Bachelorette Party in Bali

One of the girls we've become friends with in Singapore is getting married in April so in March a group of 7 of us went to Bali for the bachelorette party (or Hen's party as the girls from the UK and Australia called it).  The weekend we went was the Hindu New Year in Indonesia so there were festivals going on everywhere when we arrived.  There were tons of people in the streets celebrating and carrying statues of demons made of bamboo and paper that they were taking to burn to symbolize removing negative elements.  It was really cool to see the festival.  We asked our driver if we could get out for awhile to experience it but he said it might not be safe since there was heavy drinking going on.  It took quite awhile to get to our villa since the streets were so crowded.  There were several times we just had to sit and wait for a group of people to go by.

 

Our villa was absolutely amazing.  It was right on the water and had a huge pool.  Normally there are staff at the villa 24/7 to cook and clean but due to the New Year, they had Saturday off.  We weren't allowed to leave the villa on Saturday because everything was closed and it is a day of silence in Bali.  Since the staff had the day off, they prepared everything on Friday and had the fridge loaded with all of our meals.  It was so cute that they labeled every dish - there were bowls of fruit each labeled for breakfast, lunch and dinner etc.  We spent Saturday just lounging in the pool.  Below are some pictures from the day.

On Sunday, we had an evening flight so we spent the day at a beach club.  The beach had black sand which was interesting.  When people came up from the beach they looked like they had just been in mud.  Hanging out at the pool right next to the beach was a great way to end the weekend!