Christmas @ Bali -- Day 3

Phewwww.... 3rd day... is 3rd day!!! Is sunny day!!! Is time to the beach!!!!!!!! Woke up a bit late because of the alcohol... After ready, me & Lorraine spent some time to took photos again...

Front view...

Beach side logo...

Welcome to Kuta beach... Finally we were here!!!!! But then we were just only to take a photo & to another place called Nusa Dua. (information from our tour guide)

Before that, we were managed to visit this place... a place which memories of the incident will live throughout the years among the people of Bali ～～ Kuta Legian Memorial.

Bali Bomb Memorial... 202 people died on 12 Oct 2002, in the worst incident ever to occur in the peaceful land of Bali.

These are the list of people whose lives were lost in the fateful incident...

Spent about 15mins at this place... then we rushed to this place called Nusa Dua. A place for those who like water sports.

Bali Apollo dive & water sports located at Tanjung Benoa...

Sunny day... but we were just passing by & didn't try any water activities here!!!!! lll=.=lll Wasted hor.... I tell myself... never mind, I'll be there again!!!!!! **faint**

Coming up next destination is this ~~ Pura Luhur Uluwatu Temple... A beautifull place for seeing sunset and beautiful rock with Hindia Ocean view... but we reached at about 12 noon really big & hot sun I tell u.... lll=.=lll

Uluwatu Temple...

The way to hell... why I was saying that... later you will know...

This is the way to the temple...

The temples located high on a cliff top at the edge of a plateau 250 feet above the waves of the Indian Ocean. (this is the right side of the view)

(this is the left side of the view)

Photo along the way to the top of the hill... Try to concentrate on my sunglass. I was wearing it on that time...

Nice wave..... Why without my sunglasses??

Lost my sunglasses is because of this MONKEYS!!!!! They snatched my sunglasses!!!! These monkeys was hiding along the way... so don't forget to hide your sunglasses or camera while walking here... have to be veli careful I tell you... cause I'm one of the victim =.=

Took a picture with these stupid monkeys before we were going off...

Had our lunch @ KFC :P Why KFC? Because this place have air-con :D

Yakiniku set... can't found in Malaysia :P

The original KFC...

Brupppp.... very full.... then we started to go. Next location was this place called Tanah Lot Temple. This temple is very famous among tourist destinations in Bali.

Tanah Lot which mean ancient land (the land to the south)...
Tanah Lot Temple, one of the main temple in the worship of Balinese gods...
Let's photo before we move in...
Here it is...

The temple itself is built on a small promontory which is only accessible at low tide and it appearance during high water...
The other part of the view...
Wah...... you see there.... soooo nice hor...... :P
Because of the timing problem, we can't wait until the sunset... and this is our last location.... sigh.... :(

Before back to the hotel, we were manage to have a SPA...
The name for this place...
Clean our foot before go into the room...

Feel fresh after the SPA :P

We spent about 2 hours at this place, it was about 10:30pm+...

Is time to home... Is time to pack... It was our last night at Bali and we had to reach airport about 4am :-S....

After packing all the stuff then only we went for our dinner. Had McD at the nearer place, just need a few steps from our hotel... Dinner done.. we walked around before we back to our hotel...

We were so so tired after a long day walk.... take a short nap before we left to airport...

Ready to go home... It was 3:30am+

Wah.... Long queue to check-in

Our flight number...

Look at our luggage....

A long long corridor to the waiting area... We wait about 2 hours here...

Ooooo... Finally!!!!!!

Here's our plane... Is time to go home lor...

My 1st trip to Bali last year 2009... :-) Next tirp on this year 2010 ~~ Chiang Mai!!!!!!!! :D

Christmas @ Bali -- Day 2

Yawn.... 24th Dec 2009... Christmas Eve!!! We were woke up early in the morning. After prepared our self, me and Lorraine went for our buffet breakfast. :P

Christmas deco...

Fine-looking restaurant covered by sunshine...

Here's the food that we shared...

Wheat, veggie, cheeseeeeee.... so healthy hor :P
Frutissss with blueberry yoghurt topping...
Pork bacon, omelets, sausages...

Pancake with honey &......

Nah.... look at this!!!!!! See what I found???? A group named "Slash"!!!! They used this guitar in their "You Could Be Mine" video on 1991.... Hahaha... Must snap a photo :P

After had our breakfast... we walk around to take some photos...

Poolside in the morning...
Poolside front view...

