Well after an unpleasant last few hours, it was unlikely that today was going to be anything but spent recovering. And indeed that's all it was. Spending most of the day asleep on the sofa and day bed we did very little.
Whilst on the road to recovery, It did give me the opportunity to look up the name of the flower that is everywhere in Bali and used for decoration in the hotels! I had suspected it was Frangipani and it was!! Everywhere we have stayed these flowers have adorned our room and its no coincidence that a tree can be found just outside. I've watched hotel staff gently shake the tree to collect a few flowers but I have to say you can usually find many on the floor!!
The other thing I finally did was look up the rather large bees that are always buzzing around in the flowers. Making a loud buzzing noise, almost looking like a flying beetle with a hard black shell, I was intrigued as to what they were. Mystery solved- Carpenter Beetle! The scale of the picture doesn't quite show the size but you wouldn't want one of these to land on you!!
They seem to love these flowers although I've not worked out what these hanging beauties are called!
Each of our hotels have had the same type of foliage and flowers in the grounds. Huge, huge leaves create a jungle like effect and in amongst them, the orange and red flowers and of course the usual place for religious offerings.
When we had our walk to Seminyak the previous day, we had passed a florist. If you were to receive a bouquet of flowers in Bali, you could expect the above orange and red flowers to be in!!!
By 4pm it was safe to say that our last full day in Bali hadn't gone exactly to plan. We cancelled our last dinner reservation, had a quick walk to the shops to allow our villa to be cleaned and were back in the villa by 5.30pm for the night. After a decision to not eat tonight, the evening was spent listening to music, viewing the photos and generally feeling sorry for ourselves!!
If only we had something more to blog about!! Sadly not.
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