This past weekend, I decided Jon needed to unwind from the stresses of work, unplug himself from his emails, and just take a much-deserved break. So I booked a last minute ferry ride and hotel room in Bintan, Indonesia. It's less than an hour's ride away! On Saturday morning, I did a quick clean-up, threw a bunch of crap in our bag, and we were off!
When we got on the boat, I knew we were in trouble right away. You see, I have this problem with motion sickness. There exist no pictures of this boat ride because if I moved my head, I would have tossed all the cookies I've ever eaten. And Eli was fussy too, so it really wasn't worth pulling out the camera.
In any case, we got there in one piece with all of our cookies intact! We hopped the shuttle bus to the hotel, and were welcomed thusly:
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| They did a little dance with bowls. There were drummers too. |
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| View from the Lobby |
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| Our room- that's Eli hanging out on the little daybed by the window. |
It was already kind of late when we arrived and there was an opening for a massage right then, so I took it. I can't tell you how awesome it was because massage equals sleeping time in mommytalk. I felt really good after, so that was a good sign. Then we went to have some dinner at the hotel restaurant, went back to the room, turned on the Olympics, and passed out.
When we woke up the next morning, we put on a swim diaper and sunscreen, and took Eli to the beach!
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| Sorry for the pic quality- it was humid and the lens fogged up. |
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He didn't like it. It was cold and he didn't appreciate the waves too much. So we went to the pool instead!!
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| I'm not sure if I like this, mom. |
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| I was joshing you. This is Awesome! |
AND HE LOVED IT. He took to the water like a duck! We stuck him in that thing, and he just splashed and kicked, happy as could be!
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| Mommy's in charge in the deep water, daddy isn't a very good swimmer. |
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| Daddy wanted a taste of what Eli was having. |
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| He wasn't as alone as he looks. I was literally just outside of the frame. |
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After a quick milk break, we got back in the pool without the floatie. We got a baby Michael Phelps here, apparently. He was kicking and kicking like Ryan Lochte was on his heels and he was going for the gold!
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| He gets a gold medal in being super precious. |
Then we got out of the pool, took a bath, and CRASHED OUT.
We didn't want to leave, but begrudgingly got back on the boat. This happy face quickly melted down into tears, and mommy's sense of equilibrium disappeared just as fast. Those waves are killer.
I got off that boat as quickly as I could. This photo sums up how we felt at the end of that whirlwind adventure EXACTLY.
We had a great time. Over too fast, but a much needed change of pace. Jon says neither of us is allowed on a boat ever again.
Cheers to America!
-Jon and Nikki (and Eli)
