Ok, so I must not be very good at this blogging thing because it’s been almost 6 months since I last wrote anything here... a lot has happened in the life of the Well-Traveled Stroller since its last trip, but basically, it’s been replaced. Yes, the Stroller made one final trip across the globe, but it was only to Florida for Christmas, so not exactly blog-worthy, at least not according to the Stroller. Now, however, the Stroller just remains parked outside of our apartment like a lost puppy, quietly waiting to be taken out on a walk, but the unfortunate reality for the Stroller is that Aliana is just not so into it anymore.... so it has been replaced. Enter the Backpack. As we have recently discovered, the previous tenants of our apartment left behind a fabulous baby backpack that Aliana just loves. She wants to be up high, a part of the action at all times, and the Stroller just couldn’t do it for her anymore. So, it was the Backpack, not the Stroller, that joined us on our Spring Break trip to Bali.
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| Aliana in the Backpack. |
We flew AirAsia, SouthEast Asia’s equivalent to Southwest- a cheap, no-frills airline that did provide us with bulkhead seats and a basinet, but not much else. Note to anyone traveling AirAsia: bring blankets, pillows, water and snacks aboard! Otherwise you will spend your 11:30-5am flight freezing and starving, desperately trying to get your 1-yr-old toddler back to sleep in her basinet that she doesn’t quite fit into anymore.
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| Air Asia- no-frills, but affordable! |
Fortunately, Gaga and Pop-Pop (my parents) joined us on this adventure so we could trade off the baby duties. Mike and I are both very grateful for this! We arrived at the Kuala Lumpur airport so glad to step off the cold plane and into the 80 degrees early morning air. We spent an hour or two at a Starbucks, trying to fend off our killer exhaustion headaches with some caffeine, while hunting down some milk for Aliana... and then a few more hours wandering around the gates waiting for our 10:30am flight to Bali. A few more hours on the the next plane and then we finally arrived at 1:30 in our tropical paradise, completely exhausted and ravenous, but glad to be here. Our driver from our hotel picked us up and took us another hour or so to Ubud, to the Mansion Resort Hotel & Spa- an amazing place- our room, (with a crib!) was gorgeous and Mike and I couldn’t help thinking how great it would be to be here senza bambina! (It’s still pretty great though- even with a toddler).
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| The entrance to The Mansion |
We cleaned up a bit and had our first meal at the hotel- we all took turns holding Aliana in the pool while we waited for our food.
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| exhausted from the long trip but excited to be in Bali! |
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| Loving the pool |
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| Woo-hoo! (nearly) naked in the pool! |
We hit our fabulous beds totally wiped out from our long day of travel, but so happy to be in surrounded by balmy night breezes and all sorts of sounds.
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