There was no better way to spend Easter weekend than the glorious Island of Bali Playing Frisbee!!I left HCMC with Jeigh and Tino on Wednesday to start off the adventure! It's funny how realistically Bali is only about 4 and a half hour fly time however it still took us all day to get to Bali!! By the time that we arrived in Bali it was dark, so we met up with Hoa, baby Hannah and David for supper and some exploring around Kutu. Kutu is the touristy part of Bali. The oddest part is that the main road is a one way road and you have to walk a long way before you hit a cross road.
Thursday a bunch of us went up to Ubud. Ubud is the main shopping Mecca of Bali, they have everything and anything that you could ever want. It was odd cause the stuff that they have sold hasn't changed since Erin was there. I saw the same thing that we have in our house that Erin brought back. For lunch we went to a local restaurant for some traditional suckling pig. It was fabulous so tender and juicy. I can't say that I was the biggest fan of the crunchy skin that you get served or the blood sausage but the rest of the meal was fantastic! After lunch we ventured to Monkey Forest. These monkeys were the absolute opposite to the ones that Em and I saw on Cat Ba in Vietnam. They were the most tame and well somewhat friendly Monkeys, they honestly didn't care how close you came! It was OK until I was attacked by a monkey!! All I was doing was minding my own business taking a rest on a bench, and the next thing I know I have a Monkey on my Back....yes yes insert Monkey joke here.
After our adventure ion Monkey Forest it was time for practice. We decided that there was no better place to practice than the beach! The beaches are huge here! so we had plenty of space to run all the drills and play a great game of pick up into the setting sun! It was unreal!!
I guess I should explain VuDoo (I know most of you are thinking I can't spell) however the Vu is for Vietnam Ultimate and it was only logical to make us VuDoo. We ended up amending it to stand for Vietnam Ultimate Defence Offence Organization, which as you can tell is quite the mouthful...thanks Tino! For the tournament we had bought some Vudoo Dolls (found in Ubud) and David had brought some drums to play on the field as well!
The first day of the tournament team Vudoo went undefeated, we had some really great games. Especially against the top ranked team in the tournament Freakshow! The second day we made it thru the pool play and came out 1st, so we earned a Bi into the Semi finals. In the Semi Final we faced Shiok, it was a great game, extremely long points! Usually the games go to 15, our score was 9-8. We didn't even make it to half (which was at 7 points) due to time Cap. That game was probably one of our hardest fought and most fun games of the tournament!
In the final we had to face yet again Freakshow. Freakshow, for as long as most people can remember has won this tournament, so we knew that we had another tuf game coming up! In the final there was no time Cap and so it was the first team to 15. Well the final game lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes!! Unfortunately we ran out of steam and Freakshow came out on top 15-10. I'm so impressed with the team, it was the first time that we had a team from Vietnam in the tournament and most teams had no expectations for us. So coming out and turning some heads was unreal!
After the game was the tournament party with the theme of "out of the Jungle" Lester had arranged the teams' Jungle inspired outfits. The night was full of drinks, dancing and bungie jumping! Team Vudoo went out in style and if there was an award given out for best partiers it would for sure be our team!! Most of our team was partying hard till the next morning!
In the final we had to face yet again Freakshow. Freakshow, for as long as most people can remember has won this tournament, so we knew that we had another tuf game coming up! In the final there was no time Cap and so it was the first team to 15. Well the final game lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes!! Unfortunately we ran out of steam and Freakshow came out on top 15-10. I'm so impressed with the team, it was the first time that we had a team from Vietnam in the tournament and most teams had no expectations for us. So coming out and turning some heads was unreal!After the game was the tournament party with the theme of "out of the Jungle" Lester had arranged the teams' Jungle inspired outfits. The night was full of drinks, dancing and bungie jumping! Team Vudoo went out in style and if there was an award given out for best partiers it would for sure be our team!! Most of our team was partying hard till the next morning!
Our final day in Bali Lester took us around for the Lester Tour! We started the day off with a cozy massage. This is the best way to spend the day after a tournament! We enjoyed and hour and a half full body massage..Heavenly!!After the massage we went for a Balinese Feast! I have had some Indonesian food when Erin introduced it to us, but it was great to taste it there. I was sad that the restaurant had run out of my favorite dish Rendang, however the rest of the food that they had more than made up for it!
After lunch we headed out to Paradise Beach...which held very very true to it's name, the waves surf and sun was a great combination! In Bali you can rent a surf board for $10 so we had alot of fun!! It was great to take Mai to the beach she doesn't really know how to swim, but she was so eager to learn! She was far more brave that I think most people would be, she jumped right into the ocean and enjoyed the waves! She was hit however pretty hard by the surf while trying to get out, but was still ready to get back into the water again ( well a little later after she recovered from being hit 3 times in a row!) We watched the sun set at the beach, then headed back to hotel for a quick swim in the pool, and some Frisbee throwing.
That night we went out to eat Greek food, i know it seems odd to be in Bali and eat Greek however it was worth it. It had been a long time since I had Greek Food.Actually I think it was in Penticton before I flew out here. After Dinner we headed to Ku De Ta , which has been voted one of the top 10 restaurants in the world! It was very nice, we missed sunset there which I guess is their specialty, they have big lounge couches that you can spread out in to watch the ocean or the sunset (which they time t music). There was 8 of us sharing a couch chatting and enjoy our last night in Bali.
That night we went out to eat Greek food, i know it seems odd to be in Bali and eat Greek however it was worth it. It had been a long time since I had Greek Food.Actually I think it was in Penticton before I flew out here. After Dinner we headed to Ku De Ta , which has been voted one of the top 10 restaurants in the world! It was very nice, we missed sunset there which I guess is their specialty, they have big lounge couches that you can spread out in to watch the ocean or the sunset (which they time t music). There was 8 of us sharing a couch chatting and enjoy our last night in Bali.
Monday it was an early flight back to HCMC...I wish that I had a few days more in Bali as there was still a fair amount that I have yet to see. However that just means that i will have to go back again!!
I hope that everyone had a great Easter Holiday.. I miss you all.... keep writing I love the updates!!
Love
BC/Sarah
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