At 8.00am we headed off for our Taro Elephant Safari Park Adventure. After nearly 2 hours driving just missing the storm we arrived. Th drive was really good, we went via Ubud so the scenery was amazing. Through the more traditional Bali we drove through the picturesque rice paddy fields and saw the amazing temples along the way.
We started our adventure with a 35min elephant ride through the Taro forest with the first female mahout I have seen. Go Girls. It was a very relaxing ride and our elephant was well behaved. The ride finished of course with a photo in the elephant pool.
After our ride we feed the elephants and had our pictures taken. We then went down the the nursery to see the young elephants which are very cute.
We then watched the show where the elephants played soccer, basketball and painted pictures. They also did some balancing beam work and stood up on their back legs.
We had lunch at the restaurant overlooking the park. Claire had the fried rice, noodles and satay chicken and I had a bit of most everything on the buffet. The lemon grass beef was amazing.
After lunch we watch a mother and baby play around in the elephant pool for about 30 minutes which was very enjoyable to watch.
Not one drop of rain the whole time here and we even had a bit of sunshine.
About 12.45 we started the drive back again through the beautiful country side. Claire missed some as she fell asleep. I waited for my nana nap until we got back to the hotel. Looks like the storm has long gone.
We are now at the Envy Bar doing blogs and Facebook over looking the ocean and pool.
Tonight there is a big fireworks display at the Discovery Mall beach to celebrate Chinese New Year so we will go to that and maybe head into Kuta after that.
A huge storm came in and the wind was amazing no rain which was good. We walked into Kuta for dinner where Claire and her first ever fish and chips Claire had a foot massage and I has a pedicure. With refreshes feet we walked to Legian and saw the memorial to those killed in the bombings. This of course took us into the heart of the party district. Offered to stay but we where both tired so we got a taxi back to the hotel. This was a mistake as the roads where so busy from the new year celebrations so we got out and walked. We defiantly walked off dinner.
Happy and Prosperous Luna New Year everyone for the year of the Dragon.
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