Bali, Indonesia

Travel Date : 
24th October 2009 - 31st October 2009

Duration of Holiday : 
8 days 7 nights

Accomodation : 
Royal Bali Beach Club, Candidasa
Diwangkara Holiday Villa, Sannur

Bali is one of the most popular honeymoon destination in the world. that's why it is like a dream holiday spot for people from europe, north america and other places in the world. But why??.....for me as an asian the main reason i like to travel here because of the currency and for the people coming from a cold climate country bali is like a heaven for them. You don't have to wear all those thick jacket and thermal to cover yourself.

I didn't expect that my husband have choosed Bali as our honeymoon destination. I am so excited because this is my first time going out from my country eventhough the country is next to our country....

Just because I am going to take quite a long time in Bali/leave..i'm afraid whether my boss will not approve my leave...luckily it approved!!!...the accommodation was sponsored by my father in law..He is a Tanco Berhad vacation club member..only members can stay in their resorts throughout the world. Therefore  we only need to book an air ticket from Air Asia.

In Bali..the resort name is Royal Bali Beach Club which is in Candidasa province approximately an hour drive from Denpasar International Airport. Therefore the place is quite secluded from tourist spot.

Picture above is a view from the outside of our room. I didn't expect that my father in law has booked a room that is facing the beach and a swimming. The view was maginificient...lol......hari-hari boleh skodeng org putehs berjemur...

On the second day we went to Tanah Lot. Tanah Lot means Sea in Balinese language. Located in Tabanan about 20 km from Denpasar. The temple sits on a large offshore rock which has been shaped continuously over the years by the ocean tide..Tanah Lot is a worshipped place for the Hindus. From the wikipedia..there are 93% people in Bali are Hindus, 5% muslim and the rest are christian dan buddha...these are the pictures that we managed to capture when we visit tanah lot....

When we were there..they were celebrating 'Kalungan and Kuningan Festival'... So...we have coincidently bumped into the groups of people doing their ritual ceremony. One of the thing that impressed me was their public toilet so clean and 1 thing that i don’t like is dog roaming around. 
Third day we went to Pura Besakih. Pura Besakih is one of the largest and oldest temple in Bali. It is located next to Gunung Agung.  It challenged me physically to climb the step in order to be there. One more thing, you have to wear a ‘sarong’ because it is a holy place for them. By wearing a ‘sarong’ is a way of respecting their holy place. Therefore the sarong is compulsory. 

I found a lot of small kids selling postcard to tourist. I can’t remember how much for 1 packet of postcard. There are 5 pieces of postcard in 1 packet
Next we went ot Mount Batur. There are one volcanos that is still active on top of the mount batur. There are a lot of local women was sellling merchandise like t-shirt, key chain, bangle, pencil, tattoos and etc...they insist me to buy their merchandise...until i got scared...surrounded by them.

Next we went to Ubud..a small town right in the centre of Bali...If you google maps..ubud is in the forest. There are a lot of shops and boutique as that are selling exotic merchandise, handcraft, painting, restaurant, spa & massage and etc....We were impressed with the lanscaped and the decoration of shop, houses in here. No wonder Bali concept is well known and being a reference for indoor and outdoor concept design.

There are small forest known monkey forest located here. If you want to enter the monkey forest you have to pay a ticket costly about 10-15k IDR. You can buy a banana to feed to the monkey..

On the Fourth day..we didn’t rent a car. But we rent a motorcycle or scooter. The local people say ‘speda motor’. We rent a scooter at the hotel it cost IDR60k for one day...this cost excluding petrol.
We ride a  scooter throughout the small village in Candidasa. We didn’t expect that we have found a huge mosque in this village. But..this mosque located in private area...so..we have to pass near to local people house. Luckily we ride a scooter that means easy for us to cilok the path for the pedestrians.....hehehe..My husband take the opportunity to perform a solat zohor at this mosque. . Next..we continue our journey to next destination..we arrived at the paddy field. We take a few photos of these beautiful scenery before continue our riding.  

Hari Kelima

Day 5 – On the fifth day..we walked along the beach near our resort to have a lunch at nearby mosque. On the way to the mosque .. we are greeted by a local resident. Though, that between the ages of 50-60 years. Posted uncle selling fresh coconut water ... we continue to order a coconut to drink on the spot. As we talked with this uncle. Somehow the uncle suddenly told that he has provided snorkelling services for a price of IDR250, 000 for 2 people.

Hari Keenam...

Today is our last day at Royal Bali Beach Club. We will stay at the Holiday Villa Diwangkara ... in fact my SIL @ K Long came with her husband. My SIL book another hotel because the hotel is close to the city and many other places she wanted to take us to go ....

So .. we checked out from the hotel about 10 am and go to the market apparently Sukawati ... here is the market that sells a variety of gift items and also the need. We did not know of the existence of this market. Many souvenirs, clothing, paintings, craft items for sale here. We just bought some T-shirt only. Our money was reduced ... i like to see k long shopping here .. long bargaining session with the seller .... In the future this place would be a prime location for shopping !!!.. hahahahhaha

After shopping here .. we  check in to Diwangkara Holiday Villa Hotel..... then we rest for a while ... do what needs to be .. bath .. In about 5 pm we went out again to see a performance of Kechak Dance. People Said the invalid go to bali if not watch kechak dance. After the dance..we went  to Jimbaran for dinner with a special menu which is fresh seafood.  After dinner we going back to our hotel.

The seventh day ..
Today is the last second for both of us, but K Long and her husband will return to Malaysia today. We wander the Sanur coast. There are many attractives and beautiful resorts here....and also tourists from Europe. It's a very different situation compared to Candidasa which more calm and suitable for honeymooners.

Best..best....