This is my third trip to Bali. Since I've visited all of the Pura and Gunung. I thot this should be a leisure and I'm a bum kinda of holiday. Since we didn't have anything specific to see in Bali this time around, we thought why not we do nothing but SPA aje. We ought to go to the mother of all Spa and spend on nothing but the best. And yes, we shall also eat nothing but the best Nasi Padang.
We booked ourselves into Vira Bali. Ingat dekat dengan Discovery Mall and Kuta Square. Well, to them dekat la kot. To us, we'd rather take the 5000 rupiah (RM1.75) taxi ride to the mall. The hotel is next to a church and rather quiet since it's far from the hustle and bustle of Kuta. I'm ok with it, but it would be better if there's a 24hr shop next to it. (Actually there's one about 70 meters away... tapi pada aku jauh tu). Facilities is great. Pool nampak cantik. Tak pernah sekali pun aku masuk. Bathroom is nice and TV mcm2 channel dapat. The folks at the reception are also very nice and helpful. Suka tanya depa benda-benda merepek meraban tapi depa layan jugak with a smile :)
So how did it go?
1. It rained most of the time :( I always picture Bali as hot and sunny. So the raincoat was the first thing I discarded while packing.
2. There's a major upacara right smack in Kuta. Aparently it has been going on for a month. Kuta has become machet total (gridlocked)! Grrr!!! I've googled hi and lo to make sure that there's nothing specific going on this time.
3. Spa was not as great as we pictured it. We wanted to try out this 2 particular Spa. We should have booked it while in KL. We just can't get hold of the actual Spa. Contact number semua takde. So we resort to check around. Most of the taxi driver would recommend us to go to Anika, which is charging in USD. Mahal gila. At those prices, Baik aku book myself into some 5 star hotel in KL and get the same treatment if not better. One guy suggested another Spa which resembles rumah atuk aku masa zaman perang dulu. So terima kasih daun keladi je la.
We ended up at Febri's. 5 hours spa for about RM210. Boleh la. Tapi tak best sangat pun. Most of the Spa around Kuta is already westernized and owned by Mat Salleh. Dah tak authentic. Semuanya service lebih kurang aje. They focus on volume rather than quality. The first day tu, we did an hour of massage at another Spa called Lemon ke Orange tah. A few doors from our hotel. Lagi la tah hape-hape. The beds were just separated by thin curtains!
I notice that Balinese do not have any qualms about personal space and nudity. Selamba aje tarik segala benda. At one point, my ass was really on display. Tah sape lalu lalang tu boleh nampak agaknya. Suddenly I kept on hearing the female voice that we would hear of parking vending machine. (The one that says "Please pay the ammount on display. Please pay the ammount on display"). I kept on hearing "Please look at the ass on display. Your ass is on display. Ass is on display. Ass is on display". Sialan.
Dah tu, nak mandi.. Boleh dia tanya, nak mandi sekali tak dengan kakak aku, sebab takde tempat nak tunggu. APAKEJADKEJADHAR?!. Kalau dia paham cakap english, akan aku jawab "I will not dignify that question with an answer". The last time I took a bath with my sister was when I was 6. And that was just because I was scared of 'Jaws' that would come out from the kolah, ok. Tuala pulak sesuai la untuk budak umur satu tahun. It's the kind, tarik ke atas bawah exposed, tarik ke bawah... you get the drift.
Ingatkan ni sebab Spa murah, it will not happen at Febri's yang nampak macam ada standard sket. Hmm hampeh. Sama aje. "Ya jangan malu-malu". Tengah kitaorg berkemban, berendam dlm jacuzzi ada pulak... jantan-jantan mana nak siram pokok. Boleh? Patutnya jantan off limit la kan. Tak paham aku.
And the mother of all horrors, out massage 'cottage' is out in the open ok. Aku rasa kalau orang nak mengendap nampak aje. Cuma dah tak kuasa nak tanya lebih lebih. Shower and bathtub semua kat luar. Memang ganguan perasaan. Aku rasa kalau malam mesti banyak nyamuk.
4. I was also looking foward to dine on the beach at Jimbaran. Unfortunately, hujan lebat la pulak. So had to eat indoors. But it was still nice. Plus, we ordered jagung bakar. Ada perisa pedas and manis. Nice. Pastu order Teh Botol. Tak boleh order Heineken ke Tiger kan.. so boleh la jugak poser-poser dgn botol. Hahaha so sad!
5. We got to eat Nasi Padang. Tapi pricey la pulak. Kitaorang asyik suruh taxi driver tunggu and we went to tapau. Agaknya kalau makan hidang lagi murah kot. Food dia memang pelik-pelik. Aku ada tanya this chikedis looking thing in a small packet, rupanya.. usus ayam. Usus ayam? Banyak la ayam yang dah kena sembelih.... sebab ada banyak packet. And banyak usus dlm satu packet. Aduuss...
