We was surpose to hike Mt Batur at Kintamani, hence we woke up at 12am ( I mean me ) and was excited over the trip. So at around 1.30am, me and my brother went down to wait for the driver. To my surprise, the hotel was in total darkness, except a TV was in play. Few guards were in the lobby and were shocked to see us roaming around the lobby middle of the night. The thought we wanted to check out, lol.

Don�t seems to have night life around the place I stay, although I�m staying at Kuta, but is kinda far away from the beach like Hard Rock Caf� and such. Of course I manage to take some picture of the �night life� or �early in the morning life�

Early in the morning 1.30am

Since we don�t get to climb Mt Batur, we had our breakfast at hotel still.. look like ultraman lol

The driver picked us up at 1.40am+ and along our journey, it was too bumpy for me to continue sleeping + my excitement of hiking Mt Batur. Upon arrival, we were welcomed by heavy rain; hence we have to cancel our trip and went home to sleep. Too bad we have to pay the driver in full, sadness.

We changed our plan, and headed off to another side of Kuta by 2 legs, since my SIL�s friend was telling is a must to visit Hard Rock Caf�s hotel, so we went for exploring.

SIL�s Friend shoe is so red , as red as the Ronald Mcdonald

McFlurry at Kuta lol

I love this shot - Balinese in action � they loves international chess�. Everywhere they were playing, including the photographer gang. So now I play Chess online too after so many years of relaxing at Chess Cube

Hard Rock Caf�

The huge guitar infront of HardRock Caf� Hotel

Concert� anyone?

Entrance






Ambience at Hard Rock Caf�

After visiting Hard Rock Caf�, we headed to the beach for some noobie surfing, and we rented the seat for 50k rupiah � 2 hours and later they make it 3 hours however, it rain b4 the 3 hours limit were up.

Bali�s dogs were cute, most of the dogs there were all black with its tail white.. (sorry I don�t get to take the all black with white tail�s dogs)

That�s me, lol I can�t swim so I don�t go to the deep sea, just near the beach, and look at the wave� kowai desu. The wave was so strong that we were brought from one end to another end, until my bro came and told us to get back to the original place. @@��

The wave, and I think is my SIL


The Kuta Beach

After the noob surfing, we headed back to the hotel. And had our first lunch or tea in Hotel Febris and Spa (no they don�t pay me for advertising their hotel)
Turned out the foods were yummy , and less salty compare to their breakfast � haha

My Chicken Burger � the patties was yummy covered w the aroma of herbs, however, a bit salty for my tongue.

Soto Ayam

Yummy seafood pasta cooked w red wine�. Best among the best, can�t remember the name but is 49k Rupiah. Last item in the pasta category.

Otak-otak

Yup you can have free shoulder massage if you dine in there excluded free buffet breakfast

Later we had our so called shopping done at Kuta, but ended up was too tempted by a Pancake house�s dummy. However, I managed to get a bikini (Lol) for RM50+ at the Arena shop because it was having discount. And the next day we went to Arena Shop again to buy more and I think we spent around 1mil (5 ppl) in that particular shop.

Me n my bro share this pancake � Nuts and Berries Pancake with yummy vanilla ice cream

SIL�s Friend, Chocolate Pancake with yummy chocolate ice cream� I was drooling over it.

We had our dinner here, is sort of like a high class hawker stall� which they served CHICKEN RICE , DUCK RICE and gosh PENANG NOODLE SOUP @@�� and CHAR KOAY TEOW� we went @@��.

However the foods were yummy too, but the food I ordered (noodle was tasteless)

The Ambience

Grilled sea foods, mixture of prawn, fish, lobster, crab at a reasonable price

Fish & Chips

Type of noodles� that was tasteless for my tongue

Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice) ala Bali (I think)

Pasta~

We sat quite near to the stage and in front of us was a couple, so as usual me ill take photos and went near the stage�. And the singer points the mic in front of me and asked me to sing�. I quickly ran away. Later he asked where do I from. And I answered Malaysia; he changed his song and sang Malay song to me �. Haha�
Later this man went up the stage and had a performance with the singer�. Nicey... :D

Sing w me :P

The blue shirt guy was the customer that seated in front of our table

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This was the no2 best day in Bali, Indonesia, because we have some real extreme FUN! We called in a company from the brochure we got from the air port to bring us for the water sport activities. And the prices for the activities were cheap compare to the last 2 days which charge us USD rate.

