Our honeymoon was a bit of a bust. It wasn’t helped by the fact that we were both very ill. I have a hazy memory of throwing up in the garbage bin at Sydney customs and hearing a little boy say “Mummy is that lady ok?” and her answering “I think she’s a little bit sick, move along now and stop staring”. We had caught a stomach bug on the eve of our honeymoon and we had to postpone it by two days. Qantas were lovely about it and rescheduled us without penalty but the resort wasn’t as charming and charged us full freight. Luckily we had travel insurance and that covered it-moral of the story: always get travel insurance!
We’ve always wanted to “right” our honeymoon which was a bit of a dismal failure. We spent much of it being ill and bored out of our brain as we were on an island that only had a limited amount of activities. When Villa Sungai was offered to us as a four day holiday we leapt at it. Well only the feeble minded wouldn’t quite frankly. It is a private villa with a 24 hour butler, driver and staff where every whim is catered to and is a destination for honeymooners-or redoing honeymooners like us.
We arrive at Sydney airport where we check in. I’m flying Star Class (the business class) with Jetstar and I’m curious to see what it is like. With Star Class flights, you are offered Qantas lounge access which I take up and avail myself of the Neil Perry plate of goodies which has salamis, prosciutto, olives, manchego cheese and a tiny sliver of quince paste. The lovely, crunchy Spanish almonds are also a favourite.
Lindt chocolate, soy chips (or fruit and nut mix) champagne, water are offered. The seats are comfortable leather and wide with electronic recline, back comfort, leg rest and extension with a footrest although they don’t fully recline. A soft black blanket is given along with socks, earplugs, eye mask, toothbrush and toothpaste and noise canceling headphones which I’m convinced helps with jetlag.
Beef korma with spicy yogurt pumpkin and rice
Our meals arrive and inhale my usual virgin mary. I choose the beef korma which comes with some rice and spiced yogurt pumpkin. I like the pumpkin and rice and the korma isn’t bad although it is a little on the tough side. The flight attendant Lauren is very friendly and tells me that they are upgrading the meals soon and introducing proper crockery over the next few months.
I’m busy watching a movie when dessert comes (Inception, which I found confusing as I kept nodding off to sleep and waking up at odd times!) and the dessert trolley offers either a choice of cheese and fresh fruit or chocolate cake which is moist and very sweet which I have with a chamomile tea. The last stop is a mini bottle of Baileys with a glass and ice as a nightcap. Lauren is lovely and she takes care of us very well ensuring that we have enough hydration and food during the flight. Before we know it, we’ve arrived in Bali!
Gleeee!
We arrive at Denpasar airport at around 10pm Bali time which is 1am Sydney time. I’ve been to Bali about four times always staying at Nusa Dua or Sanur and it has been five years since our last visit. There’s our airport butler Made (pronounced mah-day) waiting for us holding our name plaque and we are whisked past the queues and straight into an air conditioned car and given a cold wet towel and water. I remember reading a chapter in Anthony Bourdain’s Medium Raw where he describes a time with a socialite heiress and the drugs and lunacy. This must be what it’s like living as a socialite (minus the drugs and lunacy of course).
Our schedule here at Villa Sungai is filled with breakfast (at our leisure), lunch (at our leisure) and dinner (at our leisure) with a signature massage on some days or a gentle suggestion to visit some areas of Bali like Seminyak or Ubud-all after 2pm. Yep I’m pretty sure this is how socialites do it.
We take the 45 minute drive to Cepaka. Villa Sungai isn’t set in the hub of Bali or on a beach. It is actually set in a small village of 1,500. Formerly a sandstone quarry it is the brainchild of Pamela Hayes, an Australian woman who fell in love with Bali and built her business in a local community hiring local staff. Indeed Made (the villa manager) grew up in Cepaka and he heads a seamless team of eleven including four chefs that take care of all the little things. They ensure that mosquito coils are lit so that you aren’t bothered by pests, and clean our pool every morning while we sleep and while we are breakfasting they clean our room so that we emerge to a spotless villa.
We drive through some rough roads and are then greeted by white arches and the aroma of frangipani and gardenias. There is Villa Sungai which is a 3 bedroom villa and there is Sungai Gold which is a one bedroom villa where we will be staying. Our bags are taken care of and placed in the dressing room. The villa is decorated in chic neutral tones and cream terrazo and there are thatched rooves in traditional Balinese style with European fittings and toiletries.
