cuti cuti bali 2015

Alhamdulillah, we went to bali last week from the 30th january until the 3rd of february to celebrate hubby's birthday on the 2nd and also to bring my parents on a fully sponsored trip (Untuk membalas jasa diorang la selama ni bawak kitorang jalan2, kononnya..last2 byk jugak mak spend utk the trip. haha). A lot of things happened during the trip, my dad's Alzheimer's got worse and he behaved a little bit worse than my youngest baby, Adam. Pheww. what a trip. but, alhamdulillah, we survived. haha.

Bali. Wow. That is exactly the word to explain the island. Subhanllah, super duper beautiful beyond words. Although it is filled with temples all around, but the temples are rather nice, beautiful and suits the beautiful scenery. Huhu. I will share the pictures later, once hubby has manage to extract photos from his camera. Ok, another sad story, i lost my handphone in the cab on the way back from klia2 to the house. T-T so, i lost most of my bali photos. Now i am trying to retrieve it from i cloud. Hopefully its still possible to do so. Huwaa.

And continuing the story, we travelled to bali by malindo. Reason being, my clever sister delayed the booking of our flight and we could not get good flight timing to travel by MAS. At the time, the cheapest was malindo. The flight was OK, tapi ada la sikit2 glitch yg tak menyenangkan hati macam, kerusi roda my parents, orang yg tukang tolak tu buat perangai diva, diorang bagi aqeef duduk seat yg isolated dari kitorang and so on. Hello, aqeef 5 tahun baru kot, ada ke diorang pegi letak dia duduk jauh dari kitorang. Hampeh punya airline. But alhamdulillah, aqeef ok je, abang2 betul tau.

And we arrived in bali and was picked up by our villa's supir. We stayed in Aswattha Villas, by Premier Hospitality Asia which i managed to buy via groupon and it was super cheap, considering the condition of the villa. Oh my, alhamdulillah, for RM2500, we got a villa for 5 days 4 nights with private pool, fully equipped kitchen (with microwave & stove), 3 spacious bedrooms and daily breakfast, served at the villa itself! Oh my! For the same cost, which is Rm600++ in Malaysia, we can only get a room with 2 king beds with small private pool at the Grand Lexis PD. Oh man, alhamdulillah for the villa, super duper great. Its situated in Canggu, near to Seminyak and Tanah Lot area. Cause we didnt want to stay in Kuta, scared of the Bali bombing even though it was soo long ago.

And on the first day that we arrive, kitorang lepak2 je kat villa and had a barbecue dinner served by the hotel for 200 ribu rupiah per person, which was roughly about 30 ringgit. And it was scrumptious and we slept through the night so peacefully. And on the second day, we started out tour around bali with the help of our pak supir booked from pak isme. u can goggle pak isme and he's all over the blogs, i dont think its even necessary for me to put his name here. Daily price per car is 400,000 rupiah which is roughly about RM120. Cheap, right? But of course, they will bring you to expensive shops where they can get lebih komisyen and i think they get their income that way kot. And on the first day, the supir asked my mom " Buk, anak2 ibuk n ibuk kerja apa ya?" and my honest mom shared everything and of course lepas tu bawak pergi makan nasi padang pun sorang rm50. huwaa. takpelah rezeki dia. haha.

On the first day, the supir brought us to silver factory where my sister memborong silver sampai more than RM1000. haha. maybe due to this jugak kot, the supir tgk, ek eh budak ni boleh shopping sampai berjuta2 rupiah in one place, (Based on his komisyen kot), lepas tu dia bawak pergi tmpt mahal2 je. Adoi. And after that we went to batik painting factory and of course shop where my mom pulak memborong. Lepas tu pergi kedai painting and cantik2 sgt painting diorang. Tapi takde maknanya pergi bali borong painting, so not me. Ok, the first 3 stops mmg saya tak membeli pape, so proud of myself. hehe. And then we went to Kintamani to see the famous volcano, Mount Batur. Gunung berapi hidup ok. On the way there we stopped to buy sim card for internet purpose. 40,000 rupiah (RM12) can get 1 GB simcard. Super cheap, kan? That's settled. And then, we stopped at Tegalalang to see padi bukit yg sgt cantik. Amik gambar sikit2 and jalan terus ke Kintamani. Kat Kintamani, kitorang pergi makan kat one of the restaurants overlooking the mount batur. Sgt cantik subhanallah. I think, for Bali, u need to go and experience the view yourself kot. Mmg lain view actual dgn dalam gambar. Go lah go. Ok, kat kintamani, lunch dia buffet, sorang 100,000 rupiah with 21,000 tax. Dalam RM36 la duit kite kot. OK sgt kot. Dapat view lagi. Cantik sgt lah. Urgh, tak syiok plak cerita takde gambar.

