Hi Everyone, Hope this doesnt bore you
Got back 2 days ago, to what was.. an amazing jampacked. Fulfilling holiday.
Hope you enjoy my JBR. Any questions please msg me..
Cheers.
After landing the $699 deal, for return flights with air paradise, 8 nights accom
At Baleka Beach Resort Legian I was so excited.
The night before, I didn't sleep.
Got up at 4am.. got to the airport 3 hours prior so my 6 foot 7 partner could get an
Exit seat.
Got it! Yay.. that saved a lot of discomfort I must say.
First stop was Melbourne, 1 hour wait.. then we were off.
The plane cheered when we landed.. everyone was so excited.
We got our first Bali airport experience when those damn porters grabbed my bag
As im Squeeling give me my bag.. they kept on going and then demanded some stupid
Price.. and then converted it to AUS prices.. smart little buggars
It wouldn't happen to me again! (...)
Got in the transfer bus to meet Erick.. our Tour East Guide.
Dropped us off to the hotel, and then they told us to take a look at the room..
From my research on this forum.. I knew it would be a dodgy room with
Two single beds..
So I said before we even got it.. No, I want poolside and a kingsize bed..
They told us none were avail blab la bla.. I said I don't care, my partner wont fit
In a single.. then they agreed and said to wait a while.
So we waited.. over 2 hours to get the room I wanted.. room 131. But it WAS worth it
King size bed, air con, pool front.. perfect!
We checked in the room.. got unpacked.. we were so exhausted! Had dinner, it poured with rain.. after my first Satay.. got a cab came back to hotel to have a pina colada in the pool bar..
Lovely first night (...)
Sunday.. got up had some breakfast.. the bacon is not the same!!!!! Hahhaha some will relate to that..
Walked to the beach.. but no.. we were stopped by some friendly boy Sipriano.. I said not interested.. bal bla.. im not selling anything.
BINGO.. TIME SHARE SCAM.. too late to escape.. so we decided hell. We'd get the free tour of Kuta.
( we didn't get to the beach that day.. hahaha)
Had a few things to organise.. so we did it all in kuta.
Got 12 handbags ( to get it out of the way)
woven placemats
Had a meeting to plan the Elephant park
Ordered 4 leather shoes for me
Organised a driver.. MR Budi.. the best driver!!!
Helgi dropped off Dvds that night..
It poured with rain! AGAIN!
So.......... Stopped off for another serving of satay..
Came back.. then a guy stopped us ( kings leather bimo corner) .. I wanted leather jackets
So I got on measured up.. ready on Wednesday. Yay!
Then I went around and organised a tattoo for the weekend.
Went to dinner next door due to the rain...massive pina colada in a young coconut yum!
Monday, met up with Mr Budi for our big drive.. I assumed for AUS $50 about 4 hours maybe 8..
TRY 12 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jesus it was a long day! Hahaha.
We went everywhere..
To The Barong Dance, Silver shopping in Celuk, to see the Volcanoes, Rice firleds, we went and saw masks being made... we went to his village and met the family and try Arak.. which they gave us a bottle of. Bought paintings from an artist, monkey forest ...
We were noticing the statues being built for the OGAH OGAH festival.. amazing statues.. got many photos.. truelly spectacular!
When we eventually got home.. I crashed on the bed literally.. huge day.
Tuesday
Today was the Elephant Park experience.. after waiting over an hour for the bus ( due to a bunch of arrogant aussies who decided they would be an hour and a half late..causing everyone else to be late..some aussies are really rude there.. not like the aussies I know.. hmm)
The traffic on the way was phenomenal.. due to everyone walking 7km to the sea as part of the Nyepi celebration. Lots of ppl with offerings and instruments .. all wearing white.
Anyway.. we got there and saw the show.. very cute ..
I got Melanie, the 17 year old Sumatran elephant.. who only wanted to stop and eat the whole time.. very funny.
Had the buffet lunch ( which I got sick from.. don't eat there! ).
When we got back.. went shopping along Poppies lane 1 and 2.
Ordered a suit, and some jeans.
More random stuff was bought.. too much to mention.
Wednesday
Was water sports day at Nusa Dua
We did the Jetskis, 2 banana boat rides and snorkelling.
Lots of fun!
Those banana boat rides are a must for any age.. u wont laugh so much in your life on one of those!
Came back, and went to try Poppies for lunch.. YUM!
