Today’s planned activity was silver jewellery making. I woke early as normal and headed for breakfast on the ocean front. An iced flat white and some smashed avo, poached eggs on toast with a side of beans set me up nicely for the day.
It was about a km walk from where I had breakfast to the jewellery making place, I was a bit early and expecting more people, however it was only me.
On arrival I had to decide which ring I would like to recreate. I went for a dinted silver ring which is adjustable so I could wear it on different fingers.
The process was as followed:
- Melting the silver to form a silver bar
- Hammering to harden the silver and make it less prone to breaking
- Rolling to make thin sheets of silver wire
- Shaping to get the desired design
- Sanding to get rid of the antioxidant that was applied
- Polishing to make a silver beauty
From the making of rings I walked back to my hotel via the Kuta art market and picked up some souvenirs. Now I’m not quite sure why but there seems to be a lot of wooden willies on sale, you can have key rings, bottle openers, models all of varying sizes, lots of different patterns. Half of me is tempted to buy one a pop it in my lounge to see if any visitor notices 🤪🤪.
Once back at the hotel I attempted a gym session. It was a fail, I couldn’t work out how heavy the weights were and it was hot, I got a stitch and only managed 1km on the treadmill. I figured the pool and a book was the best place for me.
I then sat and watched the sunset, the question is how many sunset photos can one take over a one week period. It’s a bit like guess the number of sweets in a jar 🤪🤪.
I was brave this evening and ventured out of the hotel. Although I did at one point think the street was a bit dodge, so texted my dad that I would let him know when I was back at the hotel 🙈🙈. It was actually perfectly fine and I should’ve gone that way to begin with. For dinner I had some chicken satay skewers, and beef rendang 🤤🤤. The traffic was mental even at 8pm when I walked back. Why don’t people just like sleeping 🤣🤣.
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