finally, i have motivated myself to post about my bali trip.
here goes.
day 1.We left to klia at about 1pm, and after a huge delay we managed to get seats on the flight. It was a super full flight, so we were all separated. But i had appa and my sister near me so it was ok i suppose. The cute little kid in front of me totally made the whole 3 hours journey for me. That and the fact that they gave us haagen daaz in the flight..
In Bali, we got through immigration super fast. Got welcome garlands from the Balimas Co. , our tour agent. Went to the hotel, Inna Putri Bali and checked in. After that our tour guide brought us to this beautiful beachside restaurant where we had seafood dinner. I'm no fan of seafood, but i enjoyed that dinner. It was good. Had clams for the first time, and it was quite ok. Technically we didn't do much in Bali this day, coz we reached quite late.
you can't really see the beach behind.
my sister's half eaten seafood dinner.
the front of restaurant.
at the hotel.
day 2.It rained like crazy on this day. Woke up at 6, coz we had a full day ahead of us. Had breakfast at the hotel, the basic croissants, eggs, bread, kuihs and all. Left the hotel at about 8.30 and our first destination was the Barong & Kris dance. It was about this Indonesian legend i guess, i didn't really get it myself. Then we went to a batik factory/showroom. Saw loads of pretty batik paintings, bags, clothes and all, that were way too expensive for our likings. We went to the Gold and Silver Smith next. Again, saw alot of pretty jewelry that was much too expensive.
Then we drove to Kintamani, which is on the hilly side of Bali, and saw this volcano. We had lunch at this restaurant with a super view. After lunch we went to a Coffee and Cocoa Plantation. Its called Amertha Yoga. They mixed a lot of tasters for us. We ended up buying the ginger cocoa drink, pure cocoa, ginger lime and my mom bought a whole bunch of organic spices.
We stopped at a market on the way and bought this huge butterfly kite. we also stopped at a wood carving centre. Saw people polishing wood deco's. And once again, loads of expensive stuff furniture, ornaments, etc.
Since our family, we're vegetarian on monday we asked for veg food for the day. So we ate this restaurant that apparently specialises in vegetarian food. It was nice, despite my anti-vege self, i actually ate my food.
Back at the hotel, my sisters and i switched our shoes for flip flops and walked to the beach behind the hotel. It is SUPER CLEAN!! it was like dark already, so the tide was pretty high, hence we just wet our feet and didn't really go in. I can't swim, X].
breakfast.
barong and kris dance.
batik paintings being made.
batik cloth in the making.
making silver earrings.
the volcano, its inactive.
the plantation.
wood carving centre.
the restaurant where we had dinner.
enjoying the food.
the doorway to the beach.
day 3.Our free and easy day. We were gonna go to the beach in the morning, but guess what??
It was raining. We went to the town instead. At this place called Kumbasari Market, we made up for the shopping we didnt do the day before coz it was too expensive. The prices at this market was like 10times cheaper. We were stuck there for awhile coz of the rain. Eventually we left and went to an indian restaurant, since my grandpa insisted on indian food. thanks to the horrific trafic in the town, we got back to the hotel pretty late in the evening. My sister's couldn't get her spa treatment coz out tour guide was picking us up about an hour after that. So i sat in the hotel room instead and read Time Traveller's wife to waste the time. At 5, we went to a bunch of factory outlet stores, Billabong, etc. Prices weren't to our liking, so we left and went to a place called Agung Bali. That place is CHEAP! Bought more stuff there. And for dinner we had ayam bakar. That night we decided to go to the beach for good. Main-main there for abit, then we washed off the sand and went to the pool. Total mat salleh hangout, but we went anyway. And that ended day 3.
our bill from lunch. in the 100thousands. =)
ayam bakar restaurant.
they stuck stickers on us when we went to agung bali.
day 4.We woke up early on this day so that we could walk to the beach and take some pictures in daylight. Went for breakfast and took more pictures around the hotel area. Went to a Sanur Beach at 10am. Went on the Glass Bottom Boat ride, fed fishes and went to the Turtle Island. But there is more there than just turtles. Hornbills, Eagles, Chickens, Iguanas, Bats, Snakes, etc. There was even a chicken fight. After we were done there, we went to the Ulu Watu Temple, a Hindu Temple. They kept warning us about wild monkeys here, so we took off our earrings, left our bags and even hid cameras when we were there. But they seemed alright to me, you don't disturb it, it doesn't disturb you. Went to a GWK for lunch. Saw Vishnu and Garuda statues there. They were all half done, coz apparently they ran out of money while doing it. My sister, appa and aiya got foot reflexology, me and amma stayed back. Painful la.
After that we headed towards Tanah Lot, another temple. Its beachside, so we were supposed to catch the sunset there. Once again, thanks to the traffic, we only got there at like 7. Bye Bye sunset. It was super crowded with the tourists and locals and all. Lots of shops, we bought more stuff. Went back to Denpasar for dinner. Padang food. GOOD!! When we got back to the hotel, we sat and packed. We were leaving the next day.
beach.
fish.
turtle island.
chicken fight.
unfinished vishnu statue.
unfinished garuda statue.
foot reflexology.
day 5.last day. we had breakfast at the hotel, and then went to the airport. Checked in and had like 2 hours left. We decided to finish all our rupiah on duty free shopping. And finally boarded the flight. Much bigger plane this time. had a comfortable trip back.
last shot with the tour guide.
