Bali, Indonesia - Day III

As ZZ puts it, seeing one temple, she'd have seen them all. So decided to put another spin to our itinerary. Scrapped the initial 1st half of the programme to have Mas Radhi bring us to Nusa Dua, the port for sea-sport activities.

En-route, found how there were intriguing characters from Mahabratha were brought to life at most traffic junctions.




Such a wide array of activities available at Nusa Dua. Was intrigued by the sea-walking Mas Radhi had told us about earlier. Apparently it's basically diving, but we'd be able to just walk along the ocean floor. They also have jetski, which I'd always wanted to try out. In the end, settled for glass-bottom boat ride, visit to Turtle Island then parasailing.

Mas Radhi helped us to get a better price, around SGD$50 for the whole package. Was barely SGD$20, much much cheaper parasailing there than when I was at Langkawi. There was only the three of us taking the boat. Were given bread to feed the fishes. The water's so clear! And so many corals and fishes! And the weather's so sunshiny with such clear blue skies!









Turtle Island apparently is under the protection of the

Next was parasailing. They did not have proper buckles for my life-jacket! And the "landing-strip" was so crowded. Was feeling leery this time around, but didn't intimate such to ZZ and NH, who were trying it out for the first time, NH, me thinks might have been having seconds thoughts... hehe... especially when there were people who missed the landing and went another round, people who almost landed on trees or the resting hut, people who landed straight in the waters...

I didn't dare bring up my T1 with me this time around. Was an ok experience, not as enjoyable as I got so wet trying to avoid the corals on the beach whilst going up. Was a bit dangerous actually, one part because it was so crowded with not enough space, the other because there were so many shells and corals on the beach. Didn't land on any but still landed too hard, hope the foot's not sprained.



Like the last time around, got chatted up by the guys again. ZZ who had been left all by herself, looked so relieved to see me. LOL. Had told her not to tell people we were just travelling on our own. She however did not know how to create a story to say otherwise. LOL.

Got cheesed off with one of the guys who thoght he was so funny. NH fared worse that me in the wet factor. However, NH and ZZ had brought a change of clothes and I did not. :-S

Apparently was a loooooooooong journey to our next destination. Mas Radhi estimated it to be 1.5hrs away, but we overshot our reservation by almost another hour. Restaurant was almost empty when we arrived. Food was much much more delicious than the previous day though, ZZ was especially taken by the banana fritters with vanilla dip.

It started to rain as we were finishing up. Looks like I'm not meant to be dry the whole day. We decided to go ahead as the rain frizzled into a drizzle, instead of just waiting around.

Saw a mosque further up the summit. Was comforting to see one in a majority-Hindu province.

The temple we visited was near the sea. Rain got heavier as we were roaming about. Felt like ZZ and I were Siamese twins, having to share the umbrella. ;oD

Strangely enough, the day looked so sunshiny from the pictures. No sign of rain at all!




Also passed by a group of villagers on the way back from a cremation ceremony at the temple.

The landscape we passed by was too picturesque for me to stop myself from snapping away. Mas Radhi told us that there were 2 groups of rice farmers. Those using traditional methods (4-month cycle) and New Rice (3-month cycle). The benefits of using the former includes being part of the rice association which would help in irrigation and the supply of water during the dry seasons. Hmmm... sounds dejavu from all those Geography lessons.





Next was Monkey Forest. A forest of monkeys, and apparently bats too. Did an ultra-quick tour so that we could spend more time at Tanah Lot, which Mas Radhi assured us would be much much more fantastic than anything we've visited... :)






He was right. The seaside Tanah Lot temple sits on a cliff with such a incredible view of the Indian Ocean. Luckily ZZ and me climbed down a bit too slow, as then we saw how at the certain parts, the breakers could wash in over (and perhaps WITH) us.











Was so so easy to fall down down down. Which made ZZ hesitant when I wanted to go to the other overhanging cliff, which was much much higher. My rationale was if it was really dangerous, they'd have put into place security measures, I mean it wouldn't reflect well if tourists got killed or something. Hers was simply, if you fall, there's nothing anyone could do. :/ FINE!

Mas Radhi said goodbye to us at the hotel as he's not sure whethere he'd be there to send us off to the airport the next day. We thanked him for being so accomodating. Hehe. We seem to have always messed up the schedule the past couple of days by lingering longer at some place or another.

Decided to go to the inhouse spa for a massage after showering. Felt so decadent that they even washed our feet for us! Was good. Felt so sleepy afters.

But perked up at the idea of dinner. We got even greedier. 2 dishes each tonight. Being wet the whole day have made us real hungry!

Packed as much as the stuff as possible, then set the alarm earlier than usual so I could really pack up everything.

ZZ don't seem to be faring well. Apart from her sneezing, which we've gotten used to these past couple of days, was also having a headache.