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We had four snorkelling stops during the day. The first stop was in quite an exposed area and it was quite exhausting in the wind and, especially, the chop. It was worth it, though: manta-rays, and lots of them. I’ve never swum with manta rays before (ironically I’ve snorkelled in Manta Ray Bay...

Today was a massive day. At 6:20am we were picked up to be driven to Serangan Island for the start of our tour. Getting from where we are at Canggu to Serangan Island basically involves driving across the whole of Denpasar, so it took over an hour to get there. This is a pretty typical picture...

Our son-in-law contacted a friend who'd been to Bali a few times and he also read some online reviews, resulting in him recommending that we have dinner here: The Warung Sika. This was definitely a new experience for these middle-aged newbies! It was bustling and crowded -- a good sign --...

For lunch we returned to this place: La Brisa on Canggu Beach, which came highly recommended. It's a huge, sprawling (I think I'll be using that word a few times while we're here!) beach-house-cough-bar-cough-restaurant-cough-swimming-pool area. The view from our table... As per @Pushka 's...

After a fitful night’s sleep (I got just over 5 hours), breakfast was delivered to our rooms at 9am. In my half-awake state I forgot to photograph it before consumption, but it consisted of a thick pancake with maple syrup, granola with yoghurt, a fruit platter, juice, and a very strong but...

We’re staying at the Echo Beach Villas and Apartments in Canggu. It’s a sprawling set of 1- and 2-bedroom apartments (the 1-and 2-bed apartment complexes each have their own shared pool), and 2- and 3-bedroom villas (each with its own private pool). We gave our daughter and son-in-law the option...

Will do -- sooner rather than later. Thanks @Pushka ; it's great having you in our corner!

We made it to Bali! Our flight, VA65, ended up being a 7-hour marathon – 7 hours and 8 minutes from gate to gate. We ended up disembarking after 11pm Bali time (1am according to our body clocks). One interesting note was that the inflight internet on our 737-8 lasted all the way until DPS – I...

About 3 hours into the flight and I’m temporarily giving this TR a new name: I’d do anything to spend time with my kids. Even fly 6 hours in 737 Economy Class. Yes, first-world problems and all that. And yes, at least it’s not an overnight flight. And yes, the extra legroom seats do make a...

Me too. I'm heading overseas today so was very keen to click on the offer as soon as I received the email. I've checked 3 times today and the offer isn't there. Maybe we should be asking ... is there anyone who has been able to activate the offer?

Once again, the day has begun promisingly. And as I write this from SYD, our flight to Bali is still on. We started with a light-ish breakfast in the Hilton dining room -- it was crowded, but the quality of the buffet was pretty good. I particularly appreciated not having to pay extra for...

I get the feeling that I'm about to go on a steep learning curve!

There were two distinct elements to today. First, there was the leisurely day on the Gold Coast. Breakfast by the beach… A visit to the surf, where it was not quite warm enough to swim, but were I had a very pleasant walk with my feet in the water… A very quick dip in the pool, followed by...

Thanks -- now all we have to do is actually get there! Flights are running today, which is a good sign. But I'm just off the phone to Virgin and the earliest they can get us there is tomorrow. They've also told us that they won't pay for a second night's accommodation at Surfer's and that I...

Oh, before I forget, I have one quirky/annoying/interesting fact from my observations from row 3 during the MEL-OOL flight. Number of Economy passengers who used the Business class toilet: 4. Number of Economy passengers who were refused entry into the Business class toilet: 3.

Almost immediately after arriving in OOL we were informed that our flight to DPS was cancelled due to the volcanic eruption. A few minutes later, we received another email informing us that we had been rebooked onto a new itinerary: OOL-SYD-DPS … on Wednesday. We were given other options, but...

The day began with so much promise. VA743 MEL-OOL VA83 OOL-DPS Economy Class (EconomyX) 27,800 Velocity points plus $147.95 per person. Most of that $147.95 is tax, so actually the cost is quite reasonable given the circumstances. It is a six-hour direct flight to Bali from Melbourne. But...

Bingo!

Happy to hear that you and your family had a great time. We will be staying nowhere near Sanur ... hopefully there's more than one nice area to stay in Bali!

Going back to the justification for this trip report: I’m a middle-aged, relatively-seasoned traveller, but a Bali newbie. In fact I need to sheepishly confess that my entire experience of south-east Asia is limited to Singapore (which I love). So possibly there are AFF readers who would be...