❤ Unforgettable Journey - Bali ❤
5 DAYS 4 NIGHTS TRIP
THE DAYS BEFORE EXCURSION
Preparation always be the most important thing before going to a trip, especially visiting to another country which we are not used to be. Things we should work out before starting a trip is to find out the significant places we should and must go, food we should eat and the price, transportation, accommodation, culture of the places and also the things have to be aware.
We are required to produce a 'BUNTING' for this trip, things goes up and down during the processing, sleepless night and disagreement but the outcome still acceptable.
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| Bunting Processing Photo Credit: Balqis |
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| Manually done |
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| Final Outcome - not as the expectation but still acceptable photo credit : Tong En Ru
The another assignment is to present our travelling plan- this is the most exited assignment we have ever did before hahaha, do not feel sleepy even stay up for the whole night because we are attracted by the scenery of Bali from photo searching, the food and the activities we can propose to do.
Below is the significant places,activities and food I have suggested and also be your references:             SHOPPING AND MONEY CHANGER
I would suggest to change all the money you need in Malaysia but do not change in Bali, there is too many scam in Bali which will makes you headache. Before going to Bali, we have change half of our budget in Malaysia and want to change another half there, but we have been through a long story of money scam which I will talk at below...stay tune...
  
The currency in Malaysia Feeling like a billionaire hahaha Shopping for Bali is a must to get
photo credit : Yap Zhi Hui photo credit : Yap Zhi Hui all the necessary things.
PARTS OF Check List for the necessary thing :
SUNBLOCK! GET AS HIGH SPF AS YOU CAN! THE SUN IS REALLY KILLING
HAT/CAP
TRAVELLING PACK FOR SHOWERING because some of the hostel did not provide if you choose the affordable accommodation
MINI FAN
A DAY BEFORE DEPART
A day before depart to Bali is different from the Ipoh trip which is rushing assignment and works. This time I have more times to pack my things and still can go watch movie with Mona =) the holiday mood is totally on, but.....we are still worrying the tons of assignment submission after the trip which make us bring the laptop ( I was still regret why I do bring laptop! I don't even open it for work = =) During this night me and enru was staying at mona house because we are going to the airport together and easier accessibility.
Check List: 1. Passport 2. Bunting
3. Hat/cap/mini fan
4. Ucsi/IA events Red tshirt for group phot
5. Adapter & charger
6. Swim wear
7. Thin clothes & pants 8. Sun block 9. medicines 10.pocket money 11. toiletries and cloth washing soap 
what the hell I have bring so many bags = =
DAY 1
The departure time is at 8.40a.m in KLIA2, we have plan to take KLIA transit at 5a.m, but.....things still happened which three of us was overslept again! We woke up at 4.45a.m! The only things we able do is only brush teeth and change cloth, after that rushing like being chase by dog especially in TBS, we run all along the way until I feel like I'm almost exhausted, but luckily we still able to chase the transit, we have reach few second before it arrived. OMG...morning exercise should not be like this...
After all the procedure in airport, finally we have a little time to take somebreak...what's usually people do when they are free? SELFIE AND GROUPFIE!
interior architecture sem 5 ❤ with our lecturers
photo credit : Balqis
 
Selfie with boarding pass and passport ( please do not feel speechless) XD
  
A special event during flight because today is white valentines day. Our handsome steward have randomly pick volunteer to do some special action .
Picture on at the top is a man and woman which do not know each other before, having a "CATWALK" ,holding hand with a pinkish umbrella hahaha.
Picture at the bottom is a just-married couple which going for honeymoon in Bali in this romantic 14 of February ❤
 
Tahsin : OMG see what diyah doing hahaha
Funniest part : enru's hair was electromagnetic! All the paper will autom
when we are almost reach Bali, the cotton candy cloud!atically stick on her hair!
After almost 3hours flight. finally we have reach Ubud Bali Airport!
 
