Greetings from yours truly! Behold, here is a simple post to update my recent trip to Bali, Indonesia. Partially sponsored by a travel agency, which the truth is I have won RM1000 worth of travel voucher. But still, I had to top up an extra of RM300 plus for the flight ticket. Well, it is fine considering accommodation is covered and the flight is booked quite near to the departure date.
Flew with MAS, was surprised that it actually came with a meal!
Arrived Bali after 3 hours of flight. After passing the long queuing custom, my jaw dropped when I saw like a hundred of tour guide waiting in the arrival hall, all holding their customers' name. I also have airport transfer to the hotel, therefore I need to search mine among the hundred tour guide! I walked back and forth twice, before I was able to spot my tour guide, Mr. Putra!
Mr. Putra brought us in his Suzuki APV to our hotel named Harris Raya located in Kuta, which is just 15 mins away from the airport! After checking in and freshen up a bit, we were off to explore the city of Kuta and rush to Kuta Beach to see its sunset.
It is quite a long way actually, about 30 mins needed to reach Kuta Beach from our hotel, seeing the distance in Google Map certainly deceived us. However, the walk was rewarding as there were plenty of stalls on the road side with beautiful hand-crafted items for viewing pleasure.
A beautiful staircase to a hotel...
The 'gateway' to Kuta Beach!
By the time we reached Kuta Beach, we were shocked to see the sun was setting swiftly! It was just 6pm and it was completely gone in 15mins! That was when we learned that the sun set earlier in Bali!
Not far away is Beachwalk Mall, this is a place where you can find all the branded stuff. I found that the price for branded items here is not far off compared to Malaysia. So, I left ended handed eventhough my previous intention was to get some cheap branded item here.
My friend was looking for a night market, thus we went on searching for it, unfortunately without any aid in any form of navigation. After asking direction from one of the many convenience stores, we were shocked to arrive at Legian Street. The Bali Bombing Memorial site were right in front of us once we came out from the street. (202 people are killed by bomb in year 2002 by a violent Islamic group in Kuta)
The memorial site is located on the busy Legian Street, with plenty of pubs and tourists from Australia.
As we failed to search for the night market after a long walk, we were famished and decided to try out a shop not far away from us. I ordered ayam betutu, since it is a famous delicacy in Indonesia. Not bad I would say, the skin and meat were soft and you can remove all of its meat without using your hands.
Day 2 - Ubud & Tanah Lot
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