0700 Worked until 6am, trying to finish off some more project before going on holiday and packed up a bit before slept at 7am.
1100 Woke up and heading the airport~~
1300 Arrived airport just on time~~ woohooo~~~ got off the bus at 1:00 sharp~~ perfect time managemnet ya?~ haha... Met up Fred in T2. Never know T2 is only for check-in and had to go all the way back to the gate in T1, kinda stupid arrangement. Bought a DANSK magazine (frm Danmark) & Vogue men (Jp version). The photos in DANSK are all "referencable", good good!
1600 Flight delayed for an hour and finally got off the track~ Bali, we are coming~~~ :)
2100 Arrived Bali~ not as hot as I thought but super humid >_<.. mark deduction~ wah wah wa~~ It was a pick up service from airport to hotel. The driver was kinda nice. He recommended a seafood restaurant on the way back to Hotel which quite overpriced. He probably get commission -_-. Actually it's on a very long beach and the environment there was great~ the food tasted good but not extremely fresh. Fred was kinda upset by being cheated by the driver (indeed I think it wasn't a cheat). Well, but very typical HKnese thinking you know... but as I always think, tourist are supposed to be cheated anyway I do found it okay~ And at least it was a cool experience to have a dinner on the beach. It could be very romantic if it's a right person~~ :P Btw, I'd checked the travel guide afterward, it mentioned the restaurants on that beach (Jimbaran Beach) too, saying they are super famous in the world, expensive but good for experience, lalala~~ It could be nicer if we could stay there for a bit longer~~
2300 On the way back to our resort,Melia Bali, we passed 2 security gates. haha... should I appreciate the good security or should I worry about out safety? The architecture was quite impressive~~ The lobby was massive and very well decorated with painting all over the cylinder!! I should have taken a lot more photos there if I could T_T will tell you why I couldn't~~ The room wasn't that great tho ~_~ Not super clean esp the toilet... Understandable tho, it's just old and not spending enough money on maintenance. Plus workers there are pretty slow.
21JAN09
0200 Couldn't sleep well after the overnight work ><. Plus slept in a 2 single bed stick together (which form a double bed) with a kinda handsome guy doesn't really help for falling asleep. Well, believe it or not, really nothing had happened. I was confused too, somehow we hug to sleep together at around 7 in the morning I geuss, but just... llalalalala~~ 1000 Woke up and went for a buffet breakfest. A lot of choices but none of them are good as most of buffet in hotel.
1130 Fred would like to go gym. I just couldn't stand with that gym smell (10 times stronger than normal gym in HK ~_~) and I did my yoga in the room next door.
1330 Went out to downtown, Kuta to have lunch. It takes half an hour & RP90,000 (abt HK$70) to town from Hotel! Feeling so shitty~~ It is totally not what I expected. It's just very dirty and seems that everyone just trying to squeeze money from you. I had stopped and asked myself m I just being spoiled and forgetting how hard is it to make a living? But everything are either in super bad quality or they are even more expensive than I can buy from HK. Had broken the protecting lens on my cannon T___T. Even the shop there couldn't take the broken one lens off >_< have to wait until back in HK and no camera to use in my entire Bali trip~~ The worst thing is Fred didn't even show any concern and it's like blaming my careless so that we had to spend time to fix that. feeling so fucked~
1500 Called Emi~~ wao~~~ she's working until dinner time although it's Sat. Me and Fred had a lunch somewhere I can't even remember.
1630 We Went to the beach straight away after lunch~ The wave there were sooooooooo perfect for surf!!! Damn~~ Fred didnt bring anything for beach... :( such a waste~~ ahhhhhh~~~~ imagine, you have not eaten for 6 months, and there's is a big meal in front of you. But you have wait one more day before you can eat that. Ya~ it is as bad as that.
I can't really remember how did we pass that many hours around Kuta. It's nothing you want to buy,
1900 Had a foot massage in a shop. It's kinda nice after the few hours of walking in such a hot and humid weather.
2130 Finally met Emi in a German restaurant. Going to Bali is not entirely because of Eni but I would probably choosen somewhere else if Emi is not there :) Sooooo good to see her and found that she is doing good :) I m the third one from Kate house visiting her, after Mindie and Joan~ haha... The food there were nice and we've had very good time :)
2330 Went to an Emi's recommneded gay bar there, known as the best and the most popular one in Bali... haha almost totally non-decorated, non-airconditioned. People there are kinda weird. Let's talk about the combination of people~ haha... 10% Trans. 40% of Weird looking local Very old white, understandable, but not acceptable!! Some trans man with perfect makeup were dancing there which is quite impressive tho~ hohoho~~~
22JAN09
0200 Went to bed and nothing much happened really~
1000 Had the same breakfast again ~_~
1100 Went to the private beach in our hotel~ a lot of squirrels on trees~~~ haha...pretty cute... had sunbath for a while already feel a bit burning. Who said the sun in Bali don't get you tan?!?!?!