One of the chefs Wayan
The team of eleven staff cater to your every whim at anytime as the villa is staffed 24 hours a day. The rates, and they are very reasonable given the standard of accommodation ($550US a night for 2 people-we paid about that for our honeymoon and it wasn’t anywhere near as good as this) include breakfast, a team of four chefs to cook whatever you would like (you just pay for the raw ingredients), a chauffeured vehicle available at all times, laundry and pressing, twice daily room servicing, an experienced tour guide for up to eight hours a day and a concierge service.
We get a tour by Made who shows us helpful things like how to turn off the lights in the room (arrgh this always confounds me and is made worse when I’m tired). There is a beautiful infinity pool and it and the villa is bordered by trees. All rooms have large covetable mirrors and this was a deliberate choice by Pamela as she did not want to impose her choice of art works on guests (they also do daily maintenance with paint so that no guests see other guests scuff marks!). There are two dining areas including a breakfast pavilion and a formal dinner pavilion where places have been set for the two of us for a late supper.
There is also a huge open space double day bed. Our room is gorgeous, with a netted canopy bed, a huge dressing room, BOSE sound system, and an outdoor bathroom with a bath filled with frangipanes, a his and hers monsoon shower and Acqua Di parma toiletries. The wall on the bathroom is a striking moss covered hewn rock with orchids growing from it. It takes a lot to impress Mr NQN, he’s a fusspot, but he’s in love.
Signature Welcome cocktail and cheese biscuits
Made senses how tired we are-by now it’s 2am Sydney time and ensures that our supper is made quickly. We start with a welcome drink which is lovely and refreshing with beautiful Asian flavours like palm sugar, kaffir lime leaf, lime juice and lemongrass mixed with vodka and soda water and quenches our thirst. We are served delectable cheese biscuits to go with these.
Mango & Prosciutto skewers
Our first course in our supper is the mango and prosciutto skewers. Generously portioned with six skewers the sweet mango is a perfect foil for the salty, silky prosciutto.
Spiced Lamb cutlets with cucumber and mint salad
Our second course is a very generous portion of grilled lamb cutlets. Made had asked if we had eaten during our drive to the Villa and when I answered that I had but Mr NQN hadn’t he ensured without asking that he had four enormous lamb cutlets to himself. The lamb is gorgeous-not in the slightest bit muttony (my issue with lamb a lot of the time) and is char grilled to perfection still pink in the centre. It is served with a simple creamy yogurt cucumber and mint salad and rolled flat bread similar to chapati.
Chocolate liqueur shot
Satisfying stuffed, we go onto our dessert, a petite cup of milk chocolate ganache liqueur pudding which is soft and moreish and just the right size.
Chocolate samosas
“If you don’t mind, if you have room may I bring something else out?” Made asks us. “Sure” we answer and he brings out a plate of six chocolate samosas. They’re wrapped in a thin spring roll type of pastry and filled with a Toblerone filling. They’re piping hot but oh so good.
We roll into bed and sleep like babies.
The next morning there is the sound of roosters crowing and village animals making their gentle orchestra of noise. It’s quite different from your usual resort and we both feel like we’ve slept well despite only have four hours of sleep. To summon breakfast, we ring the doorbell at the front of the villa and Wayan appears. I ask for a pot of Earl Grey tea and we make arrangements for breakfast. If diners want to eat at the villa, all they have to do is pay for the market cost of the ingredients and the chef will prepare them. The range of food is good and is a combination of Balinese, south-east asian and Australian food.
Waking up at the villa it has been raining the night before and we see that our outdoor bath has filled with rainwater. The river on which the villa sits on the side of is milky with the rains and there is clucking from village chickens across the river. We sit down to our breakfast of champions.
Fresh fruit salad and banana breeze
We start with a fruit salad which has pineapple, papaya, watermelon and banana and slices of lime. This is paired with a banana shake which is sweet with honey and fresh banana as well as pineapple and creamy coconut milk.
Banana crepe with palm sugar sauce
Banana pancakes are famous in Bali and these thin, eggy crepes are spread with some mashed banana and then paired with a serve of the most divine palm sugar caramel. Honestly I could have eaten the stuff with a spoon. I admit I even licked the little bowl. Must.get. hold. of. recipe.
