breakfast in Mc D LCCT about to onboard view of Bali island from airplane
However, first day arrival at the airport already very unpleasant experience .
There was a guy dress up light green trouser with blue shirt come to ask us about our luggage stuff , then without further asking , he straight away pull the luggage from raja hand and straight go to the customs, and then bring us to money changer without asking us.
Well , I thought I can just said thanks for his help in order to get rid of him, but without hesitation , he asked for rp 100,000 as tipping.
Story not ended yet, after he took the tipping. He took our luggage to a taxi driver , and the fare is rp 300,000.As it is just too much, we told the driver sorry, we going to take another cab as it was just too much.After raja went to check around. The fare actually is only rp 100,000. Bloody hell, if we din voice up , we just being conned buta buta .
Fortunately, my arrival to hotel is just nice to sooth my bad mood :)
lobby of Royal Bali Suite on the way to our villa living room in out small villa
small garden in our villa swimming pool welcome drink
some decor the bed the bath tub the villa door outside Villa towards beach
Since no proper plan, we just browse through the brochures that we took from airport, and check out what can we do which is easier. At the end, Raja suggested we go to sun set cruise dinner. it cost us RP350k per person, but compare with Malaysia - Port Dickson (RM1500 per cruise, min 2 pax, max 15 pax), it is consider cheap. and so here we are :)
Nusa Dua Beach
Arrival to cruise the jeti people fishing
lovely couple..hahaha some nice food on the cruise dinner
2nd day in Bali, we wanted to be more free and adventurous, so we rented a motorbike with RP50000 for whole day.
along the way , there are some store beside the road selling their own formulated petrol (i guess so, as it seem can last for very long). We put in full tank with 3 bottles, and RP5000 per bottle, but the petrol meter seem never go down. so may be next time we should only put in one bottle should be enough.
"Petrol station for motorbike"Well, this day we went to shopping. the first stop was Billabong Factory outlets. there was 80% off. if you are in size S and M, it will be a good place to buy some quality bikini.
And then we went to a free duty mall to have our lunch, of course, some local food. but in a cafe. trust me, the weather there is really really hot, hence a air conditioning place is a wise decision.
Lunch Mie Soto Paru Goreng
Es Doger (nice ) Banana w chocolate & cheese (yummy) Sago pulut with chocolate syrup (so so)
after lunch, we went to Legian, Kuta to find some souvenir. apparently the stuff here especially in Kuta is cheaper compare others places.
Legian and Kuta
At last of 2nd day, we went to Jimbaran for their popular candle light dinner beside the beach. please note, the sun set actually is in Kuta, so it is a dinner on the beach, not with sunset scenary :) and i think our food is great with RP300,000. we have crab, red snapper, clams, squid, lobster, medium prawn, salad, frieds, and 2 bottles of Bintang beers.
Jimbaran beach
Our seafood candle light dinner3rd day in Bali, we decided to go to Ubud and Kitamani. Sadly, as we dapart in the late morning, hence these are the 2 places that we can go. but also fortunately, as these places are far, hence the journey also tiring.
We did not really stop at Ubud for exploring. we only stop by to try the dirty duck..em... yummy.. Must try :)
Dirty duck and Bandung soda
Handmade silver jewelry Factory (on the way to Ubud)
Monkey forest (on the way to Kitamani)
Paddy terrace (on the way to Kitamani)
afterward, we straight go up to Kitamani, which heard from the driver- the named was come from a myth of 2 gods in love, who named Cita and Mana. when their love got to know by their big god, there were cursed to become the 2 mountain there. one is rock stone, another one is volcano.
Last day in Bali, since our flight is at 730 in the evening, the nearest activity in Nusa Dua will be water sport.
after that, we went to a nice hotel to have a nice fine dining for our lunch follow by a a kampong style food spa.
That's all my spontaneous Bali adventure.
