2014 - BALI, INDONESIA - Percutian a.k.a Vacation PART 2
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Early in the morning, we went down to the
hotel’s beach to catch the sunrise. And it is a must-do! Just beautiful. We
also walk around the pool – Grand Nikko have 6 swimming pools, can you imagine?
Its huge!
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| Beautiful sunrise |
Today, we will
have a full day excursion in which we will go to places that are far away from
Kuta and Nusa Dua. Eddy (Supir) has been
informed about our improvised travel arrangements and he gladly follow it. We
did not have breakfast at the hotel – Ragu2
makanan hotel halal, maybe boleh makan roti je so rugila bayar RM90 per head
untuk breakfast.Eddy brought us to the shrine of Java food that later
becomes our favourite spot for dining.
He brought us to
a small restaurant owned by a newly widowed Javanese woman who is Eddy’s
neighbor. For Javanese people, the ate rice with several dishes in the morning
- bayangkan kitorang makan nasi berlauk pagi
buta. Pelik tapi berbaloi sebab tak lapar jalan jauh. Very heavy for us
Malaysians but it was so good, so delicious, so spicy, so worth it!!!! We
surely came back for more. The food I presumed is the cheapest in Bali – RM8
per pax. We ordered a lot of dishes. Amazing.
TIPS: Plan your itinerary well if you choose not to follow the place
suggested by your Supir. Please
consider the amount of time to get to one place as it is far away from each
other.
We continue our
Journey to Tegallalang, Ubud. Ayah keeps on talking with Eddy – Ayah is very
friendly though, he makes new friends like instantly. Ubud is the home of the
paddy fields fancily decorated at the hill slopes. It was so lush with green
and very easy on the eyes. The field was shaped to follow the contour of the
hill and slope. Along the way, we can see a lot of street art galleries heading
to Tegallalang.
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| Paddy field |
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| Termenung fikirkan kelapa mahal |
We have some
coconut drinks at the café and boy, we got the “tourist price syndrome”. A
coconut water cost us RM15. Mahal gila
okay?Mahal!!!!. We were shocked of the price for some simple coconut water.
We moved on to next destination – Kintamani. Many tourist guide or tour
operator push tourist to have lunch here which is as you guess it – EXPENSIVE.
Cost RM60 for lunch buffet. This is the holy grail of having Supir.You decide where and when you want
to have a lunch break. Since we are full from the Javanese food, we skip the
lunch here.
Kintamani offers
a highland where you ca spot the Mount Agung volcano from a distance. Below,
you can see some farmers came to collect the fertile black soil at the base of
the volcano for their farmsBeing a tourist spot, we were ambushed by several
ladies selling souvenirs stuffs. Our Supir
politely deceived them saying we are bound to airport and we leave.
Kisah: Embak2 kejar sampai masuk kereta. Dah masuk
kereta, diorang campak semua barangan dlm kereta suruh beli jugak. Kitorg
cepat2 bagi balik ikut tingkap. Panik gakla sebab kena serbu ramai embak.
Next, we are
bound to the beautiful Tanah Lot. This is the most beautiful spot in Bali. We
arrived here around 3 pm. It is hot and humid outside, only me and Kak Jaja
decided to went down to the temple. This temple is located on a rock at sea. You
can only cross over to the temple when the tide is low. It is truly beautiful.
It remind me of how beautiful and rich Bali is, with its culture and nature.
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| It looks like it came off from a magazine, but this is the reality. |
After admiring
the view, we proceed to Kuta for lunch and to visit the infamous Kuta Beach. We
had lunch at a Nasi Padang in Kuta – expensive and so-so quality. How I miss
the Javanese Restaurant. We prayed at a local mosque and straight to the beach! Kuta is lively
day and night and of course traffic is unforgiving. We went to the Hard Rock
Café for some shopping session.
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| Just don't ask me why... |
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| Hard Rock Cafe is the most go-to place in Kuta |
We then proceed
to the Mother of Shopping and Souvenir Center – Krishna. Yes, it opens 24
hours! We bought some souvenirs for colleagues, family members and friends
here. Price was okay and they sell a whole range of Bali souvenir – you name
it, its here. Eddy even joked that he can bring us to Krishna at 3 a.m if we
want to continue our ahopping expedition.
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| Sampai terduduk kak? |
Kat Krishna beli kacang-kacang, kopi Bali,
macam-macam lah. Ibu macam tak nak balik je. Nak duduk lama2 kat situ ke.
Before going
back to the hotel, we stop by Mc Donald’s for some light dinner. And the
packing war begins. These are the items I bought from Bali.
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