6. Kitaorang beriya nak pergi Sukawati. Konon nak shopping. Tapi punya la jam, by the time sampai dah penat. Before that the driver also recomended that we should checkout Krishna. Macam Mydin. Jual semua souvenier Bali. The driver kept on saying,"Nyaman mbak disana.. lebih nyaman". Aku imagine.. dlm aircond.. cooling and tak panas macam kat Sukawati. Nyaman apa kebendanya. 5 minutes in the place, peluh aku macam dah aerobik 1 jam. The place is packed with people. Tah berapa bas yang datang. Nak queue bayar satu hal lagi. Adooiii.. I suppose if you are not in a rush ok la. Murah jugak la barangnya. We like it better at Matahari at Kuta Square. Lebih kurang je harganya. Bertenang sket tempat tu.
7. I wanted to go to Tanah Lot because missed it during the last visit. Disebabkan jam, almost didn't make it to catch the sunset. Nasib sempat. I don't remember that Tanah Lot had a lot of shops selling t-shirt and things, tapi skang ni dah banyak. Sempat jugak makan jagung bakar. Sedaappp.
8. We saw Kechak Dance again. Dah half way thru. Bagus la.. sebab aku malas nak tengok dari awal. The audience tak ramai. I still feel that the first Kechak Dance that I saw some 16 years ago was the best. This one, the kechak is small... but siap ada lighting effects tu. Hahahha dah advance la sket. Everyone was seated close to the performance. I kept on looking around to make sure that the Hanuman do not pull out something cheeky like sitting next to me. Mau aku nightmare seminggu!
We booked ourselves into Vira Bali. Ingat dekat dengan Discovery Mall and Kuta Square. Well, to them dekat la kot. To us, we'd rather take the 5000 rupiah (RM1.75) taxi ride to the mall. The hotel is next to a church and rather quiet since it's far from the hustle and bustle of Kuta. I'm ok with it, but it would be better if there's a 24hr shop next to it. (Actually there's one about 70 meters away... tapi pada aku jauh tu). Facilities is great. Pool nampak cantik. Tak pernah sekali pun aku masuk. Bathroom is nice and TV mcm2 channel dapat. The folks at the reception are also very nice and helpful. Suka tanya depa benda-benda merepek meraban tapi depa layan jugak with a smile :)
So how did it go?
1. It rained most of the time :( I always picture Bali as hot and sunny. So the raincoat was the first thing I discarded while packing.
2. There's a major upacara right smack in Kuta. Aparently it has been going on for a month. Kuta has become machet total (gridlocked)! Grrr!!! I've googled hi and lo to make sure that there's nothing specific going on this time.
3. Spa was not as great as we pictured it. We wanted to try out this 2 particular Spa. We should have booked it while in KL. We just can't get hold of the actual Spa. Contact number semua takde. So we resort to check around. Most of the taxi driver would recommend us to go to Anika, which is charging in USD. Mahal gila. At those prices, Baik aku book myself into some 5 star hotel in KL and get the same treatment if not better. One guy suggested another Spa which resembles rumah atuk aku masa zaman perang dulu. So terima kasih daun keladi je la.
We ended up at Febri's. 5 hours spa for about RM210. Boleh la. Tapi tak best sangat pun. Most of the Spa around Kuta is already westernized and owned by Mat Salleh. Dah tak authentic. Semuanya service lebih kurang aje. They focus on volume rather than quality. The first day tu, we did an hour of massage at another Spa called Lemon ke Orange tah. A few doors from our hotel. Lagi la tah hape-hape. The beds were just separated by thin curtains!
I notice that Balinese do not have any qualms about personal space and nudity. Selamba aje tarik segala benda. At one point, my ass was really on display. Tah sape lalu lalang tu boleh nampak agaknya. Suddenly I kept on hearing the female voice that we would hear of parking vending machine. (The one that says "Please pay the ammount on display. Please pay the ammount on display"). I kept on hearing "Please look at the ass on display. Your ass is on display. Ass is on display. Ass is on display". Sialan.
Dah tu, nak mandi.. Boleh dia tanya, nak mandi sekali tak dengan kakak aku, sebab takde tempat nak tunggu. APAKEJADKEJADHAR?!. Kalau dia paham cakap english, akan aku jawab "I will not dignify that question with an answer". The last time I took a bath with my sister was when I was 6. And that was just because I was scared of 'Jaws' that would come out from the kolah, ok. Tuala pulak sesuai la untuk budak umur satu tahun. It's the kind, tarik ke atas bawah exposed, tarik ke bawah... you get the drift.
Ingatkan ni sebab Spa murah, it will not happen at Febri's yang nampak macam ada standard sket. Hmm hampeh. Sama aje. "Ya jangan malu-malu". Tengah kitaorg berkemban, berendam dlm jacuzzi ada pulak... jantan-jantan mana nak siram pokok. Boleh? Patutnya jantan off limit la kan. Tak paham aku.
And the mother of all horrors, out massage 'cottage' is out in the open ok. Aku rasa kalau orang nak mengendap nampak aje. Cuma dah tak kuasa nak tanya lebih lebih. Shower and bathtub semua kat luar. Memang ganguan perasaan. Aku rasa kalau malam mesti banyak nyamuk.
