So I'm back from Bali.
Yep went to Bali with the family early last week for 6 days. Never been before, and I must say my expectations weren't too high.
All I seemed to hear about is the constant heckling you get from the shop fronts and the 'pumping' party/club scene in Kuta. Both not really being the most appealing things for me personally.
BUT alas I was pretty chuffed with my time there.
I'll make a list of highlights.. I feel like I can handle LyFe better in list form.
I continuously create lists for my daily plans and ticking the list off make me feel like i've achieved major life goals.
So. Here's a list of likes/highlights and dislikes about Bali.. And I use the word dislike very lightly seeing as i really didn't bitch and moan too much throughout my time there (GO ME)
LIKE NUMBER ONE:
FOOD:
The food in Bali is amazing, both traditional and western dishes. I did not receive one meal I was disappointed in and the service is amazing.
The Balinese are so sincere and happy and nice and they giggle at your lame jokes *smiles*.
One day for lunch my sister and I were waiting for about 10 minutes when the waiter came by and apologised for the long wait, it wasn't going to be much longer.
Like.. dude.. here in Perth you can wait up to half an hour without anyone coming up an apologising for the SLOTH who's cooking the meal in the back kitchen.
So yep. Food awesome. Service epic.
And very cheap. By the end of the trip I started looking at $15 mains thinking it may break the bank seeing as a standard meal costs around 7bucks.
In conclusion. Food wins in Bali.
LIKE NUMBER TWO
SCENERY:
The ride in from the airport in the morning was awesome. Not having any idea what Bali would look like I was pretty amazed/transfixed on it all. Little villages with rice farming in between all sorts of stores and what barely looked like houses.
There's something about a shanty town that amazes me. Its sad to think people live in little tin sheds or whatever they can create with the junk around them.. but im in awe of it?
I don't know why. There's something 'beautiful' about it to me.. and i don't know whether I should be going to hell for thinking such a thing.... I'll have to delve deeper into this complex another time.
The ride up to Ubud was great as well. During a 2 hour drive I was never bored, there was always something that caught my eye. Then you get to the waterfalls and woooow so much greeen.
So yes. I thoroughly enjoyed Bali's scenic 'vibe'.
LIKE NUMERO TRIO
POOL+COCKTAILS:
The one thing I kept saying before we took off: 'All I need is the pool/cocktail experience. That's ALL I NEED!'
And my dreams came true. It was happy hour from 4-7pm in our hotel pool area. So buy one get one free was the go. Twas great, chillin' in the pool then having a little drinky poo.
Took advantage of this little novelty a few times and yeah.. it was just fun?!
LIKE NUMBER FOUR
THE BALINESE PEEPS:
They're so lovely and kind. Even though the roads seem like chaos, its predetermined chaos...or something a long those lines...
They use their horns to communicate "oh hey you can pass" or "hey umm can i just squeeze through? oh awesome mate thanks".
Not to communicate "oi your a fuck head get off the road". It's great!
I always hate coming back from a place where the people are calm cool and collect. Perth needs to take a few lessons from our Bali neighbours!
We met a few locals too. One being our driver Robbie. He took us to and from the airport and also drove us all into Ubud. Was good to have someone you saw throughout the trip who you could trust and feel safe around.
Another local was Rudy! He owns one of the bars that are set up along the beach. It's called 'rudys bar'
He was great too, we were down there pretty much every arvo so he got to know us well.
He knew our parents from the previous years they'd been, he was pretty chuffed to meet the 'offspring'.
Me and my sister would just be walking along the street, you'd hear your name being called out and sure enough it was Rudy at the beach just wanting to say hello. It was cute that he took time to remember us.
"where's my twinnies tonight?" He'd say to mum if we were running late.
I'm sure if we stayed longer we'd have found many a friendly local. But those two are the ones that stand out the most.
DISLIKE NUMBER ONE:
HECKLING:
Yeah so it did annoy me, sometimes it's okay because you say no once and they understand.
BUT THEN..Sometimes, especially on the beach when you're just trying to enjoy a beer, they'd hound you a littttle too much. You don't want to get nasty, but sheeeeit. You had to get pretty stern with some of them. Especially the little cheeky children.
I'm personally not a massive people person when it comes to shopping and all those things anyway. I don't mind the random 'how are you', but when you're hounded constantly all day *implodes*.
It did come to a point where I wouldn't go out to certain areas because I just couldn't be shagged with it all.
They soon remember you though. So maybe after two days of yelling at us to buy something they soon realise we weren't going to say yes ever and they sort of back off after that. GOOD.
DISLIKE NUMBER TWO
ROWDY PERTH TOURISTS:
It annoys me when you're in this pretty cool great place where the locals respect the tourists and treat them so well. Then you get the few trashy drunk punk kids/adults who ruin the 'vibe maaan'.
One dickhead was hooning around on a scooter and thought he'd take a short cut through the beach after slurring abuse to the crowd. He got bogged in the sand though. Karma.Then you had the groups of teens coming back from their party fun times at Kuta at 3am in the morning and deciding to make loud annoying noises by the swimming pool while everyone else in the resort is trying to bloody sleep.So I think that sums up my liking and disliking of the holiday. Bit of a rant.. hope that wasn't too boring to read. Clearly the good out ways the bad in this trip. HOORAH.I had fun
