Good morning! Simple breakfast was served in the hotel I stayed during my visit to Bali. Enough to fuel us for few hours before lunch! As for the second day in Bali, we were scheduled to visit Ubud in the morning and Tanah Lot in the afternoon. At 9am sharp, the timely Mr. Putra fetched us from the lobby and off we go to Ubud.
The distance between Kuta and Ubud is not very far, but it took us about an hour plus to reach Ubud due to single-lane traffic everywhere (but with surprisingly well-surfaced roads), cars travelled at an average of 60km/h. It would be a boon for motorcyclists, but not for time-constrained tourists like us! Our first stop was batik factory. Batik is also well-known in Malaysia, but seeing the process of making one is quite interesting, especially with the tools and mechanism which look obsolete in today's world.
Next stop was silver shop. The most interesting spot was the burning of silver and cooper to melt them together, creating a stronger composition.
Third stop was the coffee shop. We were exposed to the process of making coffee, especially the famous Luwak coffee! Yes, Luwak coffee is the faeces-looking ingredient in the picture below...
... and it's the faeces of this cute little animal!
Nearing to the end of the tour, we were invited to taste every flavour of coffee they have, of course hoping you would purchase some at the end of the tour. Surprisingly, we have to pay a some amount of money to taste Luwak coffee, which we didn't in the end. This shows it is not cheap to buy it...
Then, we headed deeper into Ubud for its market. Souvenirs, souvenirs everywhere... We realised our Bahasa Melayu knowledge gave us advantage in communicating with the locals, but they use some different words compared to ours, for example, petang (afternoon) as soreh.
By noon, Mr. Putra brought us to Bale Udang for lunch! It's a very, very nice place, I instantly felt that the trip is perfect and value for money with such wonderful place for lunch!
The food were awesome, and the beautiful environment makes photos vibrant in colour. This is by far my most favourite photo of me in the whole trip :)
We arrived back at our hotel before 3pm, just in time for our next tour guide to fetch us to Tanah Lot at 3.00pm. Due to some miscommunication, he went to the wrong hotel and came late, about 3.40pm. Thankfully, we still able to make it to Tanah Lot around 5pm, so we still have time to spare before the sunset at 6pm.
Tanah Lot was my most anticipated destination in Bali before I arrive there, and luckily it does not disappoint me. Just look at the temple from a high point, see the waves splash on it, the magnificent temple stood there in all of its glory.
A daring photographer who will go to any extend to get a nice photo.
This is what I'd call a perfect sunset... It was like so near till we can grab the sun... literally!
Mr. Putra earlier on had handed us a complimentary voucher to dine in Hard Rock Cafe, thus we asked our Tanah Lot tour guide to drop us there while on our way back. Delicious meal, cosy environment, soothing music... Perfect way to end the night.
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