Sauteed mushroom, baby spinach and reggiano on wholemeal bread
Last of all, there is a mushroom, spinach and reggiano sauteed with garlic and perfectly seasoned. I can appreciate how hard it is to get reggiano here and how expensive it would be. The wholemeal bread is a little thick and unbuttered and I’m full so I leave this behind.
And the task for today? To have lunch and then a signature massage. Yes I know, if I weren’t myself, I’d be very envious! Mr NQN reads on the day bed while I curl up with the laptop and then take a skinny dip and we listen to the occasional sound of the animals punctuating the sublime silence.
Before we know it, it is lunchtime and our table is set without us even seeing them come in! Mr NQN has a glass of 2007 Yarra Burn Sauvignon Blanc Semillon wine and I’ve ordered salad for us for lunch as I know that we’ll be eating well.
Crab and pomelo salad with Thai herbs
We start off with a gorgeous crab and pomelo salad which hits all of the sweet, salty, spicy and sour flavours of Thai food. The crab is plentiful and the fish sauce and coriander adds a lot of aroma to the dish and the pomelo flesh is like a less bitter grapefruit although there is a tiny amount of bitterness to it. It is so fresh and right for the hot weather that we gobble it down in no time.
This dish was originally supposed to have green papaya in it but I suppose that’s the thing of ordering a dish that they have to buy that morning-you never know what will be good at the market! This dish gives us a lovely deep, warm fiery chilli hit which we adore and there is ginger, peanuts and garlic in the warm cooked prawns.
Made stops by to say hello and ask if us there is anything that we need and I ask him if mangosteens are available and he puts them down on the “to order” list.
Mango slushie
The mango slushie has jackfruit and pieces of strawberry in a refreshing gin laced iced slushie.
Balinese banana fritters with palm sugar sauce and vanilla ice cream
I take a bite of the tempura battered banana fritters. The bananas are a little floury but I enjoy another serve of the delicious palm sugar caramel.
Local exotic fruit
Our last platter is of fruit-I know Mr NQN loves his fruit and I love tropical fruit as its sweeter. On our platter is jackfruit, mango, snakefruit as well as Indonesian passionfruit! The Indonesian passionfruit is vastly different from the passionfruit that we are used to. The seeds are very, very mild tasting with none of the tartness of a regular passion fruit. The snakefruit is slightly sweet and woody with a similar texture to a non juicy nashi pear. The jackfruit has a little of the durian flavour.
It’s time for our couples massage which is of course what gets me really excited and doing Rocky laps around the villa. We hear a waft of music and they have set up the massage beds side to side and Mr NQN and I lie down and partake of a traditional Balinese massage. This involves pressing against the flesh with fingers lightly using aromatherapy oils.
They use a rolling and kneading action using the whole body of the masseur who at times will get up on the bed to use their weight and they do a lot of rolling and kneading using their forearms. One and a half hours later we float away and have a delicious pineapple, ginger and mint juice.
I’d like to tell you that the next few hours were terribly productive but that would be a complete lie. We spent it watching DVDs (from their collection, current films or listening to the prestocked iPod and lying around the daybed. Before we know it, it’s dinner time!
Lamb spring rolls with hoi sin dipping sauce
I’d like to tell you that I got dressed up for dinner at the Villa but I wore a bikini and a sarong to dinner. And that’s why it’s fabulous to have dinner at your own villa! We start off with some lamb mince spring rolls flavoured with finely diced onion and vegetables and a crispy deep fried spring roll pastry. It’s paired with a strong hoi sin sauce but I prefer these by themselves.
Scallop salad with chilli pasta and coconut served on Chinese spoons
We both adore the seared scallop salad which has succulent scallops, a curry coconut sauce and flavoured with lemongrass, kaffir lime and coriander, chilli and crispy shallots. They’re very moreish and if a waiter had these at a cocktail party I’d ask them to park the plate of them in front of me.
Gado gado salad
The gado gado salad has blanched snake beans, tomato slices, egg and lettuce and the key ingredient the peanut sauce is creamy and runny enough to distribute but never watery and packed with flavour.
