Deliciously Me

I can’t remember how long the journey took from Ubud to Kuta since we stopped at many places along the way. I also can’t remember what happened along the way from the restaurant to Kuta. Probably I’ve fell asleep after lunch. Lol.

I think I fell asleep. If not mistaken, someone woke me up when the van stopped at the side of a busy road. Everyone got down and took their bags along. Blurry, I took my small bag and Sat’s camera bag as he took his and mine big backpacks. We crossed the busy road, walked into a small alley, and turned right into a paradise.

Yoga led us to the hotel lobby which is on the right. The lobby is special – the most unique lobby I ever stumbled upon. The Balinese lobby, as I call it – consists of stone stairs, cushions, pillows and a big wooden coffee table.

Lazily, I sat at the cushions and leaned against the puffy pillows. I suffered from the temporary heat stroke when we walked to the hotel and although I was very grateful for the cooling effect from the stone floor in the hotel lobby, the heat is still unbearable and I had to whip out my foldable fan to cool myself.

Sat and Yoga settled the room registration and then passed us our room keys. Yoga gave us a time to meet up and then all of us went to our room to freshen up.

If I tell you that I was at daze and blur from the sleep and heat stroke earlier, I can tell you that I was immediately cured the moment we walked out of the lobby towards our room. The long swimming pool in the middle of two 2-storey buildings is too fantabulous! I wish to drop all my bags down and just jump into the pool! It’s simply too irresistible!

All of us got the rooms on the first floor of the building on the left side. Our room was still being cleaned when we went up there. So we hid in Ailing’s and Emily’s room to get away from the heat. The room is cosy, and cooling at the same time.

10 minutes later, we were finally able to enter our room. Once got into the room, we quickly took pictures of the room and went shower. Then we dashed out of the room to the lobby where everyone was already waiting.

Checking back my pictures, I don’t know why I didn’t took any pictures of the hotel lobby, restaurant and the pool area! I totally loveeee this place, yet there’s not much pictures! *sulk*

After that Sat led us all to the Kuta beach. I don’t know how he knows to get there, but I was super happy to be in Kuta as it’s a fun place to be! There are plenty of shops to look around; plenty of handsome guys and pretty girls for the eyes feast on; plenty of food to eat! Even though I were only in Kuta for less than an hour, but I already liking this place! Lol!

We reached the famous Kuta beach but we didn’t walk towards the beach. Instead, we were walking along the street opposite the beach to where Yoga and Mr. Van driver were. It was windy and there were sand flying into my eyes! Urgh!

The moment we saw Yoga and Mr. Van driver, we quickly got into the van.

Our van left the busy, tourists-packed spot, towards the outskirts. Our next destination is not that near; yet not that far too. The entire journey was somehow made pleasant by the view of the picturesque paddy fields despite the occasional bumpy ride due to the uneven red road. I couldn’t stop taking pictures of the scenery out there as they’re simply too beautiful!

We even passed by the famous Le Meridien Nirwana Golf and Spa Resort which was said to be surrounded by landscaped paddy terraces only and have its own golf course. I was like whoa! Whoa! not because of the golf course, but for the hotel is in the middle of paddy fields. Must be pretty serene and relax waking up to the sight of paddy fields and fresh air in the morning. <3

After about 30 minutes of numbing our butts, we reached our last important must-visit for the entire trip, Tanah Lot. I was super duper excited as I wanted to see this beautiful temple with my own eyes. So to be finally there made me somehow quite nervous.

The moment we passed by the entry toll and into the parking bay, we were astonished to see the amount of people there. The parking bay is full of buses, vans and cars too. Mr. Van Driver drove the van out of the parking bay and turned left into a quieter lane and stopped at somewhere near the makeshift stalls selling drinks. In front of us is an entrance.

We got down and walked in.

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