29 May 2011
A distinct characteristic about islands is that the rain comes and go as quickly as you can type the words, "I love Bali." The morning of the 29th was such a day. But it did not halt our plans of going to the beach. I managed to dip in the beach near the hotel that we stayed. The best beach is still Kuta Beach for i love its strong waves but this beach was good enough. At least, it is clean. *wide grin*
After the short trip to the beach, I came back and continued my swim in the hotel pool. Equally clean!
We went to a lot of places that day. The hotel is in the south part of Bali but I remember that we went north that day. Visited Berantam Lake (a crater lake) and its volcano (which is still active). The scenery was breath-taking from the restaurant where we had our delectable buffet lunch. More about that later. The weather is similar to that of our Cameron Highlands or Genting. Look at the scenery below. Volcano on the left, and if you can see... the crater lake is on the right (below the hill).
This was my first serving for lunch. I would say that this was the most delicious meal i had throughout the trip. Because of its variety of choices as well as how good the food taste. My favourite was the pork satay, black glutinous rice with santan (dessert), fried rice, pumpkin rice with coconut shaving and syrup, plus some sticky kuih with gula melaka. Actually everything was very good. Another place i will come back to when i visit Bali again.
Ta da! I hve to show you this picture because of the design of the entrance. Every temple has this kind of entrance. Note the two pillar shapes. I didnt remember the names of all the temples i went to as i went to quite a few. But this temple was made for the royals and had a beautiful garden. Very vast with much greenery.
This was my first serving for lunch. I would say that this was the most delicious meal i had throughout the trip. Because of its variety of choices as well as how good the food taste. My favourite was the pork satay, black glutinous rice with santan (dessert), fried rice, pumpkin rice with coconut shaving and syrup, plus some sticky kuih with gula melaka. Actually everything was very good. Another place i will come back to when i visit Bali again.Ta da! I hve to show you this picture because of the design of the entrance. Every temple has this kind of entrance. Note the two pillar shapes. I didnt remember the names of all the temples i went to as i went to quite a few. But this temple was made for the royals and had a beautiful garden. Very vast with much greenery.
Also visited this place that made kain batik in the morning.
And this cute little animal at the bottom is called a luwak. You will be amazed to know its important function in the process of making Bali coffee. It is fed coffee seeds and people will collect its faeces, wash the shit off and reclaim the 'processed and digested' coffee seeds. It is then roasted and grinded. Of course, they wash it properly and everything but you know, for me, i cant imagine drinking that thing. Besides, i am not a fan of coffee. But coffee-lovers like my mom said it tasted so-so. Nevertheless, the process is interesting.
And this cute little animal at the bottom is called a luwak. You will be amazed to know its important function in the process of making Bali coffee. It is fed coffee seeds and people will collect its faeces, wash the shit off and reclaim the 'processed and digested' coffee seeds. It is then roasted and grinded. Of course, they wash it properly and everything but you know, for me, i cant imagine drinking that thing. Besides, i am not a fan of coffee. But coffee-lovers like my mom said it tasted so-so. Nevertheless, the process is interesting.
Hah, tea break at Dirty Duck Diner. It serves many other dishes but its dirty duck is the most famous. Let me share the story with you... the restaurant was just like any other normal restaurant. But one day, a dirty duck (literally) ran into the restaurant. And since then, the name stuck. But naturally, the duck they serve is also pretty quite delicious. The taste is almost similar to fried three-layer pork we normally have duringCNY, except that this is a duck.
(below) Beautiful typical kampung scenery as we had our duck. If your eyesight is good enough, you can spot the man driving the cute little ducks back to their home. Quack quack!
We had dinner at the Golden Palace Restaurant. Typical chinese fare. Nothing much to say about that. Went back to the hotel and strolled around the area with the others. Retired to bed, looking forward to the next day.
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