Bar BQ chicken with green chilli and lime dressing
Now I’ve had some reservations about Balinese chicken. It’s often cooked quite dry so we often choose seafood while here in Bali. But Pamela asks the chefs to only use chicken thigh and buy the best chicken. As a result the chicken is very tender and juicy and the green and red chilli and lime dressing is divine and goes right through the char grilled chicken.
Barramundi with kaffir lime, coconut cream puree and ginger sweet potato mash
This is an enormous serve with a mound of lightly gingery sweet potato mash with a little texture to it. The fillet of barramundi is firm but not dry and it is covered in a moreish kaffir lime coconut cream sauce which is very delectable-I only wish there was more for the sweet potato mash!
Lemongrass and palm sugar panna cotta with orange and chilli caramel
Our dessert is the lemongrass and palm sugar panna cotta which has a nice flavour but perhaps too much gelatine as it’s quite firm. The chilli caramel has a warmth but not a great deal of heat which is just right for the dessert.
Lemon curd tarts
We finish off with petit fours of lemon curd tartlets which have a buttery base and a sweet, not too tart, voluptous lemon curd and retire to our cool room where a bookmark has thoughtfully been left on our pillow and a fragrant bath of frangipanes awaits us.
So tell me Dear Reader do you like holidays where you relax by a pool or active ones?
NQN and Mr NQN travelled and explored Bali as a guest of Villa Sungai and flew as guests of Jetstar
Villa Sungai
Cepaka, Bali, Indonesia
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Wow,what a place and what goodies! My brother is at Bali just now and I am so envious…..
I am so jealous – this trip looks exquisite!
There is just too many delicious meals, I can’t even pick a favourite! It is just all gorgeous.
I love the little geckos! How cute!
What a great second honeymoon.
This place looks absolutely gorgeous! Lying around, doing nothing but eat, sleep and relax..that’s my kind of thing.
I have never been to Bali – but with all this cold weather I am DREAMING of the tropics!!
How idyllic! Sounds like a positively lovely time was had. The salads look delicious, and chocolate samosas is a fantastic idea!
Now that is my kind of vacation; next time I am in Asia I will hop on to Bali and this resort, for sure! Thanks for the delightful time spent here.
Sounds like it was fun!
What a lovely looking place – glad you finally got to have your honeymoon!!! Better late than never as they say!!
Today I don’t like you very much! Teasing me with photos of an amazing location, whilst I’m stuck in my cold office wishing I was in Bali.
x
I am speechless, and utterly, utterly jealous. Any chance of babysitting for a week or so?
Lucky you!!!
I am off on holidays on Friday and Bali is one of the destinations! Though won’t be staying anywhere near as amazing as you, I’m still VERY excited about my much needed break.
M xxx
Um…DROOL! Everything looks unreal. I have never been to Bali and this just looks perfect.
Another legendary place, Lorraine. You have indeed had a wonderful year! At $550 a night, this seems like terrific value and it looks like you really just filled in time between scrumptious meals.
Heaven!! We stayed at Chahaya Dwarta in Ubud and then The Amankila on the beach…unforgettable. This sensational post brings it all back. Thank you foor all your great posts! We enjoy them all year long. Happy New Year from Santa Barbara, California.
Well, I WAS going to have just a ‘simple’ lunch, but your glorious photos made me look up some Indonesian recipes. Thank you for sharing. The photos really brought this bautiful place into all of our homes!
WOWWWWW. Everything looks amazing and what I love most is that you went to dinner in your bikini and sarong
Wow. This looks like the best place ever for a romantic getaway. The food, the facilities, the service … I would enjoy a socialite life also.
Oh wow, this looks amazing! I have been looking for a Bail villa just like this! I think it might just have to happen next year!
I think I need a second honeymoon too. I got a stomach bug halfway through (not very romantic)… If I was going to have to go anywhere – this would be it!
Love the gecko!
What a beautiful resort/hotel – I’m not sure what to call it! The food looks so amazing and I love that you’re so secluded!
this is my most favourite post of yours in recent weeks! Everything looks absolutely divine!!!
x
Oh Lorraine, this post has just made my week so much longer – I just cant wait until holidays – but this resort is definitely one for the wish list!
forwarding the post to the BF in 3…2…1!
wow, lorraine, looks like it was a fantastic trip! what a beautiful spot and a great idea to have a villa that supports and helps the local community where it is built…wish there were more here.
