Bali Trip with 靓妹 (back dated 29 Sept till 2 Oct 2014) Tegalalang, Kintamani & Luwak Coffee

After having a good night stay at Ubud Bungalow (didn't expect that it turned out to be very well as it's just roughly RM 100 per night for 2 person), we quickly have our very nice breakfast and get our journey started for the day! Itinerary for second day was all about travelling! We traveled to inner parts of Bali such as Tegalalang, Kintamani etc. To travel one big round took us about 7 hours! Phew. Anyway, we need to travel these places at least once!

Our bungalow right beside the swimming pool! 

 Simple and nice breakfast! Didn't really expect to have all these with the price that we paid for the hotel. The variety of fruits that they prepared was simply amazing. On breakfast, we have fruit juice and coffee/tea, main course and dessert!

So our first destination of the day was Tegalalang paddy field. Most of the paddy are grown on hills and Tegalalang has one of the most neat and systematic paddy field in Bali. That's why it became one of the tourist attraction. To travel to this place, we need to pay for about Rph 5000 per person for the entrance! You can't run away from "entrance fee" even though this place is just by the main road...

 Luckily the weather was great! If you want to explore more, you may opt to hike to the next hill behind us! =)

Pay money if you want to take her picture from the front! So I just opt to take her picture from the back! =p 

My favourite picture in Bali! =) Selfie at Tegalalang!

After having a stop by at Tegalalang, we went straight up to Kintamani for the Badur view. It took us about 45 minutes to reach up there. Many people actually recommended this place for nice pictures and I really really agree so! You may opt to have buffet lunch while enjoying the view. As what I found from other reviews about the buffet, it's just a simple but expensive buffet, so we just skipped the buffet lunch!

 Mount Badur, it's still an active volcano. The black part of the mountain is just the burned area of previous volcano eruption...

Lake Badur which lies besides the Mount Badur.. Nice view and nice weather, enjoy very much over there! =)

The street at Kintamani. Yet to be busy but soon it will be busy because of tourists coming up here at around lunch time!

When you talk about coffee in Bali, everyone will definitely recommend you to have a cup of Luwak coffee. It's a very expensive type of coffee because the finest coffee beans are picked by the animals called Luwak (a type of cat which active only at night). After processing their "poo", the coffee beans are grind and roasted to make coffee powder which is ready to served with hot water! 

 Satria coffee farm

A sleeping Luwak, looks like a mix of cat and fox... 

Ingredients to make luwak coffee, from ginger, vanilla etc... 

Washed coffee beans from the "poo" of the animal! Next step is to peel the skin 

Testing for free with so many types of teas and coffees.. 

Testing one small cup of Luwak coffee for Rph 50,000! Very thick and aromatic, but no feel of caffeine. A good try!

Coffee bar... 

To be continued..

Bali Trip with 靓妹 (back dated 29 Sept till 2 Oct 2014) Pura Taman Ayun & Naughty Nuri

After sitting in the car for about 40 minutes from Tanah Lot, we have arrived at another tourist destination which is Taman Ayun. It's a very nice Hindu temple which surrounded with parks and pools. When we visited that place, it's about to build a so-called island on its own. Hopefully it will be completed in months to come. So this is also a very sacred place, so please beaware of those warnings given at the entrance especially for the female.

Typical Hindu style entrance.. According to my driver, there are more than 80% of the population are Hindus in Bali! So not surprising that most houses has this architectural style!  

 Cock fight is very famous in Bali especially for gambling purposes. But cock fight in Taman Ayun is just for traditional purposes and it's only held for twice in a year!

Various altars in the prohibited area.. Strictly open during worship days only!

After visiting at Taman Ayun, then we went back to Ubud for dinner before heading back to the hotel. When you talk about food, I guess Naughty Nuri is a famous hotspot for many tourists. They are very famous for their pork ribs and sausages! Too bad that we can't order too many stuff because there are only both of us to finish everything on the table... T.T Well, make sure that you have a big gang when you go there to try out there food. As I know, they only open at night to serve dinner! So make sure to be there early!

Grilling live in front of you! 

I wonder what sauce did they use to make it so special! Perfectly grilled. But I heard from my driver that there is another nicer place near Nusa Dua. So make sure that you try there if you have the chance! =) Rph 100,000 for this!

The sausage..

And make sure that you don't miss this out to help your digestion! =)

After dinner, the day ended here and we checked into Ubud Bungalow which is located right in the middle of Ubud town. It's roughly about RM 100 per night. Everything complete. Maybe we were too tired until we have nothing to complain about! =)

To be continued...

Bali Trip with 靓妹 (back dated 29 Sept till 2 Oct 2014) Tanah Lot

Whoever strangers that we encountered in Bali, they would say "Happy Honeymoon" to us! But the fact is, it was just a normal trip for both of us. Nothing more than that, because my girlfriend has been waiting to come to Bali for quite some time already. So better not drag the trip here till our real honeymoon because only God knows when! =) 

By the time that we reached Bali, it was already pass noon. Luckily to have Mr Nyoman from Putu's website as our driver because he was super punctual. Without any further delay, we straight went into his car and headed to our first destination. The target for us to visit 3 temples ( Tanah Lot, Bedugal and Taman Ayun) on the first day was impossible, so we ended up visiting 2 only because to travel from one place to the other wasn't near at all! So, the first place that we visited was Tanah Lot. It's a MUST for every tourist who visits Bali. It's all about the scenery. One word, Fascinating! Spend some time there and take a couple of good pictures is what you should do there!

First picture in Bali with Tanah Lot as our background

 The day is good, and hope that everything is good too!

Tanah Lot is a very sacred place and there are many altars for prayers! 

Time to get some Hinduism blessings! 

 We are done with our first mission! =)

Spend some quality time here and capture some nice photos is what you should do! 

See, someone is taking wedding pictures there! Happy marriage to that couple! =)

To be continued...

Enjoy and have a nice day