My SIL was the best in dealing with the company as she demanded the company for APV SUZUKI, to fetch us, however, according to the company, Avanza was better, me and my SIL�s mum making noise boycotting Avanza as it too bumpy for us. Later the company reviewed that SUZUKI was not available, but to our surprise, APV SUZUKI was there waiting for us when we were ready for some fun activities. The power of bargaining.

Once we reach the destination, we were shocked to see huge buses around the area but none of them were into water sport, except for the beach. Oh the beach that we go for is Nusa Dua beach. :D

Okay the person in charge was shocked to see the price printed on the brochure haha�. Because it was way too low from the original price and also�. He don�t even know about the price :P.

We had our Noob Diving experience. Me and my bro do not know how to swim, but who cares�. Off we go to diving�.

The diver that accompanied us were Nyoman and� idk his name haha� and a photographer that we hired, charged us 300k Rupiah per trip� :D around RM100+, the water sport company is Kanaka Ocean.

Cheese haha� that�s me!

Briefing on how to breathe through the oxygen tank, I was asking funny question like will I able to see SHARKS, that�s y he went @@�� and also he say if the water pressure r high, try to blow our nose� and our ears will release it, but I told him, my left ear have no effect�. And he go @@�� again haha (seriously he touched my ear and no sign of any air pressure� )

Get Ready to rock the sea







This big fish super jahat


Here fishy fishy




After conquering the sea :D

Going back to the beach haha�

The Diving Gears

The diving suit

The diving kawaii gang� they posed for my camera�

Me n Nyoman :D

Nusa Dua Beach

Flying Fish

The place to wash our self after the sea~

The gang haha�

This guy is funny, he helps me w some photo shot w Nyoman, and he snap none stop ! another pic of him, he showing his bulu ketiak � I go @@��

After diving, we had our water sports activities, I have jet ski and banana boat (my bro too) and my SIL, SIL�s Mom and SIL friend have parachuting, flying fish, jet ski and banana boat.

I didn�t take picture, because I will destroy my camera @@�� however the experience was super fun. The banana boat was the worse experience, because all of us fall into the sea less than 5 min after they drove us off. Even the leading guy falls into the sea too @@�� . And later he told us �Tidak Sengaja� � not on purpose, because the driver drove too fast �. Haha later we requested we don�t want to fall into the sea anymore LOL. Overall it was SO MUCH FUN�..

Nyoman was suppose to bring me on Jet Ski, but last minute another group of tourist was there for diving so I went with other haha� but was still COOL!!!... :D

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This gonna be long winded, if u don��t feel like reading, plz proceed to the picture, cause I wanted to write it for my own record n memories.. :D

On the Saturday (lol I lost count of my actual day at Bali) was the last day for us to do all the fun activities, and it was the best day ever in Bali, because we never gave up on our thoughts of going to hike Mt Batur at Kintamani ~ one of the famous yet active volcano in Bali.

We called Bali Sunrise Tour to arrange for the trip and they charged us 35USD with breakfast at a restaurant (bringing us from Kuta to Kintamani). To be informed that, those that plan to hike Mt Batur, you are required to go through a travel agent to arrange for you or you can go there and look for The Association of Mt Batur Trekking Guide to hire their guide to lead you up to the summit. Or you can call 0366/52362 or their email [email protected] before you make your plan or ask for the weather condition, I think they don��t check their email, lol cause when I try to email them weeks ago, there is still no reply from them, hence calling is the best choice if you don��t want to deal with the travel agent.