That looked like the perfect escape. Relaxing and delicious!
That’s a proper honeymoon, I say! I’m so jealous – that place is looking rather good to the girl who has to work 8 days straight before Christmas. (Retail. Dontcha love it?)
I used to like slothful holidays, but now I’d rather be out doing stuff. I get bored easily.
What a dreamy repeat honeymoon! I’ve never been to Bali, but if I went, I’d want to stay at a resort like this. The food, the massages, the flowers… drool!
This is very different to my last trip to Bali… staying in the heart of Kuta surviving on a mix of Padang food and Arak with lemonade.
I’m heading back twice next year with my boyfriends family and my own family and doing the villa/ private butler thing – I wonder which one I’ll enjoy more?
When you mentioned that Inception bit, I could not help but to be reminded of my dad. When we were watching the said movie in the cinema, my dad actually walked out of the cinema. He came back 10 minutes later and then slept all the way through.
My mom on the other hand had nightmares after watching it.
However, my sister and I loved it.
The trip is amazing. I hope this lived up to expectations and you’re happy with this compared to your honeymoon?
Personally, I’d much prefer to relax and only explore some parts of a new city if I’m on holidays. I really don’t want to feel more exhausted after being on holidays x
HOW decadently delightful, TRUE!
Can FEEL the peace and tranquility too!
Bali vila expereince extraordinare, this does seem,
THIS is the Bali experience, I see in my dream!
Thanks! Enjoyed today’s post, TRUE!
Seems like a HIGHLY recommended place to visit too!
Beautifully blogged. Thank you. My partner and I are off to Bali on Monday staying in comfortable, moderate accommodation – But! I may just marry him if it means a honeymoon at Villa Sangai!!
I’m so glad you finally got to enjoy a “second” honeymoon when you were both healthy. And in what a spectacular spot? I’ve been to Bali once and just loved it. The people are so friendly and talented in so many arts. It’s truly a place that’s like no other.
Oh Boy… that sounded wonderful. Everything right down the couples massage & lazy & yummy dining. I must go there.
This place looks like heaven! Ideally I like a long holiday with lots of relaxing & a few days of activity (especially shopping!) along the way.
OMG Lorraine, what a lucky couple both of you, Im droolings as Im reading this post, this is probably one of the besssssssstttteeeessssttt post ever…. Will start saving up so we can go there….. everything is soooo beautifulllll
Ahhh… it all looks so good! Some beautiful photographs in there. And I love the critters that have been creeping in to some of your posts lately.
Wow what can I say. It all looks amazing – so lucky guys and hope it made up for the orginial Honeymoney.
How absolutely wonderful! What a stunning looking place.
You write so well, and the photos are so gorgeous, that I almost forgot to be envious.
Almost.
But then there was the banana pancakes with palm sugar caramel, and the exotic fruits, and the deep-fried surely-gooey-melting toblerone samosas, and I wanted to cry.
Really, though, I’m so glad you were able to redo your honeymoon in such wonderful pampered style!
It’s all so beautiful!!
I’m so glad that this righted the ghosts of the honeymoon that went bad.
SSG xxx
I don’t have “holidays”.When city
folk come enjoy the forest and then have to go home to the rat
race, I don’t have to go, because
I live here!
Thanks for sharing, Lorraine.It’s
a beautiful getaway and that food is gorgeous.The photo of the palm
sugar panacotta w/ orange and chili caramel is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen!It is perfection.
I have noticed your comments on
Lindt. That’s my favorite chocolate on the planet.
Wow! How lovely to have a second honeymoon – and what a place to have it
Egads, what an amazing holiday, I’m glad that it’s making up for the lost honeymoon.
I quite like having active holidays but the sound of lazing around is almost making me fall asleep – in a good way!
Oh how lovely, I could really do with a lay by a nice private pool now. I have never been to Bali. It is definitely on my list for a relaxing holiday.
I like a place where I can relax by a pool with someone to bring me cocktails, mostly but with the option of a bit of exploring and gentle activity for a day or two. Pool Pool Pool definitely a pool!