some significant feature of Bali in the airport lots of atrium design in this airport
 
Incident happened where diyah's luggage was broken! Left only one steel stick at handle there. Even fully wrap the luggage also useless, fortunately she have the insurance. Do buy insurance to protect your whole journey.
People nowadays without internet is like without food, you can get the sim card easily at the exist of the airport, it cost almost 600000 rupiah which is around RM 70 for 8 GB data, I'm using not more 2 GB for the whole journey
   Huge and spectacular Balinese architecture was at the front of the airport which is full which Balinese art craving and nice workmanship. 
Lots of this kind of sculpture all along the way which I really appreciate their workmanship
The duration taken from airport to our hostel is too long which have interrupt our original schedule. We suppose to visit for a famous hotel for our presedent studies at 3pm but we only reach our Ubud hostel at 5pm++, all of use was too tired and hot ,so the visitation was postpone until the 2nd day.
our first hostel- IGNA UBUD BUNGALOW with a crystal clear swimming pool in front of our room
 
me, en ru and mona was living at the left top room, good scenery to outside which is full with coconut trees. The things I do not like about this hostel is the bed, the bed is wet and not comfortable which I end up sleeping at Tahsin room.
After showering we were going out for dinner, the street is just near to our hotel but we have to walk uphill to the street, take it for exercise > < We have walk in the street for so long just to find a restaurant and we just simply end up at somewhere because of hunger (Forgot the name of the restaurant )
▲At the end of the street is a Balinese temple which they use to do dancing performance at night
▼Lots of Balinese handmade art craft selling along the street
  
Many water feature The 'Pangkor' is the
can be seen in front symbol of thanks to
of reataurant God
RESTAURANT
▲▼Nice lighting and expose structure enhance the ambiance, a very romantic place celebrating valentine day with my lovely course mate
 
Highly recommend this place where the food and drink price is affordable, big portion and delicious!
▲Marinated chicken with fried rice
▼Beef rib
After finish dinner we have went to shopping just right in front our hostel, get one new Bali style dress which I'm wearing for 2nd day. After shopping we have went back to our hostel and chilling at the pool side.
DAY 2
Wake up at 7.30 a.m today because me and mona is going to visit Maya Ubud Hotel at 9.00 a.m. Today is the day full with activities.
- Visit to Maya Ubud Hotel
- Tour to Green Village, Bamboo Factory and Green School
- Dinner at Bale Udang Mang Engking Restaurant
Girls always have the super power to makes their room full with their stuff
Breakfast of IGNA BUNGALOW
photo credit : Raja Haliza
Only two types of breakfast prepared, omelette and banana pancake. I would suggest to choose banana pancake because the pancake is just like a normal fried eggs but not omelette. The banana pancake is nice.
After the preparation is almost 9 p.m, we are late for the visitation again. Feel so sorry to the manager that waiting us for almost half an hour.
while waiting for the van driver
 MAYA UBUD RESORT AND SPA
This is the president study we have choose for our design project. A resort with sustainable design and is the biggest hotel in Ubud. 80% of the space was green and only 20% of the area was use to build hotel. Recommended to stay at here to enjoy all the high quality services if you have high budget.
Booking website   
▲viewing from the lobby, nice ▲one of the room type,totally ▲restaurant with atrium allow
open space with beautiful green have 6 types of room for good ventilation
scenery
▲ Area for morning and ▲the area I love the ▲Duplex villa area ▲ Maya organic
afternoon tea most! Big swimming which provide private cosmetic product
and a great place to private swimming was display here
relax and chill pool
yourself. This area is
very windy and cool
even during that time
is under big hot sun
▲ Another restaurant ▲The golf and gym ▲rooftop pantry for ▲resting area connected
near to the spa area area cocktail serving to the rooftop pantry
Thank you for Mr. Widiana and Mr. Sudiana for spending time for taking tour for us
After finish visiting Ubud Maya Resort and Spa, we are moving to our next station without having our lunch because we are late for the appointment to Green Village. Besides that, two of us miss the chance to visit Surawati market which our friends get all the nice and cheap price stuff there T T Surawati market is a good place for shopping.
GREEN VILLAGEGreen village is a village where from the architecture element until the furniture was all built with bamboo. Green Village
▲the roof is inspired by the turtle shell
  