We started our journey at 2am in the Saturday morning, with the van with air condition sent by the Bali Sunrise Tour (the road journey to Mt Batur was not a pleasant one, as in I have dog��s nose and scent emission from the exhaust @@����) but overall was good as the tour guide from the company was explaining to us that it will took 2 hours to reach Mt Batur so we can sleep in the car).

Upon arrival, we were stunt by the cold temperature, hontoni tsumetai desu, thank god I bring my jacket and towel with me (erm we were not told to bring jacket or wear proper attire! �V okla we were abit silly)

When we step out from the van, we were amazed by the dark clear sky with beautiful stars hanging and blinking at us, as if welcoming us to Mt Batur (such an amazing views, and I don��t think ill forget about it, too bad my camera was not that capable of capturing the beautiful sky view).

While I was busy watching the sky, there come a guide, introducing himself stating he will be our guide to lead us to the summit of Mt Batur, and he keep saying this.

��You very cantik la @@������ - Means you are very beautiful @@���� and refused to let my hand go after a firm shake @@���� haha�K.

While everyone (MY SIL, SIL��s Friend and SIL��s MOM) still amazed by the sky, our main guide ~ Gede (I MISS HIM!!!!!!) was saying let��s go, off me and my brother be the lead to start off our journey at 3.45 or 3.50am, we only have one thing in mind�K catch the sunrise :D followed by the other 3 with another guide.

The first quarter or half route was easy as in flat form, but since the sky was dark, we hardly see, I only look at my bro��s step to hike Mt Batur. While my bro was looking at Gede��s steps with his flash light, later my brother switch places with me as ill be following Gede��s steps.

We stop at the huge tree for some rest before continue the hike as well as waiting for my SIL��s group. And thank god I still get to look into the beautiful dark sky.

Along the way, Gede was so quiet until half of the route he started talking, lol I think we were too noisy for him. We were asking this and that, and we keep asking for TAXI to fetch us up to the summit. Or helicopter 4 roda (4 wheels helicopter). We have to slow down as we have to wait for SIL��s Mom, (give her applause, she is retiree and yet she managed to do all the youngs�� stunt, even the Guides were amazed by her and say, Mama KUAT! Mama STRONG!, of course she was accompanied by 2 personal guides lol.)

Later our team was pass through by a late comer group and we said hello, and off them go and passes us. Haha I know we were the amateur, and gosh they were wearing proper attire and proper SHOES !! (remember the trip we said we wanted to go t Mt Batur but raining heavily? Yup we reach the destination and there was a guy telling my bro is ok to wear slipper as the route is easy to walk, so everyone of us wore slippers to hike the Mt Batur :P). Even Gede and another guide were laughing at us, but of course, me telling him�K we r KUAT :P.

By the way, ended up my team have the most guide, although we were suppose to have 2, since we were so slow, and there was one guy joined our team, he is the water seller, age 17, High schooler, everyday he hike Mt Batur to sell water at the summit, and climb down Mt Batur with his flip-flop (just like mine) in 30minutes to go to school, and we SALUTE HIM!

As the route continue, it get tougher, and Gede was SUPER KIND enough to lend his helping hand, so he was holding my hand all the way up to the summit (half way), pity him, lol but he was super nice, and keep asking me ��Mau Gedong/Gedung�� �V ��Want me to carry?�� and I told him, I am KUAT. But occasionally, im asking for taxi, which his reply was 2 kaki taxi (Means him to Gedong/Gedung me��)

By the way, the stray dogs laughed at us as we hike too slow and blocking their way up the summit @@����.

The view half way through was magnificent, over seeing Mt Agung and the Batur lake and I was telling Gede I just stay here and look at the sunrise instead of going up, but he was such a good motivator, ended up I managed to go up to the summit (although it was like 5min away to summit). The 1st word I say when I reached the summit was ��I SURVIVED W MY FLIP FLOP�� and everyone looked at me.. .LOL . I was having so much fun�K. !!! super much of fun�K.

