We will be spending 4 nights in Bali - 2 nights in Ubud and 2 nights in Kuta.
Tried to get the SQ tickets but after being on the waiting list for such a long time, we decided to go with Garuda. It was a bad choice. We need to transit in Jakarta airport and the flight was delayed for 2 hours. There was absolutely nothing in the Jakarta airport. Just sit around and do nothing.
The flight was scheduled to reach Denpasar at 2.20pm but we touched down only at 4.30pm. It was an hour's drive to the Ubud resort. We will be staying at the Tegal Sari Accomodation. http://www.tegalsari-ubud.com/
Wanted to book the Duplex but it was taken so we took the next best one which is the super deluxe room. Was pleasantly surprised at the hospitality of the staff. Our room is situated right at the end of the whole place. The room was clean and neat,much to my surprised. That's our unit, first one from the left.
Look at the people working on the padi fields just right in front of our accomodation. Cool,isn't it?
Take a look at the pictures. There's even a sitting area, isn't it spacious?
We went to this famous diner called Dirty Duck Diner. The place is nice. There are a lot of pavilions surrounded by little ponds and stone sculptures. Tried their famous crispy duck. It was nice but the portion was a little small. I tried their rice wine drink with barley but it tasted horrible. I ordered another coke instead. The picture shows the surroundings of the diner.
The meal was not cheap. Costs about the same back home. Took a leisure walk back to the Hotel after the dinner. Started the next day with breakfast at the hotel. Philip took the Mie Goreng while I took the pancakes. It was not bad especially the Mie Goreng. We scheduled a spa session for today at the Ubud Sari Health Resort. http://www.ubudsari.com/index.html
We took a package that comprises of Traditional Bali Massage, Candlenut body scrub, Flower Bath, Steam Bath, Jacuzzi and finally Bali Facial. It costed us US$33 each. Was that cheap or what? The environment was nice. It was set in nature surroundings. The ginger tea served by the resort was very nice too considering the fact that ginger was never my favourite.
After the spa and feeling rejuvenated, we decided to walk back to the hotel while enjoying the various sights and shopping along the way. Outside the spa, a stone carving of monkeys was in progress. Look at the picture. Pretty amazing,isn't it?
Ubud is famous for its arts and cultural activities. We walked into Ubud Market and you can find stone carvings and various oil paintings etc. We bought 3 oil paintings in total and continued on our way to the Ubud Palace. There's basically nothing much in the palace but interestingly, there are people living there. Besides the palace, there is this stall that sides suckling pig or Babi Guling. It's supposed to be a famous stall but as we saw the queue quite long and I wasn't sure if I could take roadside stall. We decided to give it a miss which we realised later that it was clean and good. Well, an excuse to go back Bali again. Hahaha.
We stopped by at one restaurant for lunch and I had Nasi Goreng while Hubby had Nasi Campur. I loved the Nasi Goreng in Bali. Really tasted good. In the evening, we went to the Bali Kacak Dance. I realised that I have actually seen it before in Singapore WOMAD. Some pictures of the Kacak Dance.
3rd day in Ubud and it's time for us to say farewell to Ubud and contiune our journey to Kuta. The journey from Ubud to Kuta takes another hour as well as Kuta is pretty near the airport. The hotel we stayed in Kuta is called Ramayana Resort and Spa. http://www.ramayanahotel.com/
The hotel looks nice from the exterior and even on the way to the room. But the room sucked. Pardon my language. It was run down and old and falling apart. Never will I stay there ever again.
Ventured outside after checking in for lunch. Had lunch at this asian restaurant. No nasi goreng but it's ok. Hahaha. Walked along the street and went into this huge shopping center. Nothing interesting. Just another shopping center kind.
In the evening, we went to HRC for dinner. The portion for the food was huge and we can't finish it. Bought some stuff from the store and walked back to the hotel.
We went for another spa session again. This time the place is called Secret Garden. http://www.secretgarden-bali.com/. This time round we had java lulur scrub, followed by a massage, Flower Bath, Facial, Mani and Pedi and ending with a hair cut. All these for about 620,000Rp for both.
After the spa, we walked to the beach. The beach is not crowded at all. 
We had lunch at McDonald's which is pretty standard and normal.
For dinner, we went to another famous restaurant called Made Warung which is opend by a Balinese and her dutch husband. Guess what I had? Nasi Goreng. There's a long queue and we had to wait for some time before getting a seat. After dinner, we walked back and stopped for Haagen Dazs ice-cream. It's expensive. We bought some chips and Bintang beer from a convenience store outside the hotel.
The next morning after breakfast, we checked out around lunch time and did some last minute shopping for sourvenirs. We took the hotel's transport to the airport and as we need to do a transit at Jakarta, the driver took us to the domestic airport. The counter personnel told us we need to go to the international airport and we had to walk to the international airport. Thank God, it's not that far.
So it's goodbye Bali. The airport in Bali had so many stores,unlike the one in Jakarta which is pathetic. It was a relaxing and interesting trip. Will definitely go back again....for my Nasi Goreng and the Babi Guling that I missed. I must also remember to buy back some pre-packed Nasi Goreng mix as well. Hahaha.
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