Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Bali trip

I just went for my Bali trip last week, it was quite rush but anyway i have go at least once to this beautiful and peace place.

First day (11 Sept) we suppose to board about 4:40pm but the flight was delay and after 3 hours flight, we reach Bali Denpasar Airport around 9:30pm. It was really a long day, we even can't get to eat McDonald because of their system down before boarding. Anyway, we have our Coffee Bean dinner at LCCT. Upon arriving, we check out and looking for the hotel's people pick us up and towards our hotel - Bounty Hotel. It is located in Poppies Lane II. We all so hungry, so once we drop our luggage, we walk out to get have our dinner. Since it's quite late, we walk along the road and found only left bar or restaurant still open. Finally, we are too tired of searching, we have our first dinner at KFC.

Second day, we decided to go have a relaxing walk at Kuta beach. We just do nothing and watching people surfing. After take some photo and walk along the beach, Jo and her family want to start shopping around the Kuta town, so we leave the beach.

Me and Mic were tired and decided not to continue shopping, so we split to 2 group. We go to have a walk in the town, visit the monumen of Bali bomb and also have a tea time in one of the significant cafe restaurant. It's so hot during the day, we have our cold smoothies and relax in the cafe. We have to re-group during 4pm for a trip to visit famous Pura Uluwatu for the sunset session and also dinner at Jimbaran. It was nice place for sunset in Uluwatu, it take us about 1 hour to reach there. That place got a lot of monkey, so you have to be very careful to take care your belongings.

Sunset very nice in Uluwatu, we stay there until the sun is gone. We take a lot of photo there, really feel happy and relax there. After that, we go for Jimbaran to have our dinner. The price is not cheap for the seafood there, because this is tourist place. However, we have our dinner here to enjoy the seaside dinner moment. Food just okay, not much special and it's expensive. We back to hotel to rest because the next day we will go for sightseeing trip and moving in to Ubud for another night.

Third day, we wake up early to have our breakfast and waiting for the driver to come pick us up. We rent a car with driver for our day trip this time, it cost us about 450,000 rupiah for 12 hours usage. We first arrived at Ubud, about 1.5 hours journey. We are suppose to check in to one of the bungalow reference by friend, but our driver just don't know the place. So, after searching for a while, we decided to stay at Masih Bungalow for the night. It was clean and with basic facilities, so it was consider quite nice in Ubud town. Somemore, it cost us only 70,000 rupiah for 2 persons.

After settled down, we go for our lunch at the famous Babi Guling as lunch. It was really delicious, juicy meat with superb chillis. I like the chillis very much. After lunch, we depart for a volcano trip, that is to see the volcano at Kintamani. It take us another 1.5 hour to reach the village. We can see the Mt. Batur and Lake Batur from this small village. Nice view and we again take a lot of photo there. After that, we have to rush to Tanah Lot for sunset again. That will take us another 1.5 hour, so we sacrified the Tampaksiring tour because not enough time.

Arriving at Tanah Lot is about 5pm, and that is some time for us to walk around the market there before arrived to the Pura Tanah Lot. But we do not have good luck today, the sun seems cover by the crown. We just take some photo and again walking around the Pura. But i still enjoy the scene there, it is a nice place. I saw a couple having their wedding photo session there, and i think is very sweet of them. So, i take a photo of them.

After that, we leaving and back to Ubud town. This time, i have a dinner place in mind where i got that from others opinion their spare ribs and tuna steak are very nice. The driver really not that familiar for that place, so finally we find the way ourselves by following the map. Even all tired of sitting in the car for almost half day and try to just eat somewhere else, i still don't want to let go a chance to try that restaurant. Luckily we found it and try the dish there. It was really nice, you have to try that if you have chance, it is Naughty Nuri's Warung, just opposite the Neka Art Muzium, Ubud. It start raining after our dinner, so we can only go back and rest in our bungalow room.

Last day, we split to 2 group again, jo's sister and family going to shopping again and me, mic and jo go for a spa session. It was just nice, not so special, but relaxing. After spa, we go for shopping and also lunch at one of the restaurant there. Time pass by so fast, time to depart to airport. I don't really think that i got enough time to see the place and also shopping. Leaving Bali around 6pm that day, but still flight delay again, this time i arrived at LCCT already 12:10am the next day. Sigh... i was back to my sweet home at 2 something.

Anyway, that was really not enough time, so i will go again next time. I will backpacked there, coz it will be easier and cheaper way to travel in Bali.

More photo available at my yahoo blog, for those can read chinese, check out my travel blog to Bali.
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