Bali Part 1 – Kintamani, Luwak Coffee Farm and Tirta Empul Tampaksiring.

Thank you Air Asia for making this trip possible for us! I booked tickets to Bali during Air Asia "zero" fair. To be honest, the deal was too good to be true. It cost us a total of RM295 (inclusive of 2 ways tickets for 2 person and 3 night stay in Tune hotel). What a bargain! The night before, we landed in Bali around 7.35pm due to flight delay. I know those who took Air Asia knew it was more or less like a norm. “Biasa sudah la”. We were picked up by our driver from Bagus company and send us to our hotel for free (as long as it is located in Kuta). I had previously book him through this email gelo82181@yahoo.com.

Come, let me give you a snap shop of how our transport looked like. It was very spacious for two. The rate that the company charged us was Rp350,000 (RM122.50) a day inclusive of petrol, parking, driver’s meal and etc. However, it does not include entrance fees for sight-seeing. (Please bargain. I’m a bit shy as the rate will go to as low as Rp300,000 (RM105)).

The official starts of our tour in Bali. Mr Bagus picked us up from Tune Hotel Kuta at 10am and we proceed to Kintamani (Volcano). The journey took about roughly 2 hours or so depending on the traffic.

 

The Volcano (It appears blurry from a distance)

We settled down in one of the restaurants for lunch buffet. (Tips: Please bargain. Everything is bargain-able in Bali). The waitress “open” the price with Rp100,000 + 21% tax for per person. Mad fella. That would be about RM42.35. I did research before and most of the people mentioned that the food up here is lousy. I’m not willing to pay this much money so we bargained with a deal of Rp80,000 + 10% tax = RM30.80. Not too bad la~

Open window seating..(but the air wasn’t fresh. It was smoky as if some one burn something)

The buffet spread…it was actually quite delicious (I’m surprised)

On my dear dear’s right, there was actually no window at all. A tiny push to the plate and the plate will definitely landed on someone’s head below. Can i? Hehe

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The next pit stop was Luwak (Civet) Coffee Farm. Kopi luwak or civet coffee, is one of the world's most expensive and low-production coffee. It is made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the civets, then passed through its digestive tract (means shit). Source: Wikipedia. Ok……………………

Thank you very much but i think i will skip this. (Need to pay Rp100,000 (RM35) for ONE cup if you want to taste)

Image source: Luxury Launches

Hehe. Don’t worry. All these drinks below are FREE! Yes, I’m a cheapo. Variety of tastes: Bali coffee, ginger tea (i love it), chocolate, chocolate ginger (love it too) and ice lemon tea (dear’s favorite). We bought some back as souvenirs.

You can see that Bali coffee is very powdery. Hate it or love it.

Buah Salak (In English also known as Salak). It was a kind of palm tree species native to Indonesia.

The naked Salak

BatMAN. Gender male-checked.

According to the driver, the bats are tame. I hope so…….

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We proceed our journey to Tirta Empul Tampaksiring. Tirta Empul Temple is a holy spring water temple and most of the Hindu society in Bali believed that this water source can heal various of diseases, hence every day this place is a lot of visited by Hindu people to do the ritual and sanctify them self.

Entrance fee: Rp15,000 per person (RM5.25)

Nice or not my red color “sarung”? I picked myself one leh together with the black ribbon

Dear dear’s blue “sarung”. Picked by me too....hehe

Love love love….

Praying (duh!)

Ermm…pool with plants?

The holy water

Very dedicated photographer..

Souvenir shops towards the exit

and lastly a pit stop paddy field terrace before checking in into hotel. Don’t know what to write bout this place… –_-“

Finally! Finally we can check in into the hotel that i booked months ago. The infamous Tegal Sari, Ubud   <----Yes, yes. Click there and I will show you the place. Hehe. See ya~