4. I was also looking foward to dine on the beach at Jimbaran. Unfortunately, hujan lebat la pulak. So had to eat indoors. But it was still nice. Plus, we ordered jagung bakar. Ada perisa pedas and manis. Nice. Pastu order Teh Botol. Tak boleh order Heineken ke Tiger kan.. so boleh la jugak poser-poser dgn botol. Hahaha so sad!
5. We got to eat Nasi Padang. Tapi pricey la pulak. Kitaorang asyik suruh taxi driver tunggu and we went to tapau. Agaknya kalau makan hidang lagi murah kot. Food dia memang pelik-pelik. Aku ada tanya this chikedis looking thing in a small packet, rupanya.. usus ayam. Usus ayam? Banyak la ayam yang dah kena sembelih.... sebab ada banyak packet. And banyak usus dlm satu packet. Aduuss...
6. Kitaorang beriya nak pergi Sukawati. Konon nak shopping. Tapi punya la jam, by the time sampai dah penat. Before that the driver also recomended that we should checkout Krishna. Macam Mydin. Jual semua souvenier Bali. The driver kept on saying,"Nyaman mbak disana.. lebih nyaman". Aku imagine.. dlm aircond.. cooling and tak panas macam kat Sukawati. Nyaman apa kebendanya. 5 minutes in the place, peluh aku macam dah aerobik 1 jam. The place is packed with people. Tah berapa bas yang datang. Nak queue bayar satu hal lagi. Adooiii.. I suppose if you are not in a rush ok la. Murah jugak la barangnya. We like it better at Matahari at Kuta Square. Lebih kurang je harganya. Bertenang sket tempat tu.
7. I wanted to go to Tanah Lot because missed it during the last visit. Disebabkan jam, almost didn't make it to catch the sunset. Nasib sempat. I don't remember that Tanah Lot had a lot of shops selling t-shirt and things, tapi skang ni dah banyak. Sempat jugak makan jagung bakar. Sedaappp.
8. We saw Kechak Dance again. Dah half way thru. Bagus la.. sebab aku malas nak tengok dari awal. The audience tak ramai. I still feel that the first Kechak Dance that I saw some 16 years ago was the best. This one, the kechak is small... but siap ada lighting effects tu. Hahahha dah advance la sket. Everyone was seated close to the performance. I kept on looking around to make sure that the Hanuman do not pull out something cheeky like sitting next to me. Mau aku nightmare seminggu!
9. Bali Slingshot. No, kitaorang tak naik. Tapi sempat la witness orang naik. Gila babas. I was already to shoot the people being slingshot, in a blink of an eye, the thing was catapult into the air. If aku naik, dah sah-sah la muntah hijau!
10. It was time to go back. We didn't know that we still had to pay airport service. Nama je dah pergi 3 kali. Kena la pulak tukar duit lagi. cilakak. Lain kali sila sediakan duit ok. 150,000 Rupiah ke per person.
We took MAS to and fro. Memang tiada tolok bandingnya MH! Makan sedap. Spacious. Pergi lagi la sedap kan food. Balik ni sebab catering dari Bali, ada sket kureng la. Tapi aku mmg cheesed off masa nak balik sebab semua orang tak reti nak beratur. If kata seat 30-44 board dulu, orang lain tunggu la. Ni row 20 dah masuk pastu sibuk nak susun-susun barang. Dah hold up semua orang. Kalau kata bodoh, marah pulak.
Till next time, Bali!
10. It was time to go back. We didn't know that we still had to pay airport service. Nama je dah pergi 3 kali. Kena la pulak tukar duit lagi. cilakak. Lain kali sila sediakan duit ok. 150,000 Rupiah ke per person.
We took MAS to and fro. Memang tiada tolok bandingnya MH! Makan sedap. Spacious. Pergi lagi la sedap kan food. Balik ni sebab catering dari Bali, ada sket kureng la. Tapi aku mmg cheesed off masa nak balik sebab semua orang tak reti nak beratur. If kata seat 30-44 board dulu, orang lain tunggu la. Ni row 20 dah masuk pastu sibuk nak susun-susun barang. Dah hold up semua orang. Kalau kata bodoh, marah pulak.
Till next time, Bali!
2 comments:
aku dah kata bangsa2 tu mmg selamba tayang tet*k, kon$k mana2 lg kau nk spa spesel kat situ? nsb kau ngan an x kena bogelkan masuk lak vid clip siram sama2 mcm sarah-rahmah azhari tu :P
and till next time? hahaha indon mmg cekik duit. nk exit pun kena byr tax.x ingat2 pdhal kau penyumbang utama ekonomi dia! nsb x kena angkut bag ke diff terminal!
Ms Baredemo,
Ye masih tak ingat-ingat. Cist bedebah. Cuma ingat nak turun terminal mana je skang ni.
Who may I ask is sarah-rahmah azhari?
Insya-allah ada next time... macam lagi 30 tahun ke kalau kalau umur panjang :P
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