A British couple who travelled to Bali before lockdown have been quarantining in a dreamy Airbnb with their twin toddler boys

• A British family are spending the coronavirus lockdown in a secluded bamboo Airbnb house in Ubud, Bali.
• Corinne and Dave Pruden, usually located in Budapest where they run a specialty coffee shop, left the UK with their twin toddlers on March 16, before the coronavirus travel restrictions came into place.
• The family have quickly adapted to life in Bali and are even sharing their home with frogs, geckos, and a bat.
• Corinne Pruden told Insider: "We do our own clothes washing by hand, and with messy twin toddlers that certainly makes us appreciate the usual mod-cons!"
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A British family booked a one-way ticket to Bali as countries began to close borders last month and have been spending the coronavirus isolation period in an idyllic bamboo house in Ubud.

Flying out on March 16, Corinne and Dave Pruden left London for Denpasar along with their twin toddler boys before the UK was put on lockdown eight days later, according to Sky News.

The Prudens are normally based in Budapest, Hungary where they run a specialty coffee shop, The Goat Herder, which had to close on March 17.

Speaking to Insider over email, Corinne said: "We're located directly opposite the University of Veterinary Medicine, and a short walk from McDaniel College [in Budapest].

"Once the government closed all higher education institutions due to COVID-19, we tried staying open for the sake of our team, but our takings took too much of a hit and we had to close. Our team are fantastic and it pains us to see them in a financially difficult position. As soon as the lockdown is lifted, we'll re-open."

Pre-pandemic, they were in the process of preparing to backpack as a family around Central America for six to nine months so had rented out their Budapest apartment, set up their business with managers, and stayed with family in the UK for a few days before things took a turn, as Sky News reports.

Corinne told Sky News they could no longer travel on their original flight when the US foreign travel ban was introduced, and the only places which were open to them at that point were Brazil, Thailand, and Indonesia. She said they felt as though going to a happy place was going to be good for them and the boys.

Speaking about their decision to go to Bali, Corinne told Insider: "We've had a lot of support from our family.

"Perhaps they're used to us making impulsive and difficult decisions! Our friends have had mixed reactions - because this pandemic is unprecedented, most weren't sure if we were making a great decision or a very stupid one."

After a couple of trial and error instances with suitable locations to settle in Bali, the Prudens found a reasonably priced Airbnb bamboo house in Ubud.

"We live in a house which is architecturally amazing (made of bamboo with key walls and foundations in polished concrete). There are no barriers between the inside and the outside world," Corinne told Insider.

She said: "We have a bat that often hangs from the living room ceiling, frogs that jump between the bamboo supports and 10-inch long geckos on the walls. We hear nature all the time as the house backs on to a wooded area leading to a river. At night, it's like a 'jungle noise' relaxation soundscape."

Although the secluded idyllic setting seems too good to be true, Corinne said the family aren't really facing that many difficulties where they are currently living.

"We do our own clothes washing by hand, and with messy twin toddlers that certainly makes us appreciate the usual mod-cons! Getting to the shops is a bit tricky as the main supermarket is not walkable. We've rented a moped and the narrow path out of the rice fields has a stream on either side which takes some getting used to.

"The boys do lack a bit of social interaction with other children, but at least there's two of them and they are having a great time."

Corinne told Insider the most surprising thing she's found isolating in Bali is how easy it has been to adapt from living in the heart of Budapest with endless food options at all hours, public transport, and a close support network of friends.

She said: "Now we live in the middle of the rice fields and are totally disconnected from the world we came from. We thought that might freak us and the boys out, but instead, it feels totally natural and normal."

As for the toddlers, Corinne said the boys are enjoying the connection with the outside world.

"They now look at the sky and see dark storm clouds vying with blue sky and speculate whether it's going to hit us or not. They know if the temperature drops and the wind picks up, torrential rain, and huge thunderclaps are inevitable, which doesn't seem to concern them at all.

"They've seen locals shimmying up palm trees to send coconuts crashing down, and therefore when we buy them to drink they now know exactly where they come from.

"They're even saying a few words in Indonesian like "terima kasih," thank you, and "nama saya," my name is. The boys just want to play all the time and seem to love learning new things," she said.

Corinne told Insider the family will have to return to Budapest for a little while to get The Goat Herder back up and running again when the pandemic subsides.

She said: "Our goal was always to spend this time with the boys, showing them new environments and cultures. Hopefully, when this is all over, we'll get to continue this educational adventure that we're on.

"Maybe we'll even get to backpack across Central America like we planned before this all started!"