Bali Trip - Part II
From Part I…
We woke up early in the morning to start our tour around the island. Before that, we had a so-so breakfast at the hotel’s cafeteria, which is next to the swimming pool. Breakfast were some fried rice, bacons, potatoes, pan cakes, corn flakes, toast breads, fruit juices, coffees and teas. It’s very simple and you don’t have much choice.
Our driver, Wadthir reached the hotel right on time and off we went to our first stop, the handicrafts shop. I think we went to the same shop as Egghead’s, because I saw the same statue. I got to say, the Balinese sure has very good skill in crafting and batik painting. There were two hot Japanese chick, but I didn’t manage to snap a clear picture of them. Guess what, the employees here can speak multi national language. I heard them speaking fluent Japanese.
After that, we went to watch the traditional Barong dance. Barong is a fictional character in the Mythology of Bali. He is the king of the spirits, leader of the hosts of good, and enemy of Rangda in the mythological traditions of Bali (Wikipedia). In other words, it was a musical play / story between the good and evil. You have to take note of their effort in creating the tools, costumes and etc., very detailed and fine piece of work.
It was nice to watch and they even incorporated dirty jokes! My sisters and I were laughing at the last part though. My sister did record some videos, but I am too lazy to upload and wait for her to unload those videos. Therefore, I hope you can get a rough idea from the pictures. The entrance fee was RP50000 / RM20 per person.
Did you feel like as if you were there and watched the show? If you did, glad that my objective was achieved. If you don’t, too bad. -lol-
We then went too Padangtegal’s sacred monkey forest. The entrance fee was RP5000 / RM2 per person, if not mistaken. The monkeys were one heck of a poser, they would sit still and look at your camera. -sweat- They didn’t try to snatch anything from us though.
Next stop was Kintamani. Kintamani is one of the active volcanoes in Bali. Tour guides will bring you here to have lunch, where you get to sit and eat directly in front of the volcano. The weather up the hill is very cooling, even cooler than Genting / Cameron Highlands. However, when we were there, the weather wasn’t good as it was about to rain. Hence, the clouds covered the peak of the volcano. There’s a lake on the far left of the hill too, making it a very pleasant view for your eyes. You don’t get such view in Malaysia. We had our lunch at Batur Seri Restaurant, which I think, has the best view of all the restaurants there.
We opted for the buffet, thinking that we could eat more food compare to ala carte. It wasn’t a wise choice. The food was sweet and tasted so-so only. The Balinese satay was unique but it’s an acquired taste. My mum didn’t like it while I took it without much problem. I think we ate more fruits than the dishes. -rolls eyes-
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December 22nd, 2006 13:07
damn it damn it, viewing this post makes me restart iMac twice *curse u curse u*…
was doing my FitnessScout write-up and x save!!! *curse u curse u*
December 22nd, 2006 13:44
ok… i wanna go there…
the food seems quite nice ma… the place very unique… facing such a nice scenery… i wanted to go there… really nice weather also…
the dance… i dun like it.. haha …
December 22nd, 2006 14:35
what the heck is in the last picture?!
They look like.. snake skin but with nuts inside.
HaHAHaHaa… snake nuts.
December 22nd, 2006 15:07
OMG that sculture of the hunk is so wrong, man… btw merry christmas!
December 22nd, 2006 20:25
Your body takes up 1/4 of the scenery di! LoL…
December 22nd, 2006 22:06
hey…. nice views… nice photos….
after my phuket island trip will consider to go bali island….
got nice diving site there?
December 22nd, 2006 23:27
*praying* pls let there be piktures of chicks in the 2rd part plsssss
December 23rd, 2006 03:37
The last pic looks like over riped lychee.
December 23rd, 2006 18:09
wahwahwahhhhhhhh , i wan go…i wan go…. , wanna bising 38K bring me there lol, nabo falancar, hahahaha……….
December 23rd, 2006 23:59
Ahnee : It’s not my fault if the Mac is slow, right? :P Who ask you don’t want to save every minute. :P
Cely : Food, really nothing special and they tasted sweet. Hmm, the dance is part of Bali’s culture, you need to at least watch one of them.
Hwey : I don’t know what its called too. All I know is, it didn’t taste good. LOL.
Simon : Yes, very wrong indeed. Merry Christmas to you too.
Bryan : Grrr…
Ta Wen : Got, north of Bali, got 2-3 popular diving spots there.
Wingz : Went family, how to take for you.
Deng : Over riped lychee doesn’t look like this one. :D It’s a kind of fruit ler.
Candy Gan : Die, later 38k come kill me because I suggested the idea. -sweat-
December 24th, 2006 01:42
Wahhhh..nampak seronok gilar la. …
Dropping by to wish u merry xmas …. hehheheee…
December 24th, 2006 08:11
wow wow.. this remind me of 2 years back… really enjoy the trip when i go there two years back.. kind of miss bali ^^
hehehe…
oh.. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year ~~~
December 24th, 2006 11:42
Merry Christmas and a happy new year
nice pics.. and i love bali!!
December 24th, 2006 20:52
Ellone : Merry x’mas to you too!
Aprilcherrie : Ah, you went to Bali before too? Hehe. Merry x’mas and happy new year to you!
Shireen K : Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!
December 29th, 2006 02:14
Hi, that fruit called “salak” aka “snake fruit”, tastes sweet and slightly tangy, should be nice though, maybe you didn’t have the ripe one that time :D
December 29th, 2006 02:20
Carboqueen : Haha, when I ate, it didn’t taste sweet or tangy. Instead, it tasted like… Ermm, yeah, unripe. LOL.
January 15th, 2007 15:48
Ola, Mei’s here..what a coincidence!
Just came back from my Bali Trip…our hotel SAMA la.
Nice shot.
:I’m a student in MMU , hmm..what else ar..ooo I’m in Vincent’s group for Spirit of Melaka
January 15th, 2007 17:58
Mei : Ah, did you have fun? ;) I know who you are, Ooi Mei Ying. :P
January 16th, 2007 13:11
Yeah..so far yup..I did have fun. It’s a great trip indeed.
I start to miss the ’sambal’. Aduh…’I even seludup masuk their cili sos plus their sambal belacan back to M’sia’. Heheheh
C ya next sem~Chiau