back from bali and here's how it went!!!
Day 1: Singapore to Jakarta airport(transit) to Bali airport
now we were all rather excited as we had been planning this trip for nearly 5 weeks, dipak, roche, lyon and myself. at the airport i was rather happy to meet barry as it was quite some time since i met up with him. he was suppose to fly air asia i think but we were on garuda.(to the guys: the BEST flight in the air)
touched down and we immediately threw out stuff down and headed for the beach. it was fabulous!!! and it was not as hot as we expected. after we went shopping for beach wear and had a quick dinner.
when it was night time we were all ready to explore kuta(the beach where we stayed). we headed to double 6 where it was only scheduled to open after midnight hence we headed down to hard rock. met barry again this time on LEGIAN street(which happened to be our future night spot from that day forth.
the entire day we were kept being pushed with magic mushroom(a soft core drug), prostitutes, transport and marijuana. we were scared at first when this particular dude came up to us and held on to us in a cab to sell drugs. but after a few days we were rather immune to it.
Day2: Sea Sports
Day 2 was filled with sea activities such as fly fish, Turtle Island and scuba diving. Scuba diving was rather tiring to the mouth as we had to bite on to this rubbery thing which provided us oxygen. After all this we were starving and we managed to find Babi Guling. Yes you seen it right PORK RICE. This dish is the best in Bali and if you were to ever go there please do not miss it. The way they roasted their pig was spectacular and together with the other spices and dishes it was well worth the calories. In the night we headed down to Paddy’s in Legian street to club and the club scene there is very different. We are allowed in with shorts, slippers and bare bodied.
Day 3: Ubud: volcano island, monkey forest, rice fields
Ubud was lovely. The peacefulness and tranquility of that place together with the feeling of being with the locals in their village was amazing. The thing about me is that i love visiting the asian countries villages and really venture and try to get lost among the people. It gives me the thrills and the spirit to ask my way around and even try the local food and practices that they do. Nothing else could substitute that feeling. During the volcano hike, there was this particular little girl, she was dirty and smelly and looked rather hungry. She came to us holding all the key chains and necklaces, wanting us to buy them. My heart just sank, looking at this girl and looking back at me in Singapore, what more did this girl one other than just food and shelter.
After all the cultural visits, we headed down to the village to do some shopping followed by a fantastic seafood dinner by the sunset.
Day 4: Water rafting, Sunset
We went for water rafting today and the water was freezing. By then most of us were down with a slight flu because of Lyon and I was shivering most of the ride. We passed by incredible waterfalls as well as Buddha carved stone from the mountains and noticed that there were a few people who actually lived there. Amazing isn’t it, with nothing but the flowing stream and trees.
After all these, roche and I went to change money as we ran out of it. Believe me what we saw at the money changer was magic, real magic. After changing a particular sum of Sing dollars we were given back their currency with the exchange rate of 7225(which is rocket high). We were delighted, they counted the money once, and we each counted it once so that means thrice altogether. As we gathered the money and counted it again we were short change of the rate and were actually given 6900. The thing is how was that possible when both of us counted it again and again and the money just slipped away. Although we found out later on that they took commission but the fact that money slipped out of their hands and into ours with notes disappearing was mind-blowing. We just looked at each other and smiled at the country.
Later in that evening we managed to catch the sunset and it was amazing, making me think of the song “SUNSET” by café Del mar. We wander around the beach and just fool around until it was pitch black.
After that we went for massages, shopping, a midnight stroll and clubbed. I love BALI to bits.
Day 5: Street Shopping
Today was a day we decided to use the hotel facilities, explore the Kuta streets(the back ends). We made a couple of friends with the aussie kids at the hotel pool and ended up playing the water slide, pool volley ball till we got scolded by the life guards. We were too “havoc” by going down(7 of us) at once into the slide. What a loser! After we went out to the streets getting last minute gifts, temporary tattoos, I even wanted to braid my hair but it was too short and I managed to find my fisherman pants that I had been looking for in this entire trip. We had more Babi Guling, rode behind a motor cycle IN THE STREETS OF BALI and continued our midnight shopping.
Day 6: Bali-Singapore
It was a rather sad day for us as we left Bali and headed home but we could only look for more such adventures in life. We had Balinese food for the last time before checking out and heading to the airport. We really made a big mess of our room and even broke a stone table. Our toilet smelled, our beds messy, and everything that you could possibly find in the hotel room was on the floor.
GOODBYE BALI.
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