Shopping and Temples of Seminyak, Bali

"collect memories, not things. Because in the end we regret the chances we didn't take."It was the longest flight ever, though we had our starburst to entertain us. We are a perfect match, pink is Sarah's favorite, and red is my favorite. No fighting over a shared flavor. But yes, you'd think a six hour flight would go quickly, but no. It went ridiculously slow, I could almost count the minutes.When we finally landed it was midnight so it was to the hotel, ride the bubblegum smelling elevator and to bed it was. For the adventures began tomorrow.DAY 1:We began the day by finding our way down to Poppies Lane in Kuta. It is markets upon markets upon markets of shopping, we spent all morning, window shopping or batering for goods we wanted. We saw a Fish Spa which we were very tempted to check out but there are a lot of health warnings in Kuta so we didn't risk it.And my god, the wolf calls.Hey beautiful.Do you want a Bali boyfriend?Ya-da Ya-da Ya-da. Do you really think that is going to get a girls attention? It just makes us run away to be honest.After shopping till we dropped, or at least our wallets did. We went back to the hotel to restock our wallets to began to the next location.We jumped in an Uber and went to Uluwatu. It was one of the must see temples in Bali according to the travel guide, its almost meant to have Balinese dancing at sundown but we went in wet season so no dancing. It was still a beautiful place, we walked along the brick path that was beside the ocean and got all views of the temple that was possible, the temple isn't much but that view. Take a good camera.The monkey's were a little bit scary. As we were walking back to the entrance of the temple we had them surround us a bit, for a moment I thought I was going to die, but we managed to run out of there. We had to walk to long way back but it was worth it, in exchange for not being murdered by monkeys.The night had fallen and we were now starving after a day of exploring. We looked up the best night life of Seminyak area and Ku De Ta was one of the names that popped up so we thought why not and checked it out. If you are reading this, it is a must see! Its not a night club or anything, its a restaurant which has day beds facing the ocean. I mean what a perfect view which having dinner with the company you take to Bali.Sarah and I just lay there listening to the waves while we waited for our food and cocktails to be delivered and I don't know if it was just because we we're hungry but that food was delicious.We continued to lay there playing, I spy... until we started getting to comfortable that we were going to fall asleep. But it was just breathtaking, the photos I took of this place can't even do it justice, its just to amazing.DAY 2:As well as Uluwatu... Tanah Lot was another temple that was recommended to see. Unfortunately it was low tide when we went, but it was still worth seeing. Its a temple on a rock formation in the ocean, the beauty of it is that when it is high tide, you need a boat to get over to it.It was a good experience going here except, what is with Asian's wanting to take photos with randoms? We had at least a dozen people we didn't know ask to take photos with us. It was a little bizarre and hard to get away, they just kept taking photos.After Tanah Lot we found a small local restaurant because we wanted to try some authentic Balinese food. There were a few other tourist in this restaurant so we spent the time guessing what everyone's accent was, we were probably incorrect with most of them but it is still a fun time passer. We spent the rest of the afternoon wondering around Seminyak, that's part of the fun in travelling that a lot of people forget. Everyone plans itineraries and does the must see place tourist places, but why not just walk around the neighborhoods and see what the country is like its natural places.When you search Seminyak nightlife, there is A LOT of options, I mean, a lot, a lot. We looked at the websites of a few and decided on La Favela. It was a good choice. The haloumi entree, yum. The hazelnut mousse dessert, oh my god. And that is just the food. The place alone was gorgeous. When you walk in, it is like walking into a forest. Once your inside the restaurant, its like being in a pirates of the Caribbean bar with Spanish and steampunk influence. The soap in the bathroom is spirit bottles, there are bicycles on the roof, a river and a bridge out the back. It is a photographers dream, so have a full memory on your camera and go have fun."Into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul"