It was on Saturday I started my second day in Bali. The first destination on that day was a very popular beach named Kuta o Baliness say it Kute. Some people do not recommend this place to visit, maybe because this place is having cheaper price than the other places so this is the target for foreigner backpacker who has just limited money to spend. Yet, however this is the essential place to visit when we are in Bali though, particularly for those who never been there before.
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| Kuta beach in the morning |
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| Hello, Kuta! |
I'm glad Kuta looks clean and beautiful. The last time I went there, it looked bit messy anyway. By the way, more information for you who never been in Bali, if you had more money to spend, Seminyak and Nusa Dua are definitely the right place to go. The location are great and good place for business stuff. FYI, Miss World 2013 opening and welcoming dinner was held in Nusa Dua last 8th September 2013.
Okay, back to Kuta. I spent my time there about couple hours and I did really enjoy it. It was not too much people in the morning though it was on Saturday. So I and 9 another winners had a shooting with a ambassador freely.
I let the waves touched my feet. Then after satisfied playing with the waves and touched the sand, I continued my destination to Tanjung Benoa, a popular place for doing water sport. Although it was not my first time o second time o third time I went there, I was excited as if it was my first time.
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| Behind the scene |
From Kuta to Tanjung Benoa took about 40 minutes. Then, without wasting time, I prepared myself to go to turtle island. You can leave your belongings in the deposit box. Actually it was free. But you have to pay IDR 20k o valued USD 2 to guarantee the key. Once you give back the key, they will give your money back as well.
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| My deposit box |
I left all of my belongings, just brought a camera because that was a mandatory thing to bring! So turtle island is a part of Tanjung Benoa. From Tanjung Benoa to turtle island you need to take boat to go there. They will cost you about IDR 150k o valued USD 15 per 10 person, so it just take IDR 15k per person. Anyway, the price will be different for a foreigner. I think that was fair enough though to divide between local price and foreigner price. However rupiah is so much cheaper if we compare with USD o even GBP.
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| Choose your boat here |
I was lucky because I could get myself in the same boat with the ambassador. I looked at her sometimes, she was soooo pretty.
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| Me and Ira Wibowo |
Along the way, she asked to the winners about our age and I realised that I was the youngest winners though.
Because of we used glass bottom boat, so we could see how was under the sea look like.
It took 20 minutes to reach turtle island. Before enter this island, you need to pay IDR 5k o valued USD 0,5. Then, you can be free enjoy this island.
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| Welcome to turtle farm |
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| Symbol of turtle island |
In this island, not only turtles, but also we could take photos with another conserved animals such as eagles, snake, etc (I forgot what else, because I just took photos with the animals I mentioned, lol).
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| Turtle |
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| Eagle |
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| Snake |
We can take photos as much as we like, that's free. Do not worry about the animals, they were tame. Also, you will be accompanied by local guide, so you'll be save. Do not forget to give the local guide tip, that is an ethic. They will not mention about the exactly price, so it really depends on your generosity.
I spent about couple hours in turtle island and went back to Tanjung Benoa for having another water sport. Anyway, pay attention about your boat before because all of the boat will be parking in the same area.
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| Which one mine, which one yours? |
Another water sport that I had whilst I was in here was banana boat. But I didn't have any photos :(
In the same place still, I had a photo session with the photographer named Mas Indra. He took me photos as if I was a model. The photos look sooo gorgeous.
After had myself wet and sticky, I changed my clothes and be ready to went back to hotel because tonight will be held an Absolute awarding and dinner in the coast, Jimbaran. I couldn't wait to prepare myself for it.
06.00 pm me and another winners went to Jimbaran to had a special dinner. It took about 30 minutes from hotel to arrive there. It was super special because we were welcomed by a group of people who play traditional musical instruments Bali. I do really believe that we got pay attention from another visitors who had dinner there. What a special dinner!
Then we found a long table on the coast and we were welcomed by waitresses who were pairing a flower in one ear.
A long the dinner time we were spoiled by Baliness dance on the stage and also acoustic singer.
In the awarding time, I was so proud of myself because I'd been chosen as an Absolute women representative. Though it was just a game, but however it made me happy and proud.
Actually at that day I had a promise to meet someone who I did not see him for long time. So meet him definitely will make me get excited. I arranged the schedule with him since I got an announcement about my plan to go to Bali and he agreed to meet. Unfortunately, it just some hours earlier in the same day, he cancelled our meeting. Oh well, what a people! I have to be really honest it made me get annoyed and disappointed and made me (again) didn't believe any promise from anyone.
Then I tried to contact my another friend who lives in Bali. She's my friend in college named Loh Ami. I asked her to accompany me to look around Bali in the night and she could. How God is always treat me so good, even really good.
It was 11.30 pm at that time but Ami still want to pick me up and bring me to look around Bali in the night. At first she brought me to the cafe in Seminyak but unfortunately the cafe had a concert so it must have entry ticket. Then we changed our destination to Legian area. I mentioned about Sky Garden but Ami refused to go there and choose Vi Ai Pi instead.
She offered me to have some beers o cocktail but I felt my body getting warm and had bit cough so I ordered a cup of hot chocolate. What a pity of me! However we had a great moment together, sharing time especially we had the same job as a secretary of General Manager.
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| Double sexy secretary |
Ami challenged me to dance on the dance floor but I refused it. I was worried many of bule* will come around us, lol.
(*bule is a name for foreigner who visit Indonesia)
After had my chocolate, me and Ami walked around Legian. I got bad experience there. When me and my friend walked, then there was a foreigner, he tried to grab my hands and said "hei, hei bla-bla-bla" I couldn't hear properly he spoke like mumbling. I was terrified and I was thinking by myself he probably thought me as a biacth. GGGRRRR!
So I told to Ami to go back to Hotel, that made me feel enough.
It was 3am in the next day and I had myself getting worse. The temperature of my body getting higher and really need a rest.
*Special thank you to Ami. We'll keep contact.
Love,
Aditha
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