All the crazy people
Group photo in Green Village, find out the bright spot XD
We didn't not have the chance to visit another bamboo building which have be rented by people. Next we are moving to the bamboo factory which did not allow us to take photos there. It is worth to have a short visit there to see what's the process of bamboo starting from the beginning until the end. It is appreciated because the process is step by step with man power. A narrator have explain in detail the process of bamboo into different parts of building structure, different maturity of bamboo have different function and usage. After that we are moving to the Green School.
GREEN SCHOOL
Green school in Bali is giving its students a natural learning environment with the activities not only inside the class but also outdoor, learning how to recycle, cooking, playing around and do not judge the student with the marks they get. They whole trip is about one and the half hour which you would be able to visit the whole area but not the area with student.Book with Green school
one of the classroom in Green School which all made up by bamboo
▲the way they teach students in how to recycle is through real practical and experiencing.
Cleaning activities like picking up rubbish from the site and taking back to the school for
dividing the types of recycle materials and give new life to the recycle materials, for example
the chair which made up of recycle tire and cushion.
▼ 'Kembali' means return in bali language, is the place with all the new life recycle object
 
▲this is the canteen which sometime student are bring to here to learn cooking and the interesting thing is learn how to bake pizza with the old type of oven.
▲the big purple crystal ▲ drawing by student showing there's is bird ▲species of bird which have been preserved due
will release energy, living up there to extinction.
student will come to
touch it before
competition because
they believe it will
bring luck to them
 playing wrestling inside the mud, this is unacceptable by the city give fertilizer to the plant child like me when I saw reptiles and frog is inside the mud. 
▲super high bridge ▲they trying to bring ▲ good to see the students playing ▲name can be crave on the bamboo
which was rebuilt in the river water to around structure for those donate to the
for the second time turn the machine and Green School
produce electricity
▲structure model of green school
After visiting the Green School, we are all out of energy because we have skip our lunch and have been walking for whole day. and right now is the time for our dinner! We are having our dinner at Bale Udang Mang Engking Restaurant, which is a very beautiful restaurant will cheap nice food.
Bale Udang Mang Engking RestaurantAll about bale Udang Mang Engking Restaurant  calm ambiance. 
Dinner set for full with affordable price and the portion is good enough for 4
Selfie is the must!
 
Night view with Chinese lantern which give another types of feeling.
Before went back to hostel, we are go to see the kecak performance which is near to our hostel.We are half hour late after the performance start so they give us offer 6 people with only 4 people price. The dancer perform the story by using dancing, and i do not understand why they dance with their eyes widely open and keep staring at me because I'm sitting right at the middle in front of the stage.
▲superb big eyes!
▲ photo together with all the performer
▼photo together with the musical instrument
 DAY 3 1- ARMA MUSEUM & RESORT 2- TIRTA EMPUL WATER TEMPLE 3- TEGALALANG RICE TERRACE 4- TANAH LOT 5- CHECK IN KUTA HOTEL ARMA MUSEUM & RESORT
welcome to arma museum & resort
video credit to Balqis
Like the Balinese landscape, the ground of ARMA are spacious, varied and ever-changing and somehooe timeless in a way which needs time to appreciate. It is such a waste we could only have one and the half tour here. Things we do here is capture, posing and repeat! booking
▲Guide book and free drinking voucher
▲▼ the art gallery (photo is not allowed)
 
▲specific the types of herbs
▲trying wood craving, really need a lots of passion and patient to do this
 
▲▶many water features inside the resort
▲scene we used to see in bali, woman praying to the stone God idol
TIRTA EMPUL WATER TEMPLE
Although the majority of Indonesian population is muslim, but in bali 90% of the islander is Hindu, Water plays a vital role in Balinese life. Bali have a imigation system which navigate the water into the island's temples. The temple hold the spring water that has became the place for Balinese purification ceremonies and religious practice.
Tirta in Hindu language is Holy water. All offering, ceremonies or person must be purified by tirta, otherwise they cannot recive God blessing.
 
