My two favorite things!

I'm sitting outside (at the kitchen counter) on this beautiful Sunday morning feeling well rested. We have had an amazing weekend. Friday night we had drinks with friends, Saturday morning we went for brunch at the cafe right beside our house, then I went to a 90 minute vinyasa flow. We spent the afternoon at the beach and while Michael was surfing, I went for a pedicure at the spa right beside our house. This morning we worked out, ate breakfast at a beach restaurant and stopped by the local farmer's market. Now I'm sitting down to lesson plan...but first I want to blog about my two favorite things: the beach and good food!

First, I want to show you where Canggu (changgu) is, so here is a mini geography lesson! : )

Indonesia is in red. 

Map of Bali highlighting Canggu

And this shows the west side beaches. We live on Jl Pantai Batu Bolong. 

The beach we go to is called Canggu Beach, Batu Bolong, or Old Man's-because of the restaurant. On this map it says Canggu Surfing. Echo Beach and Berawa are right next to us.

One of our favorite places to go for food and drinks is Old Man's. They have great seafood, breakfast and happy hour.

photo from google haha 

View from our picnic table this morning. 

The beach is about a minute scooter ride away or a 10 minute walk. Right now the water is chilly, but it's clean and there's plenty of beach to lay on at low and high tide. Apparently the wet season brings trash up on the west side, so we'll see what happens.

Now let's talk about food! We're living in a tropical climate, so the fruits and veggies are amazing! Eating out is really cheap; entrees are $3-5 US dollars. There are always organic, vegan, raw and gluten free options. Most places have a list of fresh juices: watermelon, pineapple, orange, mango, papaya and banana. And at the markets those fruits are easy to find and inexpensive.

Here are some pictures of this weekend's breakfasts: 

Crate: our favorite breakfast place!

sorry Starbucks and Caribou-Crate might have you beat!

part of the menu

  

breakfast at Old Man's

fresh watermelon juice

papaya, watermelon, pineapple, mango, museli and yogurt!

farmer's market at a local yoga studio

Lucky for me, the lunches at Green School are amazing too! There's also a raw vegan cafe on campus. I've tried their frittata, key lime pie and blueberry cheesecake-all really good! 

Next blogpost: What is our school dress code?? Tropical Professional! : )

And if you suffer from OCD....I apologize for the pictures. There's no way to straighten them!! eek!