A Wonderful Trip In Bali (3-5 March 2013)

BALI DAY 1 - MARCH 3rd 2013

              First of All I would like to say sorry because for a long time, i did not fill my blog with a new writing. Trully, i want to write continuously but because of time constraints and work routines made ​​me a little forgetting to update my blog with new writings. Luckily, now I have a chance to create a new writting in my blog again. I would like to tell you about my trip in Bali and Lombok. Luckily for me and my co-workers, my office entrusted us to give socialization in Kanwil DJP Bali (located in Denpasar) and Kanwil DJP Nusa Tenggara (located in Mataram). First, To give socialization in Bali, our office tasked me and two of my co-workers- Adi and Shella. But, in Lombok, shella replaced by novie and she returned more quickly to Jakarta and did not participate in our trip to lombok. 

           That Day, March 3^rd 2013, we started our trip to Bali. We took the Garuda first flight to Bali in that day . At 5 a.m, we had arrived at soekarno hatta airport. I and my co-workers were very happy because for a long time, had not gone to bali. It would be a wonderful trip for us. Our plane flied on schedule,our plane would take off at 6 a.m (time in Jakarta), and would be reached about 2 hours.

During flight to Bali, We got many facilities and a delicious breakfast.

                  How lucky I am, The weather was very friendly, we could see Slamet, Semeru, and Bromo Mountain at an altitude of 27 000 feet. Wooow... It was so awesome for me, could see clearly three big mountain in java during my first flight to Bali. Yeah, it was my first flight because in the previous trip, i travelled by bus.

             After two hours in air, our plane landed in Ngurah Rai International Airport at 9 a.m (time in Denpasar). 

              Next, we took a cab to find the hotel which have been reserved, Fave Hotel in Teuku Umar Street, located in central of denpasar. Finally, we got it. We checked in and we took a rest for 2 hours until shella’s friend picked up us. About 12 a.m, they have already been in our hotel. 

 

 
             Our first destination place in Bali was Ubud, about 60 km from denpasar. But before we arrived in Ubud, we stopped in SS (Super Sambal) , a little bit difficult for us to find a restaurant that served “halal” food. Fortunately, on the way to Ubud, We find SS(Super Sambal) Restaurant.

            Then, we continued our trip to Ubud. After 1 hours, we arrived in Ubud. My First Impression about Ubud, I think that Ubud is one of the most beautiful places in Bali and if you want to know more about culture in Bali, Ubud is the place which you must visit. In ubud, we rent a bike then cycled around Ubud, Only with ten thousand Rupiah. Cycling in Ubud was very fun. We could see most of the things that bring people to Bali -- scenic rice fields, small villages, art and craft communities, ancient temples, palaces, rivers. Wow...Luckily, I met many tourists from all over the world, but most of them are Korean and Japanese Girls. They are very slim and beautiful and have a shine skin. 

                At night, we went to Beachwalk at Kuta. Beachwalk Kuta Bali Mall is designed in eco-friendly and open shopping environment. My friend, Shella said that “If you are lucky, even you can see beautiful sunset from second floor. I saw many branded stores such as Pull & Bear, Topshop, Mango, etc in here. 

    

               After that, we went back to our hotel to take a rest because we must prepare our next day trip...^^

BALI DAY 2 - MARCH 4th 2013

    Yeah, It was our second day in Bali. First, we were going to go to Bedugul, My Friend, Adi, was very enthusiastic because it was Adi’s first visit to Bali especially Bedugul and a famous Balinese Temple (Pura Ulun Danu Beratan), which we usually see the picture in our money- 50.000 Rupiah.
        We rent a car for our trip for this day. We got recommendation from Shella friend’s to rent a car to Pak Marjaya because the price is friendly,-Rp150.000 without driver and fuel and Rp250.000 with driver but without fuel. We were picked up by Bli Putu, a driver which accompanied us for this day, at 9 a.m and we started our trip.

      We arrived at Bedugul at 10.30 a.m, about 75 km from denpasar. We took hundreds of picture in here, Bedugul always be one of the place to take a picture. Not only me, but also for many tourist that visit it. 

            After visiting Bedugul, we went to Joger, Luwus. It’s branch of Joger in Kuta, that called as “Sahabat Joger”. I bought many T-Shirt in here for me, my father, my brother and my sister.  After that, we tried to taste Bali culinary, We ate Ayam Betutu and Sate Lilit at Rumah Makan Ayam Betutu Gilimanuk.

 Next, we continued our trip to Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK). Finally, we arrived at 4 p.m in GWK. For your information, you must pay Rp30.000 per person and Rp10.000 for a car if you want to visit GWK. We saw many statue like wisnu statue, garuda statue and we bought some souvenir in here. And Of Course, we took hundreds of pictures..hahaha. After taking picture in GWK, at 6 p.m, we saw free Kecak Dance performance at the amphitheater and it was such a beautiful performance. We really enjoyed it.

            Honestly, I was very happy and I think it will be an unforgettable moment. After enjoying Kecak Dance, we had dinner at food stall, still in GWK area. Then, we went back to our hotel because we had to prepare our materials for presentation and we had to charge our energy for our next battle on the next day!      

BALI DAY 3 - MARCH 5th 2013

            Halloooo...see you again, our third day in Bali. Yeah, we had to do our duty first in Bali before we continued our trip in Bali, we had a presentation about BMN. Our presentation were success. We could answer all of question about BMN and some participants asked question about procurement, and Alhamdulillah we could explain well. We finished our job at 2 p.m and after this, we went to Balangan Beach, a beach which still rarely known by people.

         Yeah, BALANGAN BEACH....., Have you ever hear about Balangan Beach???

         Yup, I will give a little description about this beach, Balangan Beach is a beach in South of Bali that offer quite and beautiful place, beautiful and smooth sands, blue sea, fresh wind blowing and big waves and of course, a heaven for surfer. What a wonderful beach... So Beautiful!!! 

 

      
After enjoying Balangan Beach, we went to Uluwatu and hoped to see sunset but Unfortunately for us, the sky was cloudy. But it was still beautiful, from Uluwatu, you can see hindia ocean. Wow..it’s so beautiful, with beautiful scenery and breathtaking landscape of Uluwatu. Many tourist visited here, especially foreign tourist from Japan, Korea, and Australia. I really really enjoyed, took some pictures and practiced my english speaking by communicating with foreign tourist. Oh yeah, before you enter Uluwatu Area, you must pay Rp 15000 for domestic tourist and Rp30000 for foreign tourist. For your info, In here, you will find a lot of naughty monkeys. So, you must keep your luggage from them.

        Next, we bought souvenirs, Balinese handicrafts and Balinese snacks such as pie susu, peanuts, pia Bali, and etc at Krisna. 

        
          Then, we went back to hotel to prepare our next trip- “Lombok”. But Unfortunately for Shella, She had to go back to Jakarta on the next day. And Shella will be replaced by Novie.