The Terrific3 travel blog

I’ve spent most of the day laid up. My symptoms are a headache, intermittent chills, no fever, abdominal discomfort (but no diarrhea). I think I have some version of mild “Bali belly,” as I’ve been eating salads at the hotel. Thankfully the boys are ok. I’ve been in bed most of the day except an excursion to an ATM and laundromat across the street (I refuse to pay hotel prices for laundry, which are $2-3 per item whereas the laundromat does same day service for $1/kilogram.)

Luckily the boys have gotten along mostly today, and been in and out of the room, playing table tennis, pool, etc and then video games in the room. They even took it upon themselves to HRT into their gym shoes and go to use the treadmills. There was a buff tattooed man in the gym who said to me, “this is not a playground, this is a gym. I can’t focus.” I told him they weren’t playing, they were running, and maybe he could put in some music on earbuds. I also mentioned they are triathletes and that seemed to both impress him and shut him up.

I’m thankful for their age, maturity and relative cooperation. I also am hoping this illness is short lived and I bounce back by tomorrow!

Here is a video we created for you about initial Bali impressions.