WeLoveOutings to B.A.L.I - Exploration Day 1

Gosh, we have been abandoning the blog for quite some time! Hehe! Blame me on laughing. ^^. Practically we were a bit lazy to blog, moreover, I was quite engrossed with Korean drama, and Baby Cheng was on a trip with her college's friends to Penang after completing their internship.

So, here we go, WeLoveOutings had a trip to B.A.L.I !!

Trip Details:

• Travel Date : 23-26 May 2009
• Participants : WeLoveOutings (Shookie & Baby Cheng), Shookie's Colleagues (Karen, Andy, Helmut, Goh, Hew, MeiMei.T, Alan)
• Flight : AirAsia (as usual their flights were delayed for at least an hour!) Can't blame much because the tickets are cheap! We pay approximately RM110 per person for a return ticket.
• Hotel & Tour : We bought the tour from the Matta Fair promotion. For a 3 star hotel + tour, it cost RM520 per person. We stayed at Adi Dharma Hotel, Kuta.

Day 1 (23rd May)

Let's start with our first day of trip. I'll try not to be draggy (I've lots of complaints!) because I'll be uploading lots of photos. Let the photos speak the words.

p/s: We have tonnes of nice photos! It was hard to choose and time consuming to collage all the pictures, but we manage to do it!

p/p/s: Special thanks to the BaLi trip members for their photos!

Departing LCCT
Our flight was delayed without any notice from AirAsia. We booked a 4.45pm flight 3 months back, but in the latest itinerary, the flight was scheduled as 5.15pm.

We arrived LCCT early 3 o'clock for our check-in. We were informed that the flight were delayed to 5.45pm. Again, NO NOTICE, NO SORRY. WTH!

Since we were on holiday, I try not to get pissed over this small thing. I was still in my good mood! Can't wait to reach Bali!

On our way getting to the plane

2nd irritating item for the day - We were asked by the RUDE AirAsia stewardess to change seat.

As you may have know about AirAsia's free seating policy, passengers are allowed to sit on any of their chosen seats. Little that I knew anything about the so-called "HOT SEAT", we choose to sit on the 4th row from the front since the back seats were sort of fully occupied.

After take-off, we were confronted by the AirAsia stewardess, in a very rude manner to go back to our original seat. I was pissed.

• Why do I need to moved since it's free seating for everyone?
• I wasn't informed of the "HOT SEAT" - seats from the front 5th rows.
• Why only after take-off, only then I was asked about this?
• Why wasn't there anyone to check / inform me before i sat on it?
• IF there was no one on this seat originally, so why couldn't i continue sitting on it?

I was really pissed then, but i tried to compromise so that I would not spoilt my mood. Anyway, AirAsia staffs are slowly ruining their company's reputation with their STUPID, RUDE hospitality.

In the plane - still trying to remain happy.

Arriving Bali

Arriving at the Bali International Airport (Ngurah Rai, Denpasar)

After 3 hours of flight (which we spend playing PSP, listening to Walkman, sleep, chit chat), we finally touch down at about 9pm, and we were directly headed to Jimbaran BBQ dinner. Too bad, we had missed the sunset.

Jimbaran BBQ dinner at Intan Sari - Spicy BBQ seafood with sambal topping

After Dinner, we proceed to check-in at our Hotel - Adi Dharma Hotel . We were greeted by the Welcoming Drink (orange juice =.="""). I was actually too full to finish up the drink. Look at my expression!

Check-in at Adi Dharma Hotel

Our Spacious Room - and my luggage bag which is huge enough for me to go to London!

Comments from TripAdvisor on this hotel - Lots of MOSQUITOES !! So, before the trip, we had prepared mosquitoes repellent. Surprisingly, we don't think the hotel is as bad as commented. Not sure if it was because we had already sprayed with mosquitoes repellent before we went out.

There are some drawbacks on my room:

• Water dripped from Air-Con. However, the hotel management had rectified the problem promptly. Bravo!
• Sandy floor on the last day. I thought those were sand/dust resulted from the non-thorough housekeeping, but taking a closer look, those look like the wood residues, probably from termites bites. Ewwww!! We were really tired from the outings, so we ignore it by placing the hotel's towel on the floor to cover the dusty area.

We ended our 1st day of exploration by drinking at a pub (Apache) in Kuta Street. Mind you, we are not heavy drinker. We just want to celebrate our holiday and to try out the Indonesia's Bintang Beer. YEAH~~~


-Shookie-