Bali Beach Clubs = absolute bliss

Imagine crisp blue water, funky music, relaxing on a body hugging daybed, and staff to attend to your every desire: Welcome to the beach clubs of Bali! The Italo-Aussie lad has sipped pineapple vodkas at a beach club in Aqaba in Jordan, whilst the Swiss lad beach club virginity has only just been taken by the Balinese clubs. Considering you can spend between A$5 to A$10 for 2 daybeds on the beach, under an umbrella, exposed to the wind, the occasional beach seller and especially you could be stuck next to an annoying, overly chatty family, breaking the peace and tranquility; why not spend nothing instead and be surrounded all day in absolute luxury? Cocoon, Potatoe Head and now Mozaic (our new favourite) charge nothing for you to plonk yourself onto one of their heavenly daybeds and drinks are anything between A$2.50 to A$4.00 (and for these prices you will get a freshly squeezed fruit juice, on top of any other drink) add another A$5.00 and you are starting to have beautiful snacks. As long as you keep an eye on how much you are ordering, these clubs can be done on a budget! Cocoon is in virginal white! The wave shaped pool is tiled in white, facing the beach, with white daybeds, white pillows, and yes, you guessed it, white umbrellas. It is located on Jalan Double-Six, Legian/Seminyak, still a fairly busy area and therefore you can get some escapees from Kuta finding their way here, dampening the mood if they get overly obnoxious. Also between the club and the beach is a fairly noisy local street, used by lots of people to drive or scoot by and you cannot walk to the beach in tranquility. But never-the-less, it is absolutely worthwhile going, as with its smaller set-up, it can have a super cool vibe. Potatoe Head on the other hand has an absolute beach location, bigger then Cocoon, two rows of daybeds in front of a big infinity pool overlooking the beach, lined with palm trees, and a pool bar for those wanting to feel like being in a resort. It is located in Seminyak and tends to be very relaxed during the daytime, but as the sun starts setting, it can get very crowded with all the tourists not wanting to miss the sunset on the beach, with a drink in hand. The club is able to accommodate a large crowd, having a huge lawn behind the daybeds and the two storey crescent shaped building is used at full capacity. Our new favourite spot is Mozaic! It is further north on Kerobokan beach, only a little path separating the club from the sand, beautiful daybeds facing the beach, behind them a pool with many interesting corners and nooks, and “cabanas” (daybeds under a little roof) along one side of the pool. The whole setting is uber-cool, it wasn’t crowded on both occasions we have been and they have a fabulous restaurant located at the back of the whole set-up, on a higher level, overlooking the whole pool and daybeds. Absolutely fabulous! We felt like kings for a day, relaxing by the pool, attended to by friendly staff and ordering a couple of drinks, whilst keeping an eye on our budget. Got a feeling we found our new best “friend”…