Day 1 : Bali

The Journey itself took more than half a day from Kuching as we need to transit in Senai, Johor. Hubby dreaded this type of travel but no choice lor as the KCH-BALI route canceled bah.

The morning flight to JB left on the dot at 8.45am & reach by 10am. With only our backpack (travel light is my policy), we walk straight to Coffee Bean (as usual lar). Hubby was busy trying to finish a task on the PSP game while I was busy trying to absorb all the important info on BALI that's in Lonely Planet. Actually I started reading it on the plane. I planned to finish it by 2 days.Before boarding the plane to Bali, we had lunch at Mary Brown. The place was awful with so many flies around once we started to eat... ewww...

The flight from JB to BALI was 2 & half hours & we reach by 3.30pm. wow... AirAsia is not only NOT LATE, but earlier by half an hour le. AirAsia must b working real hard getting rid of the tag "always delay 1"

Once out of the airport terminal, we turn right where a booth was offering TAXI transportation to hotels with a price of RP55 000 (RM19). Bali roads are so narrow I would not dare to drive there with all the pedestrian, motorist & car. Scary lor. The hotel was only 10 ~ 15 minutes away.

After exploring the hotel, a splash in the pool & enjoying the beautiful sunset, we walk along the beach towards the heart of Kuta. But later on we cross the busy road & walked by the footpath along the road side as it was getting dark.

The road is a 1-way street but the motorbikes are riding heading the other direction on the walk path. So it was NO FUN trying to avoid all the motorbikes. And the walk turn out to be longer than expected so hubby started to grumble... when he gets hot & sweaty, he get irritated easily... poor baby... hahahah...

Passed by the famous Hard Rock Hotel... this was in my list of top 3 hotel to stay in Bali.
Just as hubby was starting to complaint, we passed by this place where a man was playing with FIRE Ball! Hubby got busy and took a few shots. I like them all, here are some of them:I was heading to Made Warung for dinner, where most people has recommended for a meal of REAL BALINESE food. And to quote from Lonely Planet, " Time has only improved the offerings: a menu of Indonesian classics prepared & served with more attitude & authority than the usual warung". Even got website le, the warung's view was super awesome...

But this was the real view... hahah... just a glorified no air-con kopitiam... The lamps were pretty le...

When the menu was passed to us, then I like was slapped awake remembering that Indonesian food is almost same as M'sian food lor... hmm... so actually only Ang Moh will find this place interesting, but this realization came too late. But I was slightly elated when I saw Babi Guling (but stupid lor, hav to order 1 day in advance) & Bebek, (an Indonesian duck dish) but both cannot be ordered. NO choice... settled with Indonesian Fried Rice, Indonesian Pork Satay, Beef Curry & brown rice. I ordered Strawberry Shake too :)Hubby had his 1st Bintang Beer here.

The only special dish was the PORK Satay. It was tender & full of flavor. The down side of travelling with only your partner is that u cannot order much bcoz u can never finished it. The meal cost RP166000 (~RM57) which was SO EXPENSIVE. hai... remember u all, don go eat at FAMOUS TOURIST SPOT as it's so so overpriced. We did passed by a food court earlier on but did not even care to check it out as my eyes were fixed on Made Warung.

Before jumping in a taxi heading back to hotel, a stop at minimart to stock up on H2O & junks are compulsory. Was so happy I found Tim Tam Biscuit that cost less than RM3.

In Bali, u need to flag down only the "Lang Chiau" (Blue Bird) Taxi as they use meter & do give back change & would not trick u in paying more.

Clubbing is not my thing and am glad hubby is the same. I cannot tell you anything at all regarding the night scene in Bali. But I heard it's bombastic, especially after midnight.

So that's all the adventure for DAY 1 in Bali.