Our trip to Bali trip was jam packed with activities. Our trip started last Monday with a day long layover in Manila. We left for Bali on Tuesday morning then left our hotel Saturday morning back to Cebu. So that's 1 full day in Manila plus 4 days in Bali. I stress the 1 day in Manila as I was able to do two things in my day trip to Manila that I haven't been able to do since I left Manila for good in 2014. So while everyone else on the trip considered the trip to have started on Tuesday, I consider Monday the start of my trip. For this post, however, I'll focus on Bali.
Upon arriving in Bali, I knew I was in a world class airport. Bali may be a small island (though bigger than Cebu) but they got their airport right. We had booked a tour of the temples nearby since we had to wait until the afternoon to check in to our hotel rooms. I noticed they had small roads which made going around by car more difficult.
We went temple hopping on our first day. We saw two, Taman Ayun (which I remember because it sounds like tama na yun!) and Tanah Lot. I enjoyed these two stops but I won't lie. The highlight for me was when I bought a ricecake-like food with a brown sugar syrup inside covered in coconut shavings. Yeah, if you have a free day in Bali and you think, "Let's visit some temples," your time might be better spent elsewhere.
That night, we did go to Potato Head Beach Club and it was here we got our first view of a Bali sunset. We enjoyed a really good meal and even celebrated Nikki's birthday a little early with the waiters surprising her with a small cake - the waitress literally sneaked up behind her. We didn't stay long in Potato Head and we knew he had to get a good night's rest to prepare for the next day's activities.
On Wednesday, we had two "extreme" activities lined up. In the morning, we went for a dive. Three of us already have licenses so we went straight to the dive spot while everyone else had a beginner course in a shallower area. Truth be told, Cebu has better dive spots than the one we went to. The dive master told us that Bali has a lot of beautiful spots but require a whole day to explore. As our time was limited, we had to make do. All the first time divers had a blast though. They saw a lot of fishes and I think some of them now want to get their license as well.
In the afternoon, we went surfing in Kuta beach. We had made the booking through Odyssey Surf School, which I can say is one of the best I've tried. This would have been my fourth time surfing and the instructor was able to have me paddling by myself and catching bigger waves than the rest of our group. Needless to say, that was one of the highlights of my Bali trip.
We ended pretty early actually and when we checked the schedule of the Bali Sea Turtles Society, we found out they were releasing more baby turtles than usual into the sea (partly because of the independence day celebration). We lined up and were able to release 7 of the 1,200 sea turtles they released that day.
I think I'll stop here. I have 2 more days to cover on some other day.
Upon arriving in Bali, I knew I was in a world class airport. Bali may be a small island (though bigger than Cebu) but they got their airport right. We had booked a tour of the temples nearby since we had to wait until the afternoon to check in to our hotel rooms. I noticed they had small roads which made going around by car more difficult.
We went temple hopping on our first day. We saw two, Taman Ayun (which I remember because it sounds like tama na yun!) and Tanah Lot. I enjoyed these two stops but I won't lie. The highlight for me was when I bought a ricecake-like food with a brown sugar syrup inside covered in coconut shavings. Yeah, if you have a free day in Bali and you think, "Let's visit some temples," your time might be better spent elsewhere.
That night, we did go to Potato Head Beach Club and it was here we got our first view of a Bali sunset. We enjoyed a really good meal and even celebrated Nikki's birthday a little early with the waiters surprising her with a small cake - the waitress literally sneaked up behind her. We didn't stay long in Potato Head and we knew he had to get a good night's rest to prepare for the next day's activities.
On Wednesday, we had two "extreme" activities lined up. In the morning, we went for a dive. Three of us already have licenses so we went straight to the dive spot while everyone else had a beginner course in a shallower area. Truth be told, Cebu has better dive spots than the one we went to. The dive master told us that Bali has a lot of beautiful spots but require a whole day to explore. As our time was limited, we had to make do. All the first time divers had a blast though. They saw a lot of fishes and I think some of them now want to get their license as well.
In the afternoon, we went surfing in Kuta beach. We had made the booking through Odyssey Surf School, which I can say is one of the best I've tried. This would have been my fourth time surfing and the instructor was able to have me paddling by myself and catching bigger waves than the rest of our group. Needless to say, that was one of the highlights of my Bali trip.
We ended pretty early actually and when we checked the schedule of the Bali Sea Turtles Society, we found out they were releasing more baby turtles than usual into the sea (partly because of the independence day celebration). We lined up and were able to release 7 of the 1,200 sea turtles they released that day.
I think I'll stop here. I have 2 more days to cover on some other day.
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