last day of our Bali Fiber Tour and the only things on our itinerary today are a trip to the Jenggala Ceramic Gallery.   But before we go there.....a few of us decided to have one last chance at Dewi Mas for batik shopping with Rayyis.  A taxi ride there and 4 of us to share the cost and we bought enough to make the extra trip there worth while. It was fun having one last look around!  The prices are too good to miss an opportunity and leave a favourite piece of fabric behind.

Now if it seems odd to you that we should go to a ceramics showroom on a fiber tour - it seemed just as odd to me.  I walked around a couple of times, but really wasn't interested in purchasing a tea pot or dishes.  Was the stuff lovely?  Well, it was very modern and even though cheaper than home, it was still very pricey.  Some of the people in our group bought a few things, but I was ready to get to the beach in Jimbaran Bay for our seafood dinner.

It wasn't a long way to go to the beach from where we were, however, the traffic is quite horrendous everywhere and at all times of the day.  We went over the Bali Mandara Toll Road  carried by a bridge stretching across the Gulf of Benoa 12.7 km in length.  It took us close to 30 minutes to cross this bridge. The lanes on the bridge are only a suggestion of where cars should travel. Motorbikes and scooters have their own lanes and that helps a lot.  When asked if I wanted to travel in the front seat, I was always glad to be  further back as it was much less stressful not to see the traffic that was coming at us from all directions.

So we arrived at the beach and had about 45 minutes until sunset.  The beach starts filling up with tables and people and families and roasted corn sellers and soon the sun set and our dinner arrived and it was a great night for our last evening together.  We had a meal of rice, bbq'd snapper, bbq'd prawns and rice.  The meal wasn't the best part of dinner at the beach at sunset, however sitting on chairs in the sand, drinking Bintang with wandering musicians singing at the tables made it so very special.  

So our trip to Bali is at an end and it has been a wonderful time.  I made some new friends and was able to know my Langley Quilting friends a little better.  All of us were good travel companions were really had good times together.  My  suitcases and stuffed with fabrics and treasures that I can't wait to disperse or put away when I get home. 

 Bags are packed and we are ready to check out of the hotel and leave for the airport around noon tomorrow.  We leave on a Sunday and come home on Sunday at last gaining our day back from crossing the International Date Line.  I am ready for home and ready to sleep in my own bed.  Thanks for coming along with me...