Poolside at another side...

Before start our journey... Let's photossssssss :P

Take 2

The car that we travel by and this is the car plate number...

The 1st place we went was Ubud... Its basically a village…a cultural village at that. So you have some shops…but mostly houses where people are creating stuff and selling them. So one can shop for Balinese clothes, decorative items, memorabilia many more.....

The street...

Colorful guitar...

We were spent almost half day at this place. :-S After a long walk... We were tried to recharge!!!

Lunch was at Ibu Oka’s Babi Guling...

A famous place to eat babi guling...

The banana leaf plate consisted of a pile of fragrant rice, tender slices of piggy, a piece of blood sausage, some other unidentifiable internal fried bits, with a piece of kulit (crispy skin) with the accompanying sambal...

Let's photo before the lunch!!! Wanna thanks the tourist who took this photo for us... we are also a tourist what... :P hehehe

After lunch... we continue to our next location. Actually we were just passed by here and took some photos.

Signboard...

Nice padi fields along the way...

Spent about half hour at this place. Then we rushed to another location again, the weather was getting dark.... like want to rain!!!!!!! :-S

One of the famous place for tourist....

Can see a lake while we walked in...

A hot spring actually, but then it was raining!!! So we can't go into the pool :-(

Can see how heavy the rain was... sigh....... tried to rent an umbrella from a little girl (A new business wor :D) it cost us about Rp 5000 :-S

Because of the weather, we had no choice, so we continue to this place called Kintamani Volcano. A mountain which lies at 1400 meters above sea level. Luckily the rain was stop while on the way to there... so that we can manage to take some photos here...

Kintamani Volcano...

4 of us...

The next station... back to the natural. We when to this place..... forgot the name :P Is actually half hour from Kintamani Volcano. A place that have many Coffee & Cocoa plantations. (Bali natural spice)

Coco tree...

This kakak made us some drinks (Choco, milk tea, ginger tea, coffee, cappuccino...)

Tasting time :P

After finished our tasting session. We found this market... We tried to find some junk food & drink before we heading to the next location...

Balinese night market...

Sate ayam.. (a bit different from here... not bad)

Spent about half hour at this market place. The next station was Stage Chandra Budaya. We were there to watch the most unique balinese dance name "Sanghyang" or Trance Dance and also can called Kecak & Fire Dance, which is not accompanied by any orchestra or gamelan but by choir of hundred men it has it's origin in an old ritual dance.

Ticket (Rp 80,000) & flyer for Kecak & Fire Dance...

1 hour Live show...

Act 01. Rama, Sita and golden deer.

Act 02. Sita and Rahwana

Act 03. Sita, Trijata and Hanoman

Act 04. Rama, Meganada and Garuda

Act 05. Rama, Sugriwa and Meganada

Coming up with Sanghyang Dedari Dance. Sanghyang dance developed from to the essential religious function maintaining the health and well being of the village.

After the Sanghyang Dedari Dance, the last performance was Sanghyang Jaran Dance. An entranced boy dancer on a horse (jaran). Behaving like a horse. He dances around a bonfire made from coconut husks. The Sanghyang song leads him to the fire and he will dance on the fire.

Is dinner time!!! After finished the stage performance was about 8pm+. So we had our dinner at this place...

Bebek... is actually called itik (duck) try to know more about this... (http://www.agungraka.com/bebekbengil/)

Let's photo before we order our food!!!! Nice place with with pretties :P

The 1st page on the menu...

The main course, their recommended dish ~~ Bebek Bengil cost Rp 68,000

taste...... bruuuuuup.... another rock...... lll=.=lll

Nasi campur bebek cost Rp 65,000
no comment...... if really want me to comment on this, I'll vote only 2 stars for this :-S

Barbeque pork ribs cost Rp 62,000
It's juicy....yumyum..... the only food can eat.... hohoho :-S

A group photo while waiting our driver :P

Wah!!!!! A long long walk of a day..... how can it be?? Although we were tired, but is Christmas Eve!!! After back to the hotel... shower.... we went to a beach club for refreshment and waiting for the Christmas countdown party by rented 2 motors (long time did't sit on the motor, a bit scared on that day :P)

Comparing with Malaysia, Christmas Eve in Bali is not so happening. Only a few people inside the club (can be counted by fingers) can you imagine that =.=

Spent about 1 & half hours at the club... until 1:30am 25th Dec 2009... we went to the hotel with a tired body... Merry Christmas Bali...