Uluwatu

After chilling most of the day in Kuta for the boys first day with us, we all decided to start exploring more of the island. After a little look online we decided to book a room in a hotel and head down south. We hopped in a taxi which ended up taking just under an hour and left the hectic roads of Kuta to the very chilled out Uluwatu. 
We arrived just after dark and decided to head out for some food. We jumped in the hotels taxi to a bar called Single Fin which had been recommended to us. It's a cliff top bar with an amazing view of the sea and you can watch surfers. We realised when we got there that we would rather go during the day to appreciate the views and headed back down the road to find a restaurant. It didn't take us long and we all sat down and had a catch up and too many bintangs for the boys. When the restaurant was closing we headed back down to our hotel and chilled out the front of our room for the rest of the night/early morning!

The next day we woke up to the sound of extremely heavy rain. We decided to also extend our stay for another night because we felt we needed more time to explore Uluwatu! Whilst we were getting ready and having breakfast it luckily cleared and we decided to head to Padang Padang beach; about 15/20 minutes walk from our hotel. Several hills later we came across a bridge where you got an amazing view of the beach and we hurried down there. After paying entry (the most ridiculous thing I've ever paid for) and walking down the a long set of steps that happened to be in the tightest gap between two cliffs, we were in a little section of paradise. It was a very small beach but the scenery was amazing. There are a few markets on the beach- aka Balinese men and women who love to harass you, which does get slightly annoying, but the beach was so nice. The boys went in the sea whilst I relaxed on the sand and after a while they were exhausted, as the waves are quite strong. We all chilled for a while after and the boys had more bintangs. 
After a little while we ventured back to the hotel to quickly chuck down our stuff and we headed back to Single Fin bar. It was amazing during the day and we got two cocktail jugs and enjoyed the view and the sun. We then tried to sneak into the amazing hotel pool next door but got caught out when the pool man asked our room number (oops.) So instead we headed further down towards the beach and down more dodgy steps we ended up in a little cove with access to the sea. The boys went in again but were soon tired out by the waves. We were all standing round the cove but we didn't realise how quickly and strong the waves came in and all ended up being smashed and Dan being knocked over and fell into a very deep part of water (which was actually hilarious). After we headed back up to the bar, but along the way found a cheaper one with a better view so chilled there for sunset and the rest of the evening.
When it started getting a little darker we went and got dinner and then chilled out the front of the hotel room with more bintangs- a strong reoccurring theme for us so far in Bali! We then decided to head to a different beach as we'd seen signs for a party being advertised. Down a dodgy looking path and about 200 steps we ended up on the beach with a little live band playing and plenty of drinks. After a while a huge thunderstorm hit and everyone took shelter. We waited for the rain to pass and then decided to run home! We just stayed up out the front of our hotel room again for the rest of the night/early morning!

Overall Uluwatu was quite a nice place to explore and it was so much fun with the boys! If we had peds we could've ventured out a little further, but after hearing some of the horror stories about them we just aren't willing to risk it, as taxis are so cheap anyway!