Bali Trip September 2012, Day 8

We were so excited because we will meet Bli Wayan today. Bli Wayan is our driver in Bali, but as I mentioned before, he's more than just a driver to us. More like our dear friend. He agreed to meet us at Benoa Square (I forgot the name, some kind of mall in Benoa) and then he will drive us to Tanjung Benoa for watersports.

Had parasailing -which amazeballs as always-, fly fish -alone zzzz-, and seawalker. Seawalker is overrated. Not much to see. We ended up enjoying riding the speed boat and pose like a boss in a yacht instead.

Headed to Kutuh (has other names like: Secret Beach, Pandawa, Timbis), Padang-Padang, and then drop off Bli Wayan at Jimbaran. Dinner at Sushi Tei Sunset Road. Deliciosooo!

Bali Trip September 2012, Day 7

Spent the morning making breakfast.
Super lazy to take a bath, but did it anyways haha.

We head to Benoa to pick up Gagah at Ibis. The hotel is decorated with bright colors, I like the designs and maybe someday will stay in here. Meet up with bunch of Gagah's friends.

view from the room

boys. will. be. boys.

Had lunch at Babi Guling Bu Oka in Ubud and then we decided to spent the rest of the afternoon at Ku De Ta, our favorite beach club. Luckily for us, we arrived early and got the daybed. FINALLY after all those years! hahah.

Bali Trip September 2012, Day 6

Nothing special this day except having brunch at Sea Circus, Seminyak. They have a very lovely restroom by the way.

Whilst Gagah attending his friend's bachelor party and the wedding next morning, me, Ais, and Kino did some grocery shopping for our breakfast and dinner (we have kitchen in our studio room, handy!). Then we spent a whole afternoon sitting by Legian Beach - which was only a stone throw away from our hotel's backyard - up til sunset.

smooches from me - in a very happy state of mind

Bali Trip September 2012, Day 5

Ok.
Inhale.
Exhale.

FINALLY!!!!
For those of you who don't know, I'm a bit freak about dolphins. I won't go to any dolphin show in the zoo after watching The Cove. So going to Lovina was a very very touching moment for me. But that doesn't stop right there. Bear with me, I will tell you why.

The journey to Lovina took about 3 hours from Kuta. You should be departing from Kuta around 2 am so you wouldn't miss the dolphin (jukung departs at 6 am from the coast). It was literally long and winding road. God bless guys who drive, I slept the whole time.

We arrived at Lovina around 5 am (we got lost and that's most likely to happen to anyone who doesn't use travel service or driver, and just depend his/her life to a GPS) and it was still dark. Guess what I saw? a beautiful sky filled with stars. I swear, it was the most beautiful sky I ever saw, I have never ever saw stars that much in the sky. And while I'm amazed by the beautiful stars in the sky, I heard adzan Subuh echoing from a mosque near the beach. I look around, staring at my travel mates, listening to the beautiful sound of adzan, gazing at the stars, and knowing I was there for my most favorite sea animal, I was stunned and burst into tears. Tears of joy of course. It was a beyond-words-experience for me.

Moving on, we got a jukung for the four of us at IDR 60.000 per person. Almost every jukung gives the same price, so doesn't matter which jukung you take. 45 mins ride to the middle of the sea, you can see the beautiful sun rising behind you. In the middle of nowhere we and other jukungs patiently waiting for the first dolphins to come up.

And then he showed up; the first dolphin. Everybody just so excited, pointing the dolphin. And then there are another dozen batch of it. They were beautiful and looked so joyous, jumping off and swimming across the sea. I can't even describe how beautiful the whole experience.

Too bad I only got one lucky shot when the dolphin was jumping.

After an hour of satisfaction just staring at the dolphins, our jukung headed back to the beach. Looking at Lovina with light was so different, nothing special besides small hotels and cheap bars. We drove back to our hotel, to pack and move to another hotel, Club Bali Suites @ The Jayakarta.

Arrived at Club Bali Suites @ The Jayakarta, Seminyak, we took a nap. Exhausted!

Bali Trip September 2012, Day 4

Wooho!
I know it's a bit late, but better late than never, no?

Fourth day in Bali, I think it was Friday so we were waiting for the guys finish their Salat Jumat. I spent the whole morning sleeping like a baby til noon. My fever was gone, but I was having sore throat almost the entire time, so best decision is to sleep.

We had lunch at another warong near our hotel. Tastes so-so. Later on we were wandering around Poppies and Discovery Shopping Mall searching for a sunnies. Found one at DSM, then we were heading to La Plancha.

IMO La Plancha is the most laid back, relaxed, and a decent sunset spot to get wasted haha. I'm more like a sit-on-the-sand than sit-on-a-fancy-chair-in-a-fancy-beach-club kind of girl. Not that I have a sentiment on those kind of girls, but fine dining wasn't really my thing. Well... compared to Potato Head, I enjoyed sunset better at La Plancha. Considering the crowd, they're the same. But sitting on a bean bag with salty toes, not worrying my outfit, or wait in the line for half an hour just to sit at the bar, is what I'm looking for. Price is more affordable at La Plancha, but they don't have a lot of cocktails option.

I slept in early, because we will be going to Lovina tomorrow! Hee-Ha!

Bali Trip September 2012, Day 3

We started the trip at noon. Had lunch at Ayam Bakar across Pecatu Indah Resort and wait for our friend to join us. We didn't visit Dreamland Beach - we got bored coming to Dreamland and it got more and more crowded everytime. So our first stop is Balangan Beach.

Balangan Beach is one of Bali's favorite beaches. Personally I like the beach, but never swim there. You can see more of foreigner than local tourist here. We spent only 15 minutes at Balangan Beach, took some pictures, then leave to the next beach.

We went to Tegalwangi Beach, which is my personal favorite spot in Bali. Unlike any other so-called secret beach, Tegalwangi doesn't have a stairway. You just got to get a grip on rocks besides you whilst going down the cliff to get to the beach. But once you're done with climbing down the cliff, it was worth it. If you're looking for a romantic beach, a getaway from the noisy Kuta, then it is the perfect beach. It is located near Pura Tegalwangi, just head to Jimbaran area.

We spent the rest of the afternoon there, just taking pictures and giggling the whole time.

Since there are no coast guard at Tegalwangi, we decided to go to Bluepoint Beach to catch the sunset. Heck, even Bluepoint now as crowded as Dreamland. But still I enjoyed swimming in the cold water. And yes, the sunset was beautiful as always :)