Saturday, July 28, 2007
Bali!
As promised I'm here to tell you about my travels =) Well If you do not know, I went to Bali on the 2nd of July. My flight was at 4 something in the evening and I reached BAli 3 hours later. We were there for 6 days and 5 nights. Sun, Sand, surf, Hot sufers, good food, great bargains it was a true Holiday destination. The immaculate scenery sparked in me ( the pro city girl) a small desire to give up city life and juz retire in Paradise =p
On our first day there we juz had dinner and went to bed as we were all very tired. The next morning we woke up bright and early. The sun rises at 6 in the morn and we were up at 7. It felt like it was 10 a.m though cause the sun is so bright. so we had breakfast and then spent the day doing some shopping and visiting the beach. We had a difficult time shopping the first day though cause of the currency conversion. 1 ringgit is equivalent to 2600 rupiah so every time you we tried to bargain and stuff we would get confused. But it was kinda fun. We also visited a temple (most people in bali are hindu's) the Carvings were so cool!!! I mean the whole building was carved to the point where even the most minute detail captured ur attention.
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The Temple (near Kuta Beach)
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The Beautiful door was hand painted and every detail Put toghether one at a time.
Over the next couple of days we went on a tour and visited many places. We went up to the KIntamani Volcano in Ubud it was a beautiful sight although not very clear. It was a little difficult to get an extremely clear view of the volcano from where we were cause it was starting to rain and it was very misty up there. The tour Guide said it was unfortunate for the bad weather, if not we could have seen the sun setting. Nevertheless it was spectacular. Oh, we also met a true mountain man up there. He was an elder from one of the villages near the volcano.
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The Kintamani Volcano. (the Peak Can't be sen due to the Fog)
Becky and me with Datuk Panglima Lawae
(this guys name reminded me of my history text book)
We also visited A lake. If I remember correctly it's called the Black Lake. We wre in Bali at the time when traditional festivities were about to take place, so due to that we were not able to go right down to the lake however the tour guide got us as close as possible. THe lake was gorgeous. The colours so spectacular it made you smile. IT's hard to explain but all i can say is it felt like at that moment life was so simple and beautiful and nothing could make you feel any happier at that point. It was truly a sight to behold.
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The black Lake
Our next visit was to the Holy Spring waters. It was located in a Temple on the way down from Ubud. This place also had raeally cool architecture and there was this sort of 'lava' thing in a middle of a pond, well not exactly but something like that and the water was juz crystal clear with the lava thing right in the middle. it was Black in colour and it was bubbling. and around it was something like seaweed which was a a shadwe of deep emerald green. It was Spectacular!! I've never seen anything cooler in my entire life!
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See that Black stuff in the middle...
that's the cool lava looking thing!
Beaches.... I have to say that Bali Truly has a few of the most Beutiful beaches. It's absolutely Gorgeous. Soft White sand.....clear Blue sea.....Fantastic waves....it's Paradise!!! I'm not kidding U could juz lie there the whole day and not realize a whole day has gone by. The sun rises as early as 6 in the morning and sets by about 5.30 in the evening. My advice is to sit on the beach to watch both. It is a spectacular sight which should not be missed! Also if Your a surfer This is the place to visit. It's one of the hottest spots for surfing. the waves are so strong and so huge it's unbelivable. Even if your not one for sports You'll want to learn how to surf once you visit the beach. Trust me I was one of them. yes me the girl who hates the hot suun, and does not do any kind of sport whatsoever went surfing. I'm not kidding! I have proof =)
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My surfer girl shot (that's really me k?!)
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The Rice paddy Fields...
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Sculpture of a Balinese Lady
K so that's for Bali will tell u bout Kuching next time =)~Rosanne~
Posted by ~**Beth**~ at 1:51 AM
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Zombie!!!
Hey! I know I said I was gonna keep my blog from being zombified and I appologise for not updating. But I've been busy travelling =) well it was juz Bali and Kuching but they were important trips k?? I promise to update in the next couple of days... Ciaoz
Posted by ~**Beth**~ at 5:44 AM
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