Bali loving with my girls - September 2013 (Day 2)

I made arrangement with Ketut, the driver whom I engaged on my previous trip for a whole day tour on the second day. However, he could not make it that day during to family matters and asked one of his employee to come (yes, he has since become a boss). The entire itinerary is being decided by us and we make a lot of last minute changes which he gladly obliged.

First stop: Tanah Lot since the girls have not been there before and it is fairly near our villa. It was raining on the way to Tanah Lot and luckily for us, it was not raining there though it was very gloomy... It is still as beautiful and as it was low tide, we could see people heading to the temple to get some holy water.

here's a shot with our young and friendly driver

 

Our 2nd destination is Ku De Ta for lunch

After lunch, it was a long long drive to Dreamland Beach. To get to the beach, you need to walk down a few flights of steps. It is no longer the hidden gem I have read about but packed with locals and tourists and nothing along the line of beautiful.

this way down

view from the top

Next up is my favourite destination of the trip! Uluwatu! I have been hesitant about coming here because of the monkey stories. It was not that bad when we were there but it isn't my kind of fun to walk so near them. Our driver went with us for safety purpose but also be our tour guide. He brought us to walk along this path that was still in construction just so that we can catch the most magnificent view. It is indeed breathtaking and I can't wait to bring the boyfriend here if we ever goes to Bali again (Why not?)

very windy there

Having said that we didn't have any terrible monkey encounter, one should not let his/her guards down. The monkeys are really smart and always looking for food. We witnessed this monkey eying on someone's tidbits, ran, grab and went back to its place to enjoy.

We ended our day with seafood BBQ dinner at Jimbaran Bay. We couldn't find the restaurant that we want to go to and had to choose base on our instinct. Blue Marlin was our choice. After we came back to Singapore, we found out that it is like the second LAST restaurant in Jimbaran Bay!! But luckily for us, the food was pretty good. But it was way too cloudy, we didn't get to see any sunset along the horizon.

my lovely companion

 

I think we went through the same routine of television, mask and some supper that night. Before we know it, it is going to be our last day...

MALACCA : Portuguese Settlement Seafood Dinner!

After the short tea session at Nadeja, our next stop is Portuguese Settlement for dinner. We knew it was really really far so we wanted to get a cab to drive us there but unfortunately... ... We just happen to be at this wrong road that doesn't have a single taxi. In the end, we walked there without really knowing the exact location. PRO-to-the-max!

Point A is Jonker Boutique Hotel and Point B is Portuguese Settlement. We walked round and round the houses near Portuguese Settlement before finally spotting some crowd nearby. I don't think it is advisable to walk because it took us more than an hour. So remember to get a cab (while you can) at the more touristy area.

There were a total of 10 stalls to choose from and we just followed our heart and went to stall number 8. I remember reading about the yummy mango juice and because we were still early, the lady from stall 8 helped us to order the mango juice so we didn't have to go and queue. Love it when there is good service like that. The mango juice was simply delicious because of the different types of mango used giving it a tinge of sourness midst the sweet.

finally sight of crowds!!! We are reaching

in time for the sunset shot

a very simple menu

do look out for this! It is beside stall 10 (photo below)

Almost all the dishes we ordered were spicy. I love the otah! The food were pretty good so no complains about the taste. But... ... One thing that might stop me from going there would be the environment. There were quite a few cats lurking around and I can't eat in please when I see them. To make things worse, they are quite a terror bunch that will stand to pull bags and look for things to eat (when you are sitting right beside). Luckily that didn't happen at our table.

the crowd when we were leaving

long queue but boyfriend couldn't resist a second cup

Little did we know that it was the closing of their yearly June festival,  Festa San Pedro.  So the crowd grew bigger at the end of our meal. It was impossible to get a cab back and so, we decided to walk back, taking a caffeine break at Starbucks along the way. And because it was a Saturday night, we had to visit Jonker Night Market which was nothing exciting actually. More looking forward to our supper (in the next post)!