Beautiful Bali

Trip Start Nov 20, 2008
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Trip End Nov 2009


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Where I stayed
Bali Grand Beach Resort
(Balikpapan hotels)

Flag of Indonesia  , Borneo,
Saturday, January 31, 2009

We finally got a vacation!!! This week we had vacation from January 26-30. I went to Bali with two of my co-workers, Jasmine and Christine. We left on Monday and got home on Friday. Bali was beautiful. It was pretty funny though because we got a great deal in order to take our tour with a Korean tourism agency. So, our tour group was all Koreans and the tour was all conducted in Korean. Jasmine and Christine did a pretty good job of translating for me, but every once in a while they were listening and didn't tell me what was going on. It was pretty funny actually, so I'm not quite sure of everything that I saw. Our resort was pretty awesome. It was right on the beach and the tallest building on the island. We actually went to the roof and got to look around at the island from there. We stayed in a small cottage room and had a great porch with an outdoor bed to lay on for a siesta. The first day we met our tour group and had dinner (Korean food). We then went to the beach for a little while for a beer on the sand. We took a little walk to a restaurant and had some pizza with fruit on it as a late night snack. The next day we spent the morning at the pool and then the tour group went to a cultural park, a temple with crazy monkeys that tried to steal things and a coffee factory. We had dinner and then had a 2 hour sport massage.
The next day was our free day and we went river rafting. It was absolutely incredible. We had to hike down about 20 "flights" of stairs carved out of the rock wall to the river. In our raft were just Jasmine, Christine, the guide and myself. There were small rapids, but it was much more of a scenic tour. There were carvings in the rock walls and incredible waterfalls. It was just incredibly beautiful. It was rafting through a tropical forest. That night we went to dinner at Ku Da Ta, which was also amazing. It is a greek food restaurant in the wealthy part of Bali.
On our last day we toured several more factories and traditional areas. We also got a massage with hot stones which was sooo incredible. If you've never done this before, I highly recommend it. Oh, we were definitely tired by the time we left, but it was an amazing vacation. Our plane didn't leave until 12:50am and I slept from the "safety features" to "prepare for landing".
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Jasmine and Christine in the pool Jasmine and Christine in the pool At the airport...on the way!! At the airport...on the way!! cultural park cultural park on the road on the road
all three of us are tired all three of us are tired at the bali airport at the bali airport baliwood poster!! baliwood poster!! beautiful cliff beautiful cliff
beautiful cliff 2 beautiful cliff 2 beautiful flower beautiful flower beautiful flowers beautiful flowers carving in hotel lobby carving in hotel lobby
check out the thick roof check out the thick roof christine christine Christine and Jasmine at dinner Christine and Jasmine at dinner christine and jasmine at dinner christine and jasmine at dinner
Christine at the airport Christine at the airport christine at the top of the memorial christine at the top of the memorial christine at the volcano crater christine at the volcano crater christine on the roof christine on the roof
Christine with the cucumber paste Christine with the cucumber paste CIMG0696.JPG CIMG0696.JPG coffee animal coffee animal coffee beans? or poo coffee beans? or poo
cute little monkey cute little monkey decoration above our door decoration above our door description description description description
description description description description eagle eagle eagle 2 eagle 2
fat monkey fat monkey Helping Jasmine face her fears Helping Jasmine face her fears icee Bali style icee Bali style jasmine jasmine
Jasmine and Christine in the pool Jasmine and Christine in the pool jasmine and christine in the pool 2 jasmine and christine in the pool 2 Jasmine and eagle Jasmine and eagle jasmine and the monkey jasmine and the monkey
Jasmine at Ku Da Ta Jasmine at Ku Da Ta Jasmine at the top of the memorial Jasmine at the top of the memorial Jasmine at the volcano crater Jasmine at the volcano crater Jasmine is hot Jasmine is hot
Jasmine on the roof Jasmine on the roof jasmine volcano jasmine volcano Lake in volcano crater Lake in volcano crater Lilly pad Lilly pad
lion statue at our resort lion statue at our resort local boys fishing local boys fishing me me Me and a monkey Me and a monkey
me and christine me and christine me and christine me and christine Me and Christine with a beautiful view Me and Christine with a beautiful view me and Jasmine on our outdoor bed me and Jasmine on our outdoor bed
Me and Jasmine on the way home Me and Jasmine on the way home Me and Jasmine on the way home again Me and Jasmine on the way home again me and the volcano crater me and the volcano crater Me at the airport Me at the airport
me at the volcano crater me at the volcano crater me at the volcano crater me at the volcano crater Me outside our bungalow Me outside our bungalow me, Jasmine, and Christine at Lakeview Restaurant me, Jasmine, and Christine at Lakeview Restaurant
monkey thieves monkey thieves Monument Perjuangan Rakyat Bali Monument Perjuangan Rakyat Bali more lilly pads more lilly pads our dinner host our dinner host
our matching rings! our matching rings! our tour guide our tour guide painting with coffee dust painting with coffee dust Parahyangan Somaka Giri Parahyangan Somaka Giri
Peace Memorial Peace Memorial pretty flower pretty flower stairs down to the beach stairs down to the beach stairs to the beach stairs to the beach
temples temples the girls out front at Ku Da Ta the girls out front at Ku Da Ta The three of us at dinner the first night The three of us at dinner the first night traditional center traditional center
traditional dragon traditional dragon traditional music traditional music trying to feed the monkey trying to feed the monkey Us with our security guard Us with our security guard
view from Ku Da Ta beach at night view from Ku Da Ta beach at night view from our bungaloo view from our bungaloo view from the park view from the park view from the roof view from the roof
view from the roof 2 view from the roof 2 view from the roof 3 view from the roof 3 view from the top view from the top volcano volcano
volcano crater volcano crater volcano crater volcano crater we like our traditional skirts we like our traditional skirts we're wiped out we're wiped out
Wisnu Wisnu wisnu and me wisnu and me women sorting coffee beans women sorting coffee beans Yup, she's in a high chair Yup, she's in a high chair
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