Huge tree in front of the entrance Balinese woman able to carry heavy
things with their head
  
monument describe pura tirta empul temple
People under going purification process which they have to accept the water one by one until the last one, there is 3 section of purification, water can be drink during the second section
TEGALALANG RICE TERRACE
Tegalalang is a rice paddy field with staged arrangement. Rice terrace is one of nature view most people will love to see and take photos. We did not spend lots of time here because we are going to see sunset at Tanah lot.
Ubud tegalalang is highly recommended things to do in Bali. There are several cafe and restaurants, selling food and drink. You can enter into one of the cafe and enjoy the view of Tegalalang rice Tarrace while enjoying your drink. Along the main road also with lots of shop selling Balinese cloth and handcrafts.
  
Some shop we have stop by to see all these unique stuff only have in Bali: Things made by recycle materials, the glass mould with the wood, and the paddle of the flower made with coconut leaf.
TANAH LOT
Tanah lot is a popular tourism point in Bali. The tanah lot is the formation of the rock which is at the sea.The temple sits on a large offshore rock which have been shaped continuously over the years by ocean tide. To reach the temple, visitors have to walk through a Bali market souvenir shop which cover each side of the path down to the sea. On the mainland clifftops, restaurants have been provided for tourists.
The main purpose we came here is to see the sunset, but because of the weather makes us unable to see the beautiful sunset. So, do check the weather first before you spending your time moving up to the hill. 
During that time the sun is covered by cloud because it is a raining day
Sunset view
So surprise to see people surfing there because the wave is too big and dangerous
After that we straight away went to our second hotel - Tanaya Bed & Breakfast Hotel
Kuta is so much different with Ubud which Kuta is more fluorish with the nightlife and it is close to the beach and market that you can take taxi to reach there. All along the street have lots of restaurants, bar, club, souvenir shop, money changer and massage parlor.
If you would like to choose Tanaya hotel, I would recommence you to take the room at the ground floor but not the first floor. We have been changing for 2 rooms at the first floor.
The first room problem is leaking of air-conditional, the second room is smelly and the bathroom water was stuck. For hotel booking please click this tanaya
  water cannot going out without pressing the floor trap After setting down everything, few of us is went out for dinner and money changing. Highly not recommence you to change money with the shop without proper authorities! The changing rate looks high but actually they are scamming people! The first money changer we have found with the changing rate of 3400 which is pretty high if compare to the authorities money changer with only 3000 or 3100. I'm asking to change RM 500 which supposedly I should get 1700000 rupiah, it is correct when he counting in front of us and let one of my friend to count after he count, and the amount is still right, and then he take back the money from my friend and give it to me again. BUT! when I was counting again! it was only 1500000 rupiah, and I keep on repeat counting and showing the obsession face to him. He take back the rupiah and give me back my ringgit Malaysia and chase us out from shop! The reason is he know that we already realize he give less money to us and he try to pretend we are calculating wrong! After that we went to another shop which they offer 3350, and we decided to give one more chance because it stated there it is authorize by a travel agent. He have deal with my friend first and the next is me, and we realize that he give us less one 50000 rupiah, he admit he accidentally give less and then he told us he is out of money so he cannot change money with us anymore! Before I told him he give less money, he still counting money for my friend! And the first one who did not recalculate again on the spot only realize he get less money after he went back to hotel...SO! do only change money with the proper authorized money changer with receipt given! 
▲Do not choose the one like this even it is high currency
DAY 4
photo from tripadvisor
1) Turtle Sanctuary & Education Centre 2) Pantai Pandawa 3) Uluwatu Temple 4) Krisna Market 
motor accident at the street
Turtle Sanctuary & Education Centre
This is the great place for people to learn how and why we should protect turtle. You can see baby turtle, different types of turtle and you can fed leaf to the tortoise. It is such a good experiencing for me to get so close with the turtle.
turtle eggs was buried inside the sand to keep the soft, porous shells moist and protecting them from drying out and maintaning the proper temparatue
 
