Sights & Sounds of Bali... Beautiful place :)
Kuta
I guess this is the main tourist spot. Lots of bars, restaurants and shops. I had my hair and the 'tattoo' done there, on the beach!! :)
Shopping at Kuta is rather expensive, compared to elsewhere. But food prices were more or less the same.
Pineapple Fried Rice.
I had this at a nice cozy restaurant called Ketupat. We were actually walking along a row of shophouses in Kuta, towards the memorial. Then we saw a table with a menu on it (with the lightbulb hanging just above the menu! hehehe). It looked interesting, and we walked in through an open space and into a walkway. I didn't expect much at first, but when I walked in, I loved the decor of the place! There was a pool in the middle of the area, with tables around it. We chose to sit inside the restaurant though, coz it was a bit hot & stuffy. Food was good, with friendly staff. Just a bit slow...
Goa Gajah
This is loosely translated as Elephant Cave?? hehehe.. it's a temple of, I think..
The actual cave itself is very small, less than 5 mins and you're done. But I very sua, you see.. So stayed for quite some time around the area to take pix... :)
Kintamani
Beautiful, beautiful scenery. We can only watch it by the road side :S
We drove along a long & winding road uphill, to be greeted by this beautiful scene. Maciam a scene from Lord of the Rings.. hehehehe...
The place was really cool, almost like Genting. Sadly, our experience was marred by the local 'traders'. The moment we step foot on the paveway, a group of traders, mostly women and young children (they are the orang asli, as informed by our driver when I asked later) swarmed us with their 'wares'. Sarongs lar, pencils lar, trinkets larr.. and even ink 'tattoo'.
But then arrrr.. when we agreed to a price for an item, they would turn around and say the price they agreed on is for another item, the ones that we wanted are more expensive!!! That's like cheating lorrr!! That's why some of us ended quarelling with them.
My advise? Ignore them completely. They'll still pester you, but just walk away. You can get better deals for the same stuff elsewhere.
However, all said & done, they are just trying to make a living... Quite sad, really. I heard from our driver (from the villa, while on the way to the airport on the final day) that seafood is very expensive in Bali. Most families can't afford to eat them. The main food are pork & chicken meat. He added that he only bring his wife & 2 children for seafood @ Jimbaran Bay during his wedding anniversary, and he spends around IDR500,000 each time. It's considered as a luxury... We very ho miah horr.. everyday big fish, big meat...
Tanah Lot
MUST GO!!!!!
It's high tide, we can't cross over to the temple.. wasted... :(
But nonetheless, the view was breathtaking!!!!
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.....
We had lunch there. Surprisingly good and not very expensive.. we had a great view of the temple from the 'restaurant'.
Uluwatu Temple
Lots of monkeys around!!
Make sure you hold tightly to your stuff!!! A monkey grabbed a lady's unbrella coz she was swinging the thing while walking!! And when our driver tried to retrive it, that monkey 'showed' him his two long and sharp teeth!!! Walau lorr.. so fierce!!!!
Ses Lee's bro act cute!!! :>
Actually, this place quite big. But it was a hottttttt day, so we tak larat walk too far. hehehehe...
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That sums up my trip. Worth a visit lorrr... My take is if you are not too choosy about the accommodation and don't shop a lot, I think you can do 4D3N under RM1k. Come to think of it, nothing much to buy lorrr...
But for the experience, try the villa. Lots of it in Bali (if you do not want to be too far off from Kuta, choose a villa in Legian / Seminyak area). Pamper yourself a bit larr.. All in all, I spent under RM2,000. Air-fare, accommodation, transport with driver for 2 days at 10 hours per day (airport transfers provided by villa), food, some HardRock t-shirts, some trinkets, tips and not forgetting, an in-house Balinese massage :)
Will definitely go there again. Fingers cross!!!
Kuta
I guess this is the main tourist spot. Lots of bars, restaurants and shops. I had my hair and the 'tattoo' done there, on the beach!! :)
The Bali bombing memorial
Shopping at Kuta is rather expensive, compared to elsewhere. But food prices were more or less the same.
Pineapple Fried Rice.
I had this at a nice cozy restaurant called Ketupat. We were actually walking along a row of shophouses in Kuta, towards the memorial. Then we saw a table with a menu on it (with the lightbulb hanging just above the menu! hehehe). It looked interesting, and we walked in through an open space and into a walkway. I didn't expect much at first, but when I walked in, I loved the decor of the place! There was a pool in the middle of the area, with tables around it. We chose to sit inside the restaurant though, coz it was a bit hot & stuffy. Food was good, with friendly staff. Just a bit slow...
Goa Gajah
This is loosely translated as Elephant Cave?? hehehe.. it's a temple of, I think..
The actual cave itself is very small, less than 5 mins and you're done. But I very sua, you see.. So stayed for quite some time around the area to take pix... :)
Kintamani
My so-called photography skills didn't do justice to the view that greeted us...
Beautiful, beautiful scenery. We can only watch it by the road side :S
We drove along a long & winding road uphill, to be greeted by this beautiful scene. Maciam a scene from Lord of the Rings.. hehehehe...
The place was really cool, almost like Genting. Sadly, our experience was marred by the local 'traders'. The moment we step foot on the paveway, a group of traders, mostly women and young children (they are the orang asli, as informed by our driver when I asked later) swarmed us with their 'wares'. Sarongs lar, pencils lar, trinkets larr.. and even ink 'tattoo'.
But then arrrr.. when we agreed to a price for an item, they would turn around and say the price they agreed on is for another item, the ones that we wanted are more expensive!!! That's like cheating lorrr!! That's why some of us ended quarelling with them.
My advise? Ignore them completely. They'll still pester you, but just walk away. You can get better deals for the same stuff elsewhere.
However, all said & done, they are just trying to make a living... Quite sad, really. I heard from our driver (from the villa, while on the way to the airport on the final day) that seafood is very expensive in Bali. Most families can't afford to eat them. The main food are pork & chicken meat. He added that he only bring his wife & 2 children for seafood @ Jimbaran Bay during his wedding anniversary, and he spends around IDR500,000 each time. It's considered as a luxury... We very ho miah horr.. everyday big fish, big meat...
Nice horrr...
Tanah Lot
MUST GO!!!!!
It's high tide, we can't cross over to the temple.. wasted... :(
But nonetheless, the view was breathtaking!!!!
We had lunch there. Surprisingly good and not very expensive.. we had a great view of the temple from the 'restaurant'.
Uluwatu Temple
Lots of monkeys around!!
Make sure you hold tightly to your stuff!!! A monkey grabbed a lady's unbrella coz she was swinging the thing while walking!! And when our driver tried to retrive it, that monkey 'showed' him his two long and sharp teeth!!! Walau lorr.. so fierce!!!!
Ses Lee's bro act cute!!! :>
Actually, this place quite big. But it was a hottttttt day, so we tak larat walk too far. hehehehe...
**************************
That sums up my trip. Worth a visit lorrr... My take is if you are not too choosy about the accommodation and don't shop a lot, I think you can do 4D3N under RM1k. Come to think of it, nothing much to buy lorrr...
But for the experience, try the villa. Lots of it in Bali (if you do not want to be too far off from Kuta, choose a villa in Legian / Seminyak area). Pamper yourself a bit larr.. All in all, I spent under RM2,000. Air-fare, accommodation, transport with driver for 2 days at 10 hours per day (airport transfers provided by villa), food, some HardRock t-shirts, some trinkets, tips and not forgetting, an in-house Balinese massage :)
Will definitely go there again. Fingers cross!!!
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