Bali - 4th to 10th May 2011 - Part 2

Last day in Ubud before we head to Tanjung Benoa..... So we just walked around Ubud town and for the first time during this trip I bought quite a few items for myself... =) Last stop before leaving is for lunch... We went to another recommended place; Ryoshi... yeaps.. a Japanese restaurant... haha!! In Bali... Food was surprisingly quite good.. We has just a simple cold noodle and rice bowl with a couple of added side dish... It was simple and light yet well prepared...

Cold soba with tempura bits...

Fried Katsu

Fried Fish cakes

Sukiyaki rice bowl....

 Now that our tummies are full, time to head to Tanah Lot.. Can't go Bali and miss Tanah Lot right? So we are off to catch the sunset... Or so we thought. In the end it was just gradual darkness so we didn't bother to stay longer... but it was beautiful nevertheless...

No, am not committing suicide... just like sitting by the ledge...

It just me and the sea...

 

Now we are off for dinner at Jimbaran... our guide was nice enough to take us to a cheaper outlet which served smaller portions so that we could just experience the beachside setting... Wasnt too pleasant an experience since it was so dark I could hardly see what I ate... haha!

Tables we set with by the beach with candlelights...

My mini set of seafood...

Aili's without the crab...

 Time to check in to the hotel... This time I booked Oasis at Tanjung Benoa... a big disappointment since this hotel cost the most but it was also had the lousiest room and lousiest exchange rates.. I am beginning to think that Bookings.com should not sell rooms in USD if the hotels cant charge is USD. They keep having to convert it to Rupiah but with ridiculous exchange rates.. I just felt so cheated.

This was it... Ewww...

I got conned by this picture not knowing that this is the only nice thing about the hotel... Uurgghhh...!

 Last day in Bali... managed to persuade Ai Li to attend a surfing lesson with me... heheh!!! It was fun fun fun!! But extremely tiring... I can see why surfers are so fit... getting out to see with the board itself requires so much effort... The waves we just relentless... I kept thinking I was taking 10 steps forward and 20 steps backwards...

Lets start with some basic briefing...

Some beach side practice...

Warm up next...

Now into the sea we go... Paddle paddle paddle...

Time to get up....

and I fell as expected..

and again...

maybe?

nopes...

No again...

and again...

Finally... Tadaa!!!!

 After such vigorous exercise, it's definitely time for a spa session.... Mmm.... quite cool... it's a room for 2 with a private tub and all...

Would have been better with some air conditioning though....

Final night in Bali and final meal as well... Made reservations at the famous Bumbu Bali... It definitely did not disappoint...

Open kitchen where we can see all the action...

 

 We ordered the Rijstaffel which is actually a set meal where they served a bit of everything on a big platter... the portions were ridiculous... we order a 1 person set and this was what we got....

Appetizers... + an additional cold chicken salad...

Mains...

Desserts....

 It was definitely a good ending to our week in Bali... Would I go back? Maybe yes, maybe no. Didn't like the sweaty sticky feeling throughout the entire trip.... we shall see... so far I have not repeated my travel destinations yet so this might not be the first choice for repeats...