Adventure in Paradise Island!

Just as my promise yesterday, just enjoy it cause it's gonna be a really looonnnggg post! Oh yeah, I hope my article can be your references if you want to spend your holiday in Dewata Island. Hope you like it!

DAY 1: Airport Panic?!
Okay, our plane would depart at 2.55 pm but we just left our house at 12.30 pm. It was really late, yeah I know! And then, we caught in a big traffic jam and it was impossible to move! And another thing, my mom forgot to bring our birth certificate! My mom thought it would be okay, since it was a domestic flight, not the international one. But my dad didn't agree with her. He said that we couldn't take any risk. So, he rushed home with "ojek" while we were waiting in the car that was parked at the side of the road. I looked at my watch, it was 2 pm! Panic! Panic! It's not the right time to panic, but it was! My father returned exactly at 2.05 pm and we rushed to the airport. Hope we can still catch the plane! We arrived at 2.40 pm, 15 minutes before the plane departed! We never arrive at the airport so damn late! We checked in and rushed to the boarding room. Luckily, we arrived at the plane on time. Of course, the plane was already full of people, sorry guys :P
I sat next to the window and I read during the flight. Fortunately, the weather was pretty good during the flight and there was no turbulence. About 1.5 hours later, we arrived at Bali Island. I saw Bali island from the plane so clearly! The last time I went there was..when I was still 5 years old and as I remember, we arrived there at night so I couldn't see anything :(
After we arrived at Ngurah Rai airport, we went to the hotel. We stayed in a small and unpopular hotel at Legian Street, near the Kuta beach. The hotel's rate during Christmas and New Year was pretty high and expensive so we decided to just stay in a 3 star hotel or 4 star hotel.
After we settled in, we took a bath and then we went outside to have dinner. Legian street was full of restaurants, cafes, shops, bistros, and of course, tourists! There were so many Western tourists and that makes it's so hard to find Chinese food! All I can see is...German restaurant, Norwegian restaurant, bistro...Yeah, I NEED CHINESE FOOD! Since I can't eat anything beside Chinese food :( Luckily, we found one restaurant that serves Indonesian food and Chinese food. Thanks God! But, we should keep searching for the other restaurant. I don't want to eat at the same restaurant everyday! Realizing that we can't do anything today, we just got back to the hotel and sleep. And guess what?! I had headache again! Ignore it...just sleep==

DAY 2: The adventure begins!
Okay, just woke up at..8 am and had breakfast at the restaurant. After that we went to Kintamani Mountain. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't really good and it was raining all day. After we arrived there, we had lunch while we were enjoying the beautiful scene. But we couldn't see anything since it was misty! White everywhere! After that, we went to coffee plantation to try the popular coffee "Luwak Coffee". There were also some sample of another beverages, such as cappuccino, lemonade, ginger tea, and hot chocolate. Didn't want to waste them, I drank them all! XD !
Then, we went to the other tourism area, called ubud. Full of shops and restaurants, same as Kuta. And then, we asked the driver, whether he knew Chinese restaurant around there or not, but he dropped us at Western restaurant. Oh mann...

DAY 3 : Safari Time!

We decided to go to Safari Park today. It was quite fun, though! Different than the one that was in Puncak, West Java, this safari also include marine park. And it was less crowded than the one in Puncak. The main difference is: You can drive your own car to enter the safari park in Puncak, but here, you can't. You park your car outside the park and went here on foot. If you want to check out the dangerous animal, you can go by the tram that was provided by the safari. There were also some cottages inside this park. Wanna try to stay here? hahaha XD! Check out this funny picture! That's a lion..So cute, wasn't it? Then, we went to Sanur Beach but we didn't spend a lot of time there, because it was raining heavily.
After we went to the beach, we went back to our hotel. Of course, we were caught in a big traffic jam! At the hotel, I watched AFF Cup, it was the first time watching it plus my dad's a big fan of football too. Too bad Indonesia lost in the final, but no problem, there's always next time, isn't it?



DAY 4: Beautiful Bali

We went to Alas Kedaton, to the monkey forest. There were so many monkeys and they were all funny! Actually, they wouldn't scratch you or bite you if you don't disturb them, so act normally, okay? And the most important thing is: don't ever disturb the monkey with the baby. Like in the picture --->
They will be realllyyyy angry! There were A LOT of monkeys here, more than 500 I think,  but I don't know how the owner of this park can feed them all.

