We hang around the pool & son now feels a little better and comes for a swim.
Has been a bit frustrating with him not well, as I had planned to do a lot more shopping & visit places and restaurants on my 'to do' list....oh well, there always next time.
We arrive at Puri Cendana in Seminyak and fall in love with this little hotel immediately. At reception are 4 resident dogs, the kids found out their names were Doot, Kum Kum, Minny & Umyule.
We walk along a path through beautiful gardens to our room on the ground floor and my visualizations for a room near the pool have worked. We step through double doors into the room & it's gorgeous old style Balinese with a big king size 4 poster bed with mozzi netting.
Through another set of double doors & step down into a bathroom with enormous terrazzo stone bath. The bathroom is surrounded in glass windows looking out into a tiny garden. There are blinds pulled halfway down, but you cannot get outside to pull them all the way down. My son points out that people in the building beside us might be able to see us on the toilet & in the bath/shower. Oh well, I don't know them I say!
This place is a real gem, inexpensive and a short walk to the beach. In wish we had longer than 2 nights here.
Over to pool area for a swim & some lunch.
Son feeling tired so he has another rest while daughter & I find the laundry. I read on TA there was one near the restaurant Delicious Onion, another place on my to do list.
Back to pool for a swim then my daughter had her nails painted with little flowers & I have 30 mins of reflexology. There is a little thatched roof bale near the pool for the treatments, so it's very tranquil. Daughter also has her fringe braided, great for keeping it out of her eyes. She falls asleep on the massage table for 45 mins! I sit on the sun lounge and relax and the girls let me know when she wakes up.
We return to the room & son doesn't feel like going anywhere, so they watch cable tv. I lock them into the room & I mean literally - there is a padlock! I want to check out the beach on sunset. I'm looking for a place called La Plancha, I had read on TA that it is a bar on the beach & you sit on bean bags while they serve you drinks. Walking along I find many bars, lots with bean bags. Lucky they all have names, so I walk not too far and find La Plancha. Its by far the busiest bar with funky chill out music and coloured beans bags with umbrellas. I take note that its packed at around 6pm and hope my son is feeling better so can come back tomorrow around 4pm.
Back to the hotel & we have dinner by the pool. I had a chilli chicken cashew dish & daughter only felt like a jaffle, son not hungry.
Off to bed, much quieter at Puri Cendana than Casa Padma.....
Location:Casa Padma / Puri Cendana
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