0330 SURFSURFSURF~~~ in Kuta Beach... so exciting~~ Fred went to a spa while I surf~~ The surf board rental shop (the tourist guide mentioned) was quite far from the beach -_- passed a lot of shops and finally arrived the beach. oh~~~ my~~ lovely waving sea~~~ :D:D It was amazing to see the sunset in the sea~~ the sun was just on top of the 4m wave :D waowaowao~~~ super cool~~~ how nice it would be if i have a camera to capture the scene~~ :D
Super tired after 3 hours fighting with the waves~~ haha... couldn't really ride on those big waves~~ but only the little ones~~ haha... hopefully I can do it soon~~
Ha~
1930 Had 2 Icecream in McDonald! haha... while I was waiting for Fred~~
2030 Had a dinner in a very nice Indonesian restaurant ^__^ and not expensive... so happy...
23JAN09
1030 Same breakfast
11:20 Went to yoga~~
One of the most chill out day on my travel history. It could be nice to do nothing and just enjoy the time in the resort, but to be honest who am I going with just make a big different. Are you not feeling good to be so chill or do you really want to go somewhere? Not answering is not always the best way to express what's in mind I supposed. um.... maybe he's just a silent person.
Hang around the beach... took quite a lot of photos there...~~ :D and forgot having lunch~~
1800 Had dinner in an okay restaurant next to the security gate. They offer us free cocktail haha... and provide free transportation too~~ so nice~~. Walked a bit around the area but really nothing to see... the "supermarket" the guidebook mentioned was even smaller than a convenience store ~_~
2100 Walked in a shop in the hotel... almost bought a pair of trousers... we had even agreed the price but the price that lady told me was in US while I thought it's in Indo money!!! the pair of trousers I think I can find in hk for about HK$200 but the price there was US$70!! so I thought she was saying RB$70,000 (abt HK$55) -__-... anyway... nothing even worth bargaining~~
2300 Tried to watch the movie but the DVD doesnt work !__! so annoying~~
0030 Slept early for the rafting tmr :D:D
24JAN09
0645 Woke up and prepare, so exciting~~
0715 Same breakfast~
0800 went on the van~~ :D...
0915 arrived the rafting centre~~ play the money, took another van to a point, walked for 5 mins, passed a bridge and changed to another van. Walked 20mins down to the Ayung River~~~ The environment was just wat I expected Bali should be ^__^... Luckily I had insisted to go to the rafting~~ otherwise I would hate Bali after the trip :D I so much felt that the real Bali should be like this... not the one I've seen the last few days~ :)The rafting was very very mild indeed... We moved slowly... People from different boat start "water war" very soon after starting the trip~ I found that "water war" is just so universal that no matter what nationality you are, you would just enjoy~~ haha... no matter you are the one who is attacking or being attack or looking at others. Everyone was just having so much fun. We dont know each other and probably won't see each other again in their rest of life~~ yea... water just brought us together :D:D haha...
0130 The trip was quite long actually. Things around are pretty similar throughout the whole trip but it was very nice to get close to the nature and see the real Bali. The "free" lunch was surprisingly not bad at all~~ :)
1500 Got back to the hotel~ seems to be too stupid to just wait in the resort for the free transportation. We decided to go to downtown to do some final shopping before getting on flight.
1730 Arrived Bali airport~ checked in and tried to spend the last bit of money there~~ things are like 3 times more expensive than those we've bought from town -_-
1900 got on flight... the dinner was nice! (the one I had on the way to Bali was very very shit!):D haha~ bye~ Bali. I may or may not see you again~~
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Conclusion 1, For what I've seen, Indonesian have lost their "purity" and kindness which undeveloped area people should have. At the same time, they have not enough education to control themselves from earning money dishonestly and being nice to ppl (although that's fake). It's like Shang Zhang or Shanghia 10-20 years ago. Well, I can tell they are moving away from these slowly, last time I went to Shang Zhang. I guess it's a really long progress and need a lot of education.
Conclusion 2, to go travel with a right person is too important :D It's not easy to find someone who can just let go and enjoy the time~ and Tracy is one of them :D ho ho ho~~~ It could be nice to come to Bali again some time~~ with some other people :D
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