Our initial experience in Bali was not great. When arriving the airport, some very official
looking men had set our bags aside and were waiting for us when we
arrived. Adam and I naively thought that
something might be wrong as we had brought food with us and when they said
follow us we did, they then proceeded with us through customs and then
proceeded to ask us for money in the end as they had helped us through. Although their outfits seemed official they
were just another part of the tourist trap.
From that point on Adam and I put our guard up, never letting anyone
help us with our bags. Our condo in Bali
was three hours north of the airport.
The trip there was long and the road was very windy. When we arrived I was very car sick and the
hoards of night bugs around our apartment did not make our first day in Bali
very enjoyable but we soon grew to love it.
Although in Bali we were in a remote area we spent most of
our days swimming in our pool and snorkeling on the great reef in front of our
condo. Two days we rented a scooter and
drove around the island. The first day
we drove to the les market and hiked to the Les Waterfall, which is the 2nd
highest waterfall in Bali, in the afternoon we drove an hour up the coast to
the Tulamben and snorkel over an old US Navy shipwreck.
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| Our House Mate |
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| Our Pool |
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| Snorkeling |
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| Les Waterfall |
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| Lichee |
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| Bamboo |
A couple of days later hired a taxi and say the Tirta Ganga
and Taman Ujung, which are two water palaces build by the king years ago. We also went and say how they make sea salt,
which was very interesting.
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| Tirta Ganga |
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| Tirta Ganga Overview |
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| Taman Ujung |
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Taman Ujung Overview
Our second scooter day we travel North west to the Art Zoo,
which is this artists studio where he displays all his works of Bali inspired
art. From the pictures you can see it is
a very unique place. We spent the rest
of the day just exploring. We thoroughly
enjoyed cruising around on the scooter.
Our last adventure was on the way back to the airport and
our last day in Bali we went to the Mother Temple (the first three pics below) which is their largest temple
and the Tanalot (last pic) which is a temple that was build out in the water on a rock. In both these places were once again a target
of tourist trap attempts, such as they would try to sell us temple guides
telling us we were not allowed in with out on, even though our trusty lonely
plant guide said it was perfectly fine.
We learned a lot since our first
day to not listen to the locals in the tourist areas as they are usually trying
to sell you something you don’t want or need.
Our last day in Bali we spend in Kuta beach in the south which is the
known surf beach, however Adam didn’t get to go out that day because the surf
wasn’t very good.
My favorite time in Bali was they days we went to the Wifi
café, which was a little stall on the street that they sold Wifi in. We paid about 20 cents for unlimited usage
and although it was slow it was our only option. The owner was very helpful and told us a lot
about Bali, however my favorite days were when his kids were there. His little daughter and son would play cards
while we were sitting there and one day I asked to join in. They were about 4 and 6 maybe. Although none of us spoke the other’s
language they taught me how to play.
Most the time they sat there laughing at me because I didn’t know how to
play but we had a lot a fun. After a
couple of games I even won one. Although
my new friends wouldn’t let me take a full picture of them Adam secretly
snapped one.
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