So this is it, our last day in Bali after a very enjoyable return visit that’s lasted 17 days.

First thing first, we were up at 5.15am waving off Amelia and Meg who are flying back to the UK today. They have an epic travel day, flying via Doha back to London for 10pm tonight (UK time, 5am here) – the wonders of time zones!

It’s been such a pleasure to share this time with Amelia & Meg. We have been incredibly lucky to share this holiday together and see the girls have lots of fun.

It’s always so incredibly hard to wave goodbye, knowing that we won’t see Amelia for some time. Our next rendezvous will be Sydney on the 17 Dec, just 3 months away. Added to this we have Meg joining us again in Oz, which will be fab.

After the girls departed we returned to bed for a hour or two, before Andy’s body clock had him up and about and walking along the beach for our final morning.

The waves were looking good and we managed to catch a couple of the surfers getting up and doing their thing.

After an hours walk, Andy returned and we had an Aussie breakfast consisting of a flat white and a savoury pie from our local bakery.

With a few hours to kill, it was back to the grindstone of sunbathing intermingled with making some early travel bookings for our stay in South Korea. Trip highlights to come in Seoul include DMZ tour, a cruise on the Han River, and a walking tour of Gangnam. Looking forward to getting back into full city tourist mode!

Late morning we made our way to a brunch restaurant for some healthy smoothies and fruit muesli.

When the food arrives you can’t help reaching first for your phone rather than the cutlery, such is the presentation and colours of the food on offer. Wish we could eat this every morning.

After a few more hours of light snoozing for Michelle, early afternoon, and a 7k run for Andy (what do they say about Englishmen in the midday sun…!), we changed and made our way to the beach for one final sunset and dinner in Canggu.

Once at the beach we found a great vantage point to watch the sun go down, helped by a comfy seat and a cool bottle of beer.

As we neared 6.15pm and sunset we caught the most spectacular orange skies on what has been another hot sunny day.

When the sun did eventually disappear we still had the after glow and a twilight that looked amazing. Getting close to nature and watching the sun set is such a primeval activity and one we both look forward to and enjoy.

By 7.00pm we were on the hunt for a good restaurant to toast our final night in Canggu & Bali. Fortunately we found ourselves back at Sari, a place we visited early on in our stay with Amelia and Meg.

Being Friday night there was live music playing a host of classic R&B tunes, Stevie Wonder and Luther Van Dross being two stand out songs that got us singing along as we ate.

After a lovely dinner we walked back to the beach and past a couple of clubs which were waiting the arrival of the throng which doesn’t descend until closer to 11pm.

So that’s it. Our stay in Bali has come to an end. Tomorrow we are heading back to China and a 5 day visit to Shanghai, flying via Singapore on to the great city. It’s going to be long day, so we plan to get an early nights sleep.