We're staying at the Grand Mirage - an all-inclusive. We don't do the all-inclusive thing all the time, but it's so easy when you have kids and really don't want to think about every drink you order or each time the kids want a dish of ice cream. This place has been perfect for us - the staff is friendly, the resort is nice without being over-the-top fancy, the drinks are good and the weather has been picture perfect.
As someone said, the view from our room does not suck!
This vacation is really all about relaxation...and it has truly been that. The kids have been incredibly courteous and grateful (I don't think I've heard so many please and thank yous.) We've all had fun shopping, seeing cultural shows and having massages.
Friday night we had the pleasure of meeting up with Amy An, her husband, Phil and her son, Drew at the Devdan show. Amy brought with her the LeBron XI basketball shoes I ordered for the boys and a present from my friend, Becky - and some Tootsie pops. She makes a fabulous "mule."
The show was quite enjoyable. Think Cirque du Soleil (along with lots of song and dance) with a native twist and then throw in a random dash of hip-hop. The kids loved it due to the fire and rain aspect of it - definitely a show that would keep adults and children entertained - even if it was a bit touristy. The final dance of the night - or it was close to the final dance - was about the Papua penis gourd. Now, I can't make this stuff up, but there were men dancing with quite large penis sheaths on stage. You can read about the penis sheaths here - in case you think I'm lying! (All I can tell you is that I've seen lots of penises depicted in various forms here!)
Me and Amy and some presents from home
Before the show on Friday evening, we did some shopping with the boys. While we had every intention of grabbing dinner before the show, none of us were overly hungry. So that left us with some time to kill. The boys voted for foot massages - their first ones. Massages are so cheap here...think $6 USD for one hour. Caleb thought the foot massages were "amazing." And Grayson thouroughly enjoyed it, too.
New hats were purchased!
Foot massages for everyone!
Saturday was a lazy day...just hanging at the hotel. Lots of time in the pool and at the beach. We met two moms from Australia who are here with their little boy, Pheonix. They recommended a massage place down on the beach that would also do tattoos for the kids. We asked how much the massage was - 50,000 rupiahs per hour. At the current exchange rate - $4 USD per hour. WOW! Can we say massages every day!? We took the kids down with us...they each had a 30 minute massage while Blaine and I had the one hour. The kids also thought this was fantastic - although they really only came for the tattoos!
Your view during the massage and Nico doing tattoos
All tatted up!
All right...that takes you up to Saturday evening. I'll try and pick it up there, as Saturday night had us seeing another dance here at the hotel...I just need to get the pics downloaded as I took them on my "real" camera - and not just my phone!
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