OK, from Kintamani, we headed down and stopped for kopi luwak. (Kopi datang dari tahi musang). haha. Ye kot. Geli tak geli, minum jugak, mmg ada musang tu kat situ. And shopped for people in the office yg pesan kopi luwak. And after that, since my mom and dad dah penat, semua balik villa solat zohor n asar. After that, my sis and hubby together with adam went out to factory outlet to shop! haha, my favourite activity. They have a lot of outlets focussing on beach stuff weh. Sama macam bandung tapi focussed kat barang beach la. Managed to score a couple of beach sandals and tshirts for the kids (Billabong, Quicksilver and so on). My sister of course, borong habis. Syioknya org tak kahwin lagi n takde anak, borong utk diri sendiri je. Dia actually sebelum pergi nak bawak RM300 je "Ala, pergi bali mana ada benda nak shopping". Haha. last2 dia yg memborong habis. Ceh. OK habis day 1.

On the second day, we started our day by heading to Tanjong Benoa. Beautiful beaches and a lot of water sport activities. Harga pun boleh tahan gak. Of course, our supir brought us to the most expensive shop. Ceh. Naik boat pergi pulau turtle 6 orang 1.8 juta rupiah which is around RM540. My mom dah siap nak bayar, and then nasib baik my sis pergi jalan2 kat kedai sebelah and found out that the same boat ride to pulau turtle tu cost RM120 je (400 ribu rupiah). Gila tak gila diorang charge kaw kaw. Nasib baik tak bayar lagi. Mengamuk je org tu, siap tak kasi lalu beach diorang bagai. Takpelah weh, asalkan kitorang tak kena bayar mahal. Huhu. And we went to turtle island, best gila! Dapat pegang turtle yg sgt byk, dari yg muda2 sampai la dah 96 tahun macam dato' kame tu. hehe. Tapi geli gak la. haha. Nantilah ada gambar nanti, akan share eh. Kat turtle island ni ada macam2 jenis haiwan jugak (ular la, parrot la, burung enggang la) and semua boleh amik gambar. Cool gila.

Lepas tanjong benoa, we had lunch kat kedai nasi padang sedap gila walaupun mahal. haha. nasib la labu. 500 ribu rupiah utk 6 dewasa n 2 budak. RM150 sekali makan, ok la kot kan. melantak tak ingat dunia sbb lapar. hehe. Kalau kat bali ni, nasi padang je lah yg halal insha Allah. yg lain semua ada babi guling la apa la. Adoi. And lepas makan, tumpang solat kat musolla nasi padang tu, kitorang pergi ke pandawa beach. Another beautiful beach. Nak masuk satu kepala 10 ribu rupiah. Tapi pak supir tu cakap ada 4 orang je dalam kereta so bayar 40 ribu rupiah je kot dalam Rm12. ok la. Beach sgt cantik as usual, tapi sgt panas la bali.. huhu. Terik.. And kat beach tu amik2 gambar and since semua org dah penat kitorang bertolak ke kuta utk shopping kat Krisna. Semua barang2 souvenior bali semua adalah, and cheap too. Alhamdulillah, that's settled. Afterwards, we headed straight to Uluwatu for Kecak dance. Subhanallah, sangat cantik weh, watching the sunset while watching the Kecak dance, marvellous. Actually ada byk dance lagi kat Bali, but my sisters yg dah pergi semua ckp, with the kids, its not advisable to go to the dance other than Kecak, cause unsur2 pemujaan dia melampau sgt. Actually Kecak tu pun puja2 jugak, tapi still ok for me kot, ada gelak2, lawak2 jugak. OK la. Sgt cantik.. subhanallah, tgk dance tu dgn sun set kat blkg. cantik gila. And supposedly lepas dance tu kena pergi Jimbaran for romantic dinner. Tapi semua org penat gila and request nak balik villa terus. So, baliklah.

OK, third day now. we went out with my mom, hubby and the kids, my sis and father stayed to enjoy the villa. First stop, Tanah Lot. The most beautiful part of Bali. It actually consists of lots of beautiful pura (temples) and satu temple ni actually duduk kat laut, kalau air surut, ada jalan utk ke temple tu, tapi kalau air pasang, jalan tu akan ditutupi air, and temple tu macam jadi island kat tgh laut. Sgt cantik subhanallah. Kuasa Allah sgt besar. And we had fun just watching the view and taking pictures here and there. And sempat amik gambar and siap print kat situ and it cost only RM6 je! haha. murah gile. From there, we went have lunch at Malioboro, at the town, macam ayam penyet lah, sgt sedap, and of course sgt mahal, makan 3 dewasa n 2 budak Rm150. ces. habis duit noks. And lepas tu since kitorang dah kat kuta, kitorang pun pergi la kuta beach and jalan2 ronda hard rock shopping2, haha. kat sini habis paling byk duit. syiok kot, rock shop diorang ada hard rock cafe and hard rock hotel. huhu. Cool. Lepas tu, kitorang pergi jimbaran for our romantic sunset dinner. And kat jimbaran tumpang solat kat restoran tu and had dinner for hubby's birthday. Sgt romantic walaupun ada anak2 berderet. Haha.

OK. Macam dah penat menaip. later2 sambung lagilah. Gigih menaip gak sbb takut lupa. ;p

Til next time, toodles.