Had the lobster.. and antipasto,, garlic prawns, cheesecake.. devine!
Thursday
La Luciolas for breakfast (...)
I almost cried when I had the Latte.. the best coffee. Even better than Sydney coffee.
The eggs Benedict was a great change. And those hashbrowns.. I almost died on the spot..
So FABULOUS!
From there, we went to see the bomb memorial sight.. very sad spot to see what would have happened.. all I could think was WHY??
Kept on shopping.. and then proceeded to pick up the leather jackets and shoes.. PERFECT.
Ordered another jacket as I was so thrilled.. pale pink this time (...)
In the afternoon, Mr Budi picked us up to show us the celebration in Denpasar.
Cute kids everywhere and no tourists! ( they were all in Kuta)
We found out Mr Budi had never had McDonalds! So. We shouted him some.. and he almost fell off his chair ( he loved McFlurrys.. ahahahah)
Started raining.. yet again..
Watched the parade.. very fun seeing all of the Balinese so excited..
Got home early so Mr Budi could enjoy the festival himself.
Went to bali deli aswell to get food for tomorrow. More dvds bought too
Got to bed early.. ready for Nyepi day.. ( day of frustration more like it)
Friday
NYEPI DAY!
We had no choice but to stay in the hotel and its surroundings.. the gates were locked.
We had no way out!
Everyone was swimming and drinking all day.
I made all sorts of animal noises at my boyfriend just to make him laugh I was that bored.
The donkey was funny.. hahahah
Due to more frustration than ever! I got a massage done.. for an hour and a half.. thank god
That wasted some time.
Had a gross buffer supplied by hotel.. I don't like cold food which tastes like its been sitting there for hours.. and yep.. it was.
Got sick from it.. ahahahha. Lucky I didn't eat much.
All the aussies we made friends with, decided it was time.. time for DUTY FREE ALCOHOL.
( I was the youngest of the mob.. most were in 30s 40s, even 60s.. im only 22.. hahah I kept up well.
A whole bottle of Ursus Sloeberry Vodka went down well (...)
The men had their Canadian club and turkey..
No lights were allowed at nighttime.. so a whole bunch of aussies drinking in the dark was quite a sight. But the stars that night were the best the whole time we were there.
We had fun regardless.
Saturday
Ooh hang over.. everyone in the hotel was giggling at breakfast.. remembering lastnights debacles..
Mr Budi picked us up after breakfast for our last tour..
We saw the Royal Temples, the Lakes, monkeys on the street.. which wernt as friendly as the monkey forest
Held snakes and bats and all sorts of things.
Met some locals too..
We then went to local markets, more temples.. no shops are open due to Nyepi day the day before.. public holiday basically ( think new years day here)
It rained HEAVILY that night.. so we ran around trying to find the last of the dvds.. we ended up buying over 500 I think.. hehhehe.
We packed up the bags ready for our last day of panic.. and to see how much room I had left for the final shopping hours of Sunday.
Sunday- the day we go home.
WAKE UP! Last day.. panic panic.
Had breakfast, went into town.. realised hardly anything was open.. so got my final manicure done and pedicure.. boyfriend got one too out of boredom.
Got the tattoo done.. ouch.. but looks great.
From there we went to poppies 2 to get last of shopping, and pick up suit and jeans etc etc..
More placemats and more placemats.. jewellery...dvds and what not..
We went to Jimbaran Bay for our final lunch.. yummy seafood.
Including prawns, and squid, fish and chips, rice.. etc
It was still raining.. god damn! Sydney never sees this much rain we have had in a week.
Found out we couldn't have late check out.. hmmmmmmmmmmm we had to WAIT 2 hours for our room when we got there.. and now we have to leave by 3pm, and our flight is at 10pm.. nice.
Boys suit wasn't ready.. so we had to wait in the foyer for that.. after it arrived we begged a shower for the flight..
Did that.. thank goodness!
Got to airport..almost crying.. I didn't want to go!
My suitcase was over 37kgs.. big carry on bag.. hehehhehe.
All good.
Flew to Melbourne.. couldn't land after circling for over an hour.
So straight to Sydney!
Got off the plane at 8am.. and got home safely.
Cant wait to go again!
Lots of pics.. many more memories..
Way too fun.
Any questions on ANYTHING please msg me or email nicole@Last.net.au
Cheers,
Nicole