Hey pple!
Thanks for all the birthday wishes.. Luv ya peeps. ;p
Yana, I really enjoyed the Bali trip! haha... but I will definitely have to keep fit if I wanna go for this kinda trip again!
Details (before memory lapse)
Pple involved: Mas, Jo, Cint, Vic, Shuan, Tat
18 Dec 08:
Cleaned the house before I left for Cint's house. FYI, my family were not around from 10 to 20 Dec.. The only peeps at home were Kak Nita and myself.. I seriously missed mum and her food! For Kak Linda, she will never let Alyssa go on a long hols without her. For me, I will never let my mum go on a hols without me! I think i lose a tiny bit of fat without dinners at home.. haha...
Anyways, enuff blabbering.. I reached Cint's place @ 12am.. Thanks Cint for fetching me at AMK. ;p
19 Dec 08:
Cint was still packing her clothes.. haha.. from a small to a big luggage. haha.. Despite her big luggage, she has everything we need for a trip! luv her for that! ;p
Slept for prob 1 hour plus before leaving for the airport. Met the rest there...
I still remember Jo told me that the boys were scared that I would forget the air tickets. How cruel can they be? No trust... Boo hoo...
Had 2 breakfast that morning as we didn't noe Lion Air would provide breakfast.. haha...
Upon arrival @ Denpasar, we had lunch as Alam Puri Villa forgot to fetch us.. haiz.. No point waiting for about an hour without food rite...
But the driver did show an apologetic look, so I decided not to ruin our day.. hahaz... The gals took the master bedroom and we had a short break before we were off for our white water rafting..
It was fun! Took lotsa photos.. I was in the same team as Jo and Shuan. For Vic, it is not as exciting as Perak's water rafting we did years back.. For me, it is as enjoyable!
Thanks to Shuan's cam (waterproof and sturdy), we were able to take photos during our water rafting breaks! Nice scenery, waterfalls! I luv them. Our guides were great.. altho I think they are a bit open.. I think Jo and Cint noes what I mean. Haha...
I think our rafting distance is abt 10km? We managed to clean up since they have clean and decent bathrooms. We ate our early dinner (inclusive of package). Think it was abt 4 or 5 plus.. We then had to climb up all the way to the carpark! After dinner, then climb up.. definitely a gd exercise and shows how unfit I am!
I was unwell on the way back probably bcoz of the climb with a full stomach! And the journey back was a bit long ah.. I had to hold on to Vic to stable myself.. and thanks to Cint for massaging my head and the rest for their concern. Half hour later, I was back to normal! ;p
Watched a movie @ the gals' room. Slept @ ard 9pm.
20 Dec 08:
Rise and Shine @ 1.30am. Off to Mt Batur @ 2pm. Slept during the journey. Think it took abt 2hours. Cold and hungry for some! haha.. The journey started well with my good shoes (at least for me), a jacket, and a torch light and enthusiasm. For the first 1 hr walk, I tot that the journey was simple.. I can do this kinda trekking often. I was super wrong la...
No prob (self motivate..)..climb high.. higher.. and puffing.. puffing.. shit! I couldn't take it anymore. I tot "when are we reaching???" Madness... The girls had to be dragged up by the guides! But I am glad that I managed to climb up (with the help of others ;p). The view was magnificent. No regrets.. but I think I will never climb this mountain again. haha... and the guys were thinking of climbing higher ones! I must keep fit le..
Had breakfast while admiring the scenery. When the sun was up, we were amazed how far we walked and climbed up! We had a look @ the crater with steam rising up from it and we head down. Going down was my favourite! haha.. it was easy for me.. not sure y tho. ;p
Oh ya.. forgot to mention.. during the change of this season.. there are a lot of flies.. so those who were wearing black had a battalion of flies around them during the journey down. When we reach the carpark, we realised our car(black colour!) were "infested" with these flies! Ergh... it send a chill up my spine! But once we drive out of the area, the flies were gone..
Next stop, Hot spring.. Yeay! Shiok eh.. Soaked ourselves after a tiring morning.. Altho it was a long morning for us, it was only 10am when we reach the hot spring. Had a dip and massage.. the entry includes free set meal.. so we had our first lunch there.
