With world-class surfing and diving, a large number of cultural, historical and archaeological attractions, and an enormous range of accommodations, this is one of the world's most popular island destinations and one which consistently wins travel awards. Bali has something to offer a very broad market of visitors from young back-packers right through to the super-rich.
Visiting to Bali is a pleasant experience for me. Beautiful places, charming sea waves, fantastic volcanic mountain view & of course unique food makes this place a must visit destination. With such a great attraction coupled with knowledgeable tourguide makes travelling around Bali as simple, organized & fruitful.
My tips before visiting a place: Do a lot of research on place that you want to go & take effort to check out the food before leaving for the trip. Don't waste time by looking for this when you are on the trip and there is chances that you may not get what you wanted to see. So plan well & tell your guide where you want to go. Its easy that way rather than people need to think for you.
Day 1(Kuta Area)
Photo session at viewing area.
Waiting for boarding at departure hall.
Lunch of the flight. Good nasi beriani but a bit spicy.
Arriving Ngurah Rai Airport. Looks like has many China visitor here. They use B747.
Everywhere Toyota Vios taxi.
One of the hotel there-Baruna Bali.
The cow cart is also a common sight around Kuta.
Arriving Tune Hotel Kuta. This is where we stay.
My single room. With the price of around MYR 50 per night, there is nothing much to complaint. I just took their basic room without towel, air-cond & toiletries. The fan work out fine for me as the area is a bit windy.
Me with Kuta Beach signboard.
Crowded Kuta beach in the evening.
The beaches in Bali is paradise for surfers.
Kuta Bali McDonalds.
Hard Rock Hotel merchandise shop.
Bintang beer merchandise shop.
Around Legian road. Full blast entertainment here and has many foreigners here.
Vi ai pi.
Day 2(Kuta, Legian, GWK & Uluwatu)
Bali bombing memorial 2002. Sad for those who parish during that time.
Legian area in the morning.
Vast collection of sea shells.
Balise people will prepare this every morning for praying.
Legian beach.
Some ceremony going on there. They use lorry to carry the passengers.
Welcome to GWK (Garuda Wista Kencana). Entrance fee: Rp50,000.
Large empty area usually use to organize event.
Garuda.
GWK Canteen
Taste:8/10(Good food. Overall the food is good with bakso, noodles & batagor)
Price:6/10(Moderate. Bakso at Rp12,000 & Batagor at Rp15,000).
We had a simple lunch at the GWK canteen. The food there is quite reasonable.
Siew mai package.
Beef bakso.
Fried noodles.
Batagor tenggiri.
Balise performance.
Padang-Padang beach.
Teh botol. Tea in the bottle.
Majestic Uluwatu. Entrance fee: Rp3,000. Proper dress code for this temple area is required.
Uluwatu sunset.
Starting of kecak dance. Entrance fee: Rp70,000. Its a 1 hour show.
Kecak dance.
Jimbaran Seafood
Taste:8/10(Good food. I wouldn't say it is really good, but it is on the par. The Balise cooking style is the difference and a must try).
Price:4/10(Near expensive. Considering we didn't order prawn & crab. This meal already cost us Rp96,000 per person).
Dinner at Jimbaran.
Coconut.
Bali dance.
Nice saraswati peanut.
This is the seafood we ordered.
The famous Hard Rock hotel.
Day 3(Ubud & Kintamani)
Tour by car. USD60.
Visit to Bali house.
Inside Bali house.
Bali house temple.
Very spicy chilli.
Coffee bean.
Buah Salak.
Vanila.
Cocoa.
Luwak coffee. 100g can reach MYR 100.
Coffee bean eaten by this squirrel and the indigested coffee bean is luwak coffee.
A cup of luwak coffee for Rp30,000.
Kintamani volcano with lake batur. Entrance fee: Rp5,000.
Beautiful and creative artwork & decoration.
Beautiful paddy field terrain.
Goa Gajah. Entrance fee: Rp15,000.
KFC delivery.
Day 4(Mengkwi,Ulan Danu, Bedegul & Tanah Lot)
Mengkwi. Royal temple. Entrance fee: Rp3,000.
Ulan Danu in Bedegul. Located at the top of mountain with cool temperature & beautiful temple serounded by lake. Entrance fee: Rp10,000.
Buffet lunch at Ulun Danu.
This is how the place we had our buffet lunch in Ulun Danu. Can't find the name of the shop!
Tanah Lot entrance. Entrance fee: Rp10,000.
Holy spring below the Tanah Lot temple.
Nice view.
There was a couple having their wedding photo session.
Majestic view of Tanah Lot.
Surfer at Tanah Lot area.
Tanah Lot sunset.
Nasi campur at Campur Campur.
Fried duck thigh.
Chicken satay. The sauce is unique.
Another visit to Legian nightlife area.
Day 5(Back to Kuala Lumpur)
Finally come back to KL by MAS. Large Airbus 330.
The meal is good enough.
For Bali trip, I highly recommend our tour guide Mr. Yandeardana. You may checkout his website: http://yandeardana.blogspot.com