I love every detail and photo of your second honeymoon to Bali. You make it seem as though your readers are there and can taste the foods you are enjoying and the experience of your second/repeat honeymoon. Along with a friend, we created a Blog and it takes us to Bali in our minds since we cannot go there. This gives me more insight into what a visit like yours is all about and the food. We have done some research but you are the first person I have had tell me you went to Bali. It would be fun to hear more about Bali. I am envious but thrilled that you got this opportunity. I would walk on the beach and get my feet wet. Plus eat the best of foods and buy some beautifully colored clothes to wear there. Thank you Lorraine for sharing.
The pool, the room, the food…all looked perfect!
Divine!
What a romantic hideaway – so perfect for honeymooners! And the food looks positively scrumptious!
Oh my goodness this is heaven on earth! Te drinks and food look beautiful, as does the entire villa! I am speechless….this place looks incredible!! I usually am ALL about the active holidays but this has seriously thrown me – rocked me to my core! haha. Loved the Star Class review too.
Heidi xo
What a beautiful place to stay. I’d love to go on a get away like that.
*kisses* HH
p.s. dont u just loooove Aqua di Parma? It’s Mr P’s favorite scent. I feel like i can eat him when he is wearing it.
What a fabulous place! That crab and pomelo salad literally had me salivating!
Oh wow! I feel like I put on a few kilos and all I did was read your blog! Loved the decadence of living the high life for a few days but I think it would wear thin pretty quickly!
I was deathly ill the night I got engaged in Paris… does put a damper on things and flying home sick was gruesome!!! So nice you got a do-over and what a place to go to… 2 of my friends went there for their honeymoon… looks lovely and what a great warm place to stay… you must feel blessed! Great report, as usual Lorraine… I feel like I was there!
What a delightful vacation, Lorraine! And the perfect way to set your honeymoon right. The food is all gorgeous, and the chocolate samosas especially caught my eye…ahhhmazing.
Wow…. That place is just divine!! Not much more to add after everyone’s comments, except that I know where Jean and I will be going on a honeymoon now
What a lovely place, this looks like just the holiday for me, and I have to say the price seems pretty good too. I would love to relax in that pool with a gin and mango slushie!
The only way I like Bali, away from the hassling vendors ! My girlfriend lived there for four years, survived the two bombings, and had a cafe at Legion, I visited for a week, and we would go down to the market each day and bring the produce back for the cook. Did you ever try their baba guling? we would go to Ubud to buy it, and they would line up for hours waiting for the kitchen to open so they could buy it… divine !!!
I’ve been to Indonesia many times for work but never for pleasure, so it is with great envy that I read this post.
I’m incredibly lucky also to have many Indonesian friends so I know just how enjoyable your stay would have been.
One thing I am amazed at is how well you styled the food etc on your flight. Never thought airline food could look so good!!
Always wondered how it is like to travel Jet STarclass.
Love this villa and I certainly don’t mind being waited hand and foot. I love the really active but love beach holiday. I just love being on holiday and travelling
You’re making me sick with jealousy right now
This is exactly what I need to get away from the horrible weather in Melbourne! And all that food! I’m feeling a bit hungry…
there is never any shame in licking a bowl, as long as no one sees.
our holidays tend to be quite active, which is why i am determined to relax on the next one!
this place looks utterly amazing, like you, our honeymoon place was lack-luster…hoping to make it up next time!! sometimes it seems that we lead parallel lives, except mine is infinitely less awesome.
Soooooooooooooooooo jealous!!!!!!
Oh these pictures and the food made me homesick
There’s nothing better than relaxing (vs. running around for sight seeing) in Balinese Villa. Some of the food is definitely fusion though 
It looks so tempting… both the villa and the food
. wanna try it later for my wed anniversary.. thanks for sharing 
.
anyway, I hope you enjoyed your time so much while in Bali
omg I am so jealous right now!! Haven’t had a holiday in 2 1/2 years
I’ve never been to Bali but your story and villa sungai make me want to go pronto!
Fabulous food, surroundings and service, what more could a person ask for?
I like the take it easy, do nothing not go-get-em type holidays, after all it is a holiday right!
That place looks amazing! All the food looks wonderful as well. Looks like my type of holiday. Have always wanted to have a pool all to myself too!
Bali is my favourite holiday destination spot and it looks like you guys were treated to a wonderful trip
Food looked great!
Are you sure such pleasure is legal? Sounds positively decadent to me! Lucky duck.
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