The cutie turtle which keep on trying swimming through the small gap in between the pipe and wall which makes me want to turn it to the correct way
Human should take care and protect these animal but not hurting them, this turtle have lost one hand and shell
We have the chance to fed tortoise with leave and realize that they do have a strong bite which they able to snap the hard veggie with only one bite . SO, do not put your finger near to them.
Bali rojak! totally fall in love with this! the special sambal in rojak which makes the taste totally different from Malaysia rojak!
Pantai Pandawa
Finally we got the chance to get wet ourself after 4days! Beachhhhhh! crystal clear blue sea with snowy white sand at Pantai Pandawa. At first we decide not to get into water because we are still going to another two beaches. By the time we saw the kayaking , all do not care anything anymore hahaha. The price is cheap which is only 50000 rupiah for 3 people in one kayak. It is really difficult to start moving from the beach because the wave is too big, three of us keep falling into water at the beginning can left a scar on my right hand. But finally we successful to get out to the sea!!
 
Mountain and beach! Perfect match!
seating is not for free, you have to rent with the owner
The red team!!Red Indian army!
At the beginning , the wave was keep rebounding us back to the beach
Great experience!
Diyah darling is so COOL!
okay...now we are regret to get yourself wet !hahahaha
Because of spending too many times in beach 1 so we are not able to go for beach 2 and 3 due to the kecak performing dance at Uluwatu Temple.
Uluwatu Temple
Uluwatu Temple is the most recommended sunset trip that you should need to go! Enjoying the kecak performance with sunset as the back drop! Uluwatu temple is perched on top of a steep cliff approximately 70 metres above sea level. Things you have to be aware is the MONKEY! Be careful with your spectacle, sunglasses, camera which they monkey would like to grab it! One of our friend's spectacle was grab by a monkey when we walking back to our van, but luckily the local people help us to get back from the monkey ( sound so funny ).The Kecak dance is really awesome which cost only 300000 rupiah per pax.
Road to uluwatu temple with lots of monkey along the walkway
 
Its is almost 5 p.m when we reach Uluwatu Temple, but the sun is still bright and hot
hahahaha pattern again
An old man was praying before the performance start
Seventy man was origin in an old ritual dance was doing the a capella for the dance performance
The story is about Rama, Sita and Laksamana,which Sita is Rama' wife. The demon king was fall in love with Sita trying to steal Sita away from Rama.A white monkey was asked by Rama to save Sita from the demon king. White monkey have been catch but successful escape from the demon king. Rama succeeded in getting his wife back.
This is the demon king -RAHWANA
 
The naughty white monkey, looks scary at the first sight but actually it is so cute
The white monkey trying to find Sita ring from the visitor
The funny ant-face looks servant of the demon king
Our pretty lady Tahsin was invited to dance ❤
The white monkey have been arrest and ready to be burn!
The servant of the ant-face man, posing peace to us , he is too cute
 
Fire was set up but because of the supranatural power of the white monkey which makes him escaped from the death . And the story was end here.
After finish the performance, we were straight away went to Krisna Oleh-Oleh Khas Bali to get our souvenir.Finally I got the chance to shopping!
 
Inside the shop is full with cloths, craftsmen,food, cosmetic products and more, which is a nice place to get all the souvenir you want
Bali whitening soup
Bali style T-shirt
Keychain
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