Day 1 - (16 Nov 2013)
Departing to Bali at Changi Terminal. Christmas decoration
The hotel, Bali Dynasty Resort that we are staying for the 4 nights.
Hotel reception area
There are 2 wings, North and South Wings. We are on the North Wing.
Breakfast will be at here
Spacious room. Each day they will wrapped the bath towel into animal shapes. This is a shape of a dog
Elephant
Very clean toilet
Looking down at the ground floor from the hotel corridor
Garden along the way to the resort
The
resort within the hotel, which is cater for families with children.
There are swimming pools with slides, playground area, a mini flying
fox etc.
Flying fox for children with the below charges
water slide
back lane of the hotel
Beach behind the resort
There are also some sea spots but no people around, thinking it is still early in the morning
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Day 2 - (17 Nov 2013)
Having breakfast
Some of the food served at the buffet counter
Found this cute litte girl with very curly hair. When told her to ready for the photo, she smiles eveready
After breakfast, we proceed to the Barong and Kris dance at Batu Bulan. The entrance to the show
There are 2 shows daily. One is the Barong & Kris Dance and the other is Kecak & Fire Dance show. We are watching the earlier show
Sitting around, waiting for the show to start
The Barong-Play represents an eternal fight between good and evil spirit. Barong, a mythological animal represents a good spirit and Rangda, a mthological monster represents an evil one
After the show, we continue to visit the home industry batik and handicraft factory at Ubud
The worker is using a hand held instrument that is filled with the colouring to paint on the cotton fabric
The colouring
Some of the design moulds
Using the primitive way of weaving batik
Drying the batik which is the final stage
Next, the silver jewellery shop
Bit and pieces...
...joint to become a bracelet
beautiful framed silver arowana
Peacock
Selling material at the roadside. Look how she carry her goods on her head
Lunch at this crispy duck restaurant, also known as dirty duck
the restaurant toilet
beautiful garden within the restaurant
lots of statues
very nice drinks especially the one from the left, called Ubud Street.
Lemon Freeze
Bebek Bengil, the crispy duck meal. The duck is really crispy that you can even crunch the bones
spaghetti
After lunch, proceed to the Mount Batur, an active volcano in this village, Kintamni. Click here to view the wikipedia.
beautiful scenery
Mount Batur
The next destination, Luwak coffee agro tourism. The products are all organic
sampling various kind of coffee and tea
posing for camera or showing the skill of holding cups?
Rosella Tea
Original Coffee
Ginger tea
Cocoa powder
Luwak coffee. It was produce through the process of the civet (Luwak) consumed the best coffee beans which then collected in their droppings.
Brewing the coffee. Coffee powder is put inside the top cylinder glass. Another glass placbelow for boiling the water
the hot water vapour started to corporate with the powder
once the powder becomes liquified, it will dripped down and mixed with the hot water below to become coffee
coffee beans
cocoa tree
the coffee beans are fried using the manual method
After the coffee agriculture tourism, proceed to the holy spring of Tampaksiring temple. You need to wear a sarong if you are wearing pants or skirt exposing your legs below your knee.
Pond outside the temple
walking towards the holy spring pond
A lot of people though it was raining quite heavy. At the entrance to the place where the water flows down from the holy spring
The water comes out from the spring at this temple is believed to get rid of all the bad things in the body and purifies the soul and mind after showering.
Tampaksiring Presidential Palace, stood on the initiative of President Sukarno, who wants a resting place away from the cool weather of the city, suitable for the President of the Republic of Indonesia and their families as well as for state guests.
Dinner at this restaurant. Nice ambience
This glass table is beautifully decorated with sea shells and sand
Close up shots
Went to the live band lounge at the hotel we stayed. These are the food that we ordered.
Chicken pie
Fish and chips
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