Second Day Tour

On our second day in Bali, we went on a Day trip to the many famous tourist hot spot around southern Bali. Before we left, we went for breakfast, we ate at Mc'D.

Then, we went back to the hotel to wait for our driver, his name is Made, the cousin our of the cab driver, Wain. Then he came and ask around who is he suppose to drive that day, then he found us sitting by the fish pond. He discuss with us about the places we are going, he showed us the map and tell us about the places. Then, we went to the van and begin our trip to the many places we're going.

After 1and a half hour, we've finally arrived at our first destination, Gua Gajah(elephant cave). Outside there's a holy fountain, we washed our faces in the water, then there was a small cave, that is Gua Gajah, we went inside and have a look, it was dark, but there were torches set up inside the cave, the cave was actually a temple inside. Then we went hiking up the hill, then we saw a river, further up there's this really cool large rock with a 4 foot long fossilized seashell, further up, there's a Beji(holy spring), we prayed at the Beji, then we went downhill and continue our trip.

A 30minutes drive from Gua Gajah, we've arrived at our second destination, the Holy Spring. At the entrance, there is a huge fish pond, walk further up, you will see a large spring pool with many people bathing in it, that is the Holy Spring, people pray and rinse themselves with "charmed" spring water. Master also went in there and pray. We went around the Holy Spring, there was a holy pond, and a temple.

Then, it's off we go to Kintamani volcano, it took us an hour to reached there, we went there for lunch, there was a buffet, delicious......We ate as much as we could, after all, it's buffet, you can eat whatever you want, and no matter how much you eat, the price will stay the same. We even got a special seat, we sat in a hut, there is also the volcano view seat, but it is all occupied, so we sat in the hut and enjoy our delicious buffet lunch. I have a bowl of delicious vegetable soup, I shared it with Master, and also a bowl of hot steaming sweet potato rice, I also shared this with Master. Master had s.p. rice, vegetable soup, 2 sticks"chicken" satay, and 3 sticks of Balinese satay. He also had some fried rice and fried noodles, and he drank tea. Then we took pictures of the volcano, it was beautiful.....Then, we go back to the van and head off to next stop. But before we even got on to the van, many "beggars" were chasing after us begging us to buy their clothes.....

After that, we head off to Tanah Lot, a temple by the sea. It took us 2 hours from Kintamani to there. Before we've arrived Tanah Lot, we've stopped by a coffee farm, it is home to the world's most disgusting yet most expensive coffee bean---the Weasel coffee, or as the Indonesians called it, the Kopi Luwak, it was actually made of undigested coffee beans that had been reproduced by weasels. It sounds disgusting, but it's quite delicious you know!!! At first, Master bought a stick of grilled sweet corn, and eat it along the walk, we had to walk 500m from the main entrance to the temple site. It was a lovely evening and we get to see semi-sunset and we also saw waves splashing out against the small cliffs, Master even took snapshot of the action of the splashing waves, it was "Splashy"!!!! Along the rocky shore, there were rock pools, and there were fishes, crabs, sea cucumber, sea anemone, seaweed, seahorses etc. Then, we walk along the beach. did I mentioned that we also went to another "Beji"........!!!

Next, it's our last stop of the day, we went to Jimbaran for a delicious seafood dinner, and watch the sunset, but unfortunately, we've missed the sunset.....But at least we get to have dinner!!!!
Master said it was delicious, they ate grilled fish, barbecued squid, grilled prawn and crab and some vegetables, Zoe and I only get to eat the rice and some veggies that Master prepared for us.

And After that, we head back to Kuta and have a goodnight sleep, it took us an hour to reach back, and there was a huge jam even though it's already 10pm.