We bought water from the 17 year old as he helped us too during the hike, (I think we have 4 guides in our team) �V 2 volunteers~~~

Up to the summit, we were the noisiest and most active person busy snapping pictures and posing for the camera, right since we survived our slippers hiking Mt Batur, is something we proud off, later tourist too were busy snapping photos of themselves instead of scenery (I think).

Picture taken by Gede �V 1st pic at the summit �V Title: I Survived w my Flip-Flop :P












The Sunrise :D

The clouds ~

Suddenly�K�K�K




The monkeys became the center of attraction @@����

One of the dog that laugh at us @@����

Other Tourists :D

The guy ( black hair ) started the tales of ��Sayang�� �V he keep telling his teams (all white girls) smile for the photos, and ��Sayang Sayang Sayang�� I went @@���� and laugh my lung out saying they don��t understand what is Sayang �V Darling in malay. Ended up, they (the hikers) started calling me Sayang, because I was teaching them saying Sayang x12 times in different tone.

As for the man next to him�K. @@���� he says he is�K�K.. private msg me and I��ll tell you what he told me @@����

Busy posing for the camera ~ we r the Kungfu Fighter lol

Me and Gede (lol my personal guide) if someone happens to know, please tell him I miss him�K and if possible if I can get his contact�K. [silly me for not asking for his contact to keep in touch ��]

After the summit, we continues our journey to the steam, which we need to hike down through another route, I was making noise and refused to go�K lol and later I went too�K. No regret of going down there�K we try to feel the steam, Gede was telling me, it is very hot, so I put my hand there and say is not hot�K he @@���� and we wash our hands too with the Holy Water :D .

Gede was shouting at the Mt and echoes :D ,so me too followed shouting SUGOI�K. Sugoi�Ksugoi�K.
Later we were posing for camera again. :D

The steam

Gede joined the fun �K (SIL��s Mom did not come down because it was very low and hard to jump, and Gede gedong me down�K haha)

Another guide �V going to marry next year @@���� and honeymoon at KL�K lol �V SIL��s Mom Personal Guide

Me and Gede posing again �K haha

Kekek his t-shirt�K he was telling me they have 3 color, orange, black, white :D or purple forgotten la

Final few pictures b4 going down :(, look at the black spot behind me, is the after volcano eruption effect, very good for agriculture :D

Going down Mt Batur was horrible @@���� and now we can see the road and it scare me out of it�K but again Gede was super nice offering his whole hand for me to hold�K. Pity him but he was so kind. I wet his sleeve because of my sweat�K lol

Look at the beautiful Mt Batur~~ taken by Gede.

Some funny moments:
- My flip flop stuck at the rock twice�K. And they keep laughing at me�K I mean my SIL�K. And Gede @@����

-I nearly falls and Gede safe me @@����, and he was saying don��t pull the GRASS �K LOL

-And he say Xie xie when he nearly falls and I grab his hand�K. Haha (idk true or not la)

-And he speaks 4 languages with me @@���� �V Bahasa Melayu or indo / mandarin (xie xie and xiao xing )/ Japanese (atsui ne, tired?) and English :D

-Gede say bye bye and run off to the front when I busy snapping photos: D

-we discuss about singer from Indonesia, and I told him I only know PeterPan lol

-Gede was saying to snap picture of my flip flop at put at the office �K. NO SLIPPERS lol

-One guy from Poland passes us, and we said hello, he asked me, how��s your guide? I say I LOVE MY GUIDE, and I asked him how��s urs? he said: No�K. my guide smoke�K @@����. Me and Gede were laughing our lung out.

-aww my SIL hurt her toe and bleed :(

Worth climbing?

-Hell Yes! But please, go up the hill for sunrise�K you won��t regret. We met another couple that started climbing at 8am @@���� and the girl was complaining ��is so freaking hot��. Lol

Trust me�K it worth every single penny and ur energy :D + lack of sleep�K :D

-Remember, please remember~!! To wear hiking shoes lol�K

When we reach the starting point, everyone was there, and even they started calling me Sayang @@����

This was the best day and craziest day in Bali :D

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