My 1st oversea family trip -> Bali ^^

After so many months of planning..finally it's ON!! My very first family trip to overseas..

Thanks to Air Asia, the plane ticket that I got for my trip was only RM175 pax (including RM50 tax)

Though we have been to spent some time travelling around it's really the very 1st time we're gonna leave Malaysia on an airplane!! whoa...cant really describe my feelings when the day arrived.. However, just cut the crap here and go on with some of the places we visited there

We engaged a local tour guide named Eddie, he briefed us on the schedule and our trip began!!

Upon arrival, we're brought to the Garuda Vishnu Kenchana. How it looks?

Basically Garuda means eagle in Indonesian, so this is a picture of it.

And this is the God: Vishnu that was supposed to ride on the eagle

As we can see it's an incomplete masterpiece. It was expected to be :

Well it's in fact very incomplete piece of work so it's very not recommended place to visit, unless there's extra time and money for the trip. The guide said that at this rate of construction it's gonna take 20 years to complete the whole statue, which was planned to be the worlds tallest statue and we all doubt will it still be one when it's completed

They also arrange some ladies to dance in the evening to so called compensate the Gods for causing disturbance due to overwhelming tourist

After dinner we're sent back to our hotel : Masa Inn. It's definitely not one of those classy hotels on the main road. It's in poppies lane, something like Lorong in Malaysia. The lobby is definitely one shocking ancient design. One would definitely doubt his own decision to upon seeing the design of the lobby...no air cond...no grand design...no bellboy...OMG

Comment:

room cleanliness 3/5

Breakfast set: 4/5 (portion is quite small)

Service: 3/5 (some of them are not friendly)

The rooms were ok, with air cond and the I give a thumbs up for the cafe and overall decorations

The guide also brought us to some silver craft shop. They charge rather highly but after they had those jewelries handcrafted. Can always request for a discount when it comes to shopping in Bali.

Not to forget the batik in Bali, everything here is very expensive (I'm not sure did the guide got commission for doing this. However the quality is so so good. They also have some ladies to paint batik on white t-shirts there (can choose to bring your own t-shirt or pay USD 15 for a very very normal white t-shirt). Just pay them Rp10000 and they willingly paint you pictures you choose. (they have a piece of cloth with plenty of designs for you to choose from)

We also went to the Golden Kirrin coffee house. They sell coffee beans there and the promoters there showed us the original Luwak coffee bean-the most expensive coffee beans in the world. The picture below shows the original look of the coffee as in a form of sh*t XD

The seafood from Jimbaran. I must say they don't really taste so good. It's just a great relaxing moment to dine exactly right beside the sea hearing the sound of the waves...it sure feels good and relaxed....as for t he seafood...it's nothing much but normal BBQ seafood with lotsa hangus taste, served with kangkung and rice. They gave us a set of crabs, fish,2 mussels, 2 prawns and 2 sate sotong each person. The guide even request a compensation for a mini crab they gave me

The view at Jimaran sea side, too bad the weather was bad that day and we chose to sit indoor.. However it only started raining after we finished dining -.-lll

Beautiful Tanah Lot. we had lotsa fun here. Though it's strongly recommended for sunset view, I personally like it even if we did went there during day time.

A close up view of the Tanah Lot

Last but not least, Mount Kintamani. It's a nice view and I would recommend people to spend their lunch there and enjoy the view to the fullest (which I didn't, thanks to the tour guide.)

Do try out the spa in Bali after tired walking around. The one recommended by the guide was only so so. But maybe try out some others recommended by other bloggers, SangSpa, Venezia, VeronaSpa, or MuranoSpa

Please don't consider renting a motor there especially if you are alone. If you think Malaysian motorists are harsh, you'll change your mind when you arrive there.

Before leaving, remember to keep Rp 150 000 (RM50) in your wallet for the airport tax ya.

there are other nice places in Bali but oops, I don't like to disclose the pretty looks of my family members and I think that's all for now.

I would only go Bali again for a DIY trip with my friends. But I personally don't really like the food there. The only reason I'm using a guide is to avoid my parents to suffer if I took the wrong way :p. Hope you guys enjoy a great trip there.