Then, we went to Tanah Lot, one of the popular tourist destination here in Bali. We wanted to see the sunset so we waited there for about 1 hour and drank coconut water! The coconut here was very sweet, not like the one that I drank once in Ancol. Yeah! The weather wasn't really good, so we couldn't see any sunset ==' But, yeah, the scenery was totally beautiful so it was really worth it. After that, we ate dinner at the Chinese restaurant. *Finally!* and then went back to our hotel...


DAY 4: New Year Eve
We moved from Bali Sorgawi Hotel to Maharani Hotel, closer to Kuta beach. The hotel that we stayed is located opposite the beach and our room were facing the beach. So beautiful! Because it was New Year Eve, we decided not to go anywhere because it would be too crowded. We stayed in the hotel and in the afternoon, about 4 pm, we went to the beach. My sister and my cousin played in the seaside while I was reading novel. I didn't want to swim because it was too hot and I didn't want to get tanned. (But I think I already got tanned a lot...Oh man!) My mom took my picture when I was reading seriously. But the picture was really good, I think and I like it very much. Mom, I know I always doubt it, but I think you're a really great photographer! Sorry for underestimate you before :P
Again, we were waiting for sunset, but again, there was no sunset :(
After that, we returned to our hotel and have dinner. It was raining heavily, and that restaurant was so crowded because it was the only restaurant and the only shelter around the area so it's full. We should share our table with another people that didn't have any place to sit and eat. Sometimes, I don't really like crowded place...

Because it was raining, I went back to my hotel, waiting the rain to stop and of course waiting for midnight. It was still 10 pm and I watched TV first. The fireworks were glowing in the sky. They were so beautiful! At 11.15 pm, we went outside, to the beach, where the celebration was held. The beach was full of people, and again, it was still raining. Then at 12 am, the sky was very colorful, full of fireworks from different angles! In the middle of the rain, the fireworks shined brighter than the moon... #np: Firework-Katy Perry.
Time really flew very fast and I can't believe it's already 2011 and my b'day!
We returned to our hotel and we still awake till 1 am to wish happy new year to our relatives that still in Jakarta. We slept at 2 am...

DAY 5: New Year

It's January 1st! My birthday and new year! Start a new page of my life, no, not just a new page, but a new chapter. Today, we started again our adventure. Today's destination is ---> Tanjung Benoa and Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue.
We started with Tanjung Benoa. It is a beach and it is popular for its water activity. Too bad I forgot to bring my swimsuit here, I left them in the hotel -.- So, we went to turtle island by boat. Turtle island, that's sound weird, isn't it? Well, that place was a turtle breeding place. So many turtle there and there were so big!

After that, we visited Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue, a big one. There was a folk tale about that statue but I can't tell it here, it's too long I think!
Yeah, and our adventure seems to end here, we returned to our hotel and have a rest!





DAY 6: Shopping Time!

We went to Denpasar at the morning to visit my dad's old friend. He is the owner of "Bakmi Akai" restaurant that was once in Jakarta but moved to Denpasar a few years ago. We had lunch there. *finally I can eat noodles!* I also met his daughter, she is at the same age as my sister. After that, we went to the shopping center to buy souvenirs for our friends and relatives. Then, we went to my dad's another friend that live in Denpasar too. It looked like a little reunion. We had dinner together at Chinese restaurant. There are so many Chinese restaurant in Denpasar, so maybe we should stay in Denpasar next time XD. At night, my daddy asked us to watch live concert in Hard Rock Cafe Bali. But, it was a rock band. I am not really into rock :( I prefer pop music... And that also marks, our last adventure here in Bali


DAY 7: Back to Jakarta
Before we went to the airport, my dad's old friend (like I said before) took us to a place where we could eat turtle satay (indonesian: sate penyu) I don't remember exactly where it is, but it was pretty delicious. We ate noodles again for lunch :D And then went to the airport. (We didn't want to caught in a big traffic jam again) We arrived there early, and the plane delayed for 30 minutes. After a few hours, 1.5 hours I think, we came inside the plane and flew to Jakarta... Bye Bali, I'd remember this wonderful adventure :))