Then we head to our second lunch which was included in our package with the agent. We really felt that our money was worth spent for this activity! Our lunch was at the top of a mountain i think.. cold~~ but nice place.. Food wasn't fantastic but i think its probably bcoz we were oredi full from the first lunch.
Slept during journey back to villa. Rested a while @ the villa (Cint and I had fun @ our plunge pool!) and went to Ubud Central around 7pm for dinner. We should have left earlier! We only managed to eat dinner and rush to our picking point for free shuttle to villa..
Dinner was at Wayan Restaurant.. Nice ambience, nice food, nice drink! ;p
21 Dec 08:
Had breakfast before we head to Kuta. We felt that our guide who brought us around during Mt Batur trek was great, so we engaged him to bring us to Kuta. Gede's his name.. Gede brought us to Kuta beach. Not fantastic to me.. Due to change of season again, there were dead fish.. lotsa dead fish along the beach. It was low tide then. We even had the crazy idea of bringing a few back to cook.. haha.. Went to check out hard rock. Nothing much.. so we went to check out the shops on the way to the Bali Bombing Monument. The gals separate ways with the guys.. different agendas.. haha.. Gals intention were to shop but there was nothing much to get.. we had a foot reflexology instead.. Yesterday's wasn't enuff! And this is even cheaper!
Jo bought some dvds.. ard $1 per dvd for our entertainment during the rest of the trip. After a tiring morning, we head back to the villa to pick up our take-away lunch and off to Candidasa! Had lunch in the car.. my seafood platter was pathetic ah!
The next villa we stayed was Villa Sasoon @ Candidasa. The villa is really really nice! The staff are also very very nice! The manager, Andre, went through details of our villa and prepared welcome drink. So nice... Anyway the 4 villas(each with 2 bedrooms, and outdoor showers!) are owned by an Australian. 11 Staff. Villa - nice deco, and well kept.. We had instant noodles (thanks Tat and Cint) for dinner and watched Space Chimps (courtesy of Jo).
22 Dec 08:
Woke up early. Checked out the beach with Vic. Had breakfast by the pool before our snorkelling activity @ Blue Lagoon. Great time snorkelling. I will always remember the time after our snorkel.. I need the toilet urgently and they had to stop the boat for me to pee in the sea! haha.. lucky it's our own glass bottom boat! Cindy, Shuan and tat joined me.. I wasn't the only urgent 1! We had lunch @ Kerti Restaurant in Padang Bay. Nice food! And cheap! ;p
Walked around the area and head back to villa. Jo, Cint, Shuan and I had a dip @ the pool.. Freshened up and had a great dinner in the villa! The staff cooked in our kitchen. We were famished.. the smell was good.. I really like the tomato soup! Yummy! The rest of the food was fantastic too! We had a birthday celebration for me and Vic. haha.. altho the cake was a surprise by the staff.. so touched... And I will always remember how crappy the guys can be.. their conversation abt annual sacrifice and all.. haha..
23 Dec 08:
All of us (except Tat) went for a hike @ a nearby hill around 6.30am. One of the staff brought us there. Watched the sun rise.. breathtaking view.. the sea.. the view from the top of the hill.. Lotsa monkeys and a few cows around.. Going down was an adventure! Zig zag.. zig zag.. walked through the village. Had breakfast and a dip in the pool again. This time round with Vic and Cint. Went for a body massage with Jo. Apparently it's Andre's spa. He gave us 10% disc. haha.. Andre's bro dropped Jo and I at a stall by the roadside.. Cheap and nice food. We walked all the way back to our villa. Rest and relax.. (Oh, the rest were mostly sleeping, watching tv during the day when Jo and I were out. ;p).
We had dinner at a restaurant near our villa. Not worth mentioning... it was expensive and pathetic.. haha.. Then we head straight to airport for our 12.30am (24 Dec) flight. We prepared 30 000 rupiah instead of 150 000 rupiah for our departure tax. So we all had to combine our remaining funds! haha.. lucky enuff.. thanks to Cint.. ;p
24 Dec 08:
Home sweet home!
I can't wait for the next trip with this bunch! seriously can't wait!