Nusa Dua, Bali
Trip Start
Feb 29, 2008
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Trip End
Mar 29, 2008
Nusa Dua, Bali,
Indonesia
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Balin paivityksen aika. Singaporessa buukattiin siis lento Balille karkauspaivana 29.2. Budjettilentoyhtion Jetstarin ja Valuairin yhteinen lento lahti seiskan maissa illalla ja saavuttiin Balin lentokentalle kymmenen maissa. Molemmissa maissa sama aika. Lento makso n.80euroo henkilo eli ei paha ollenkaan.
Oltiin niin nuutuneita Balin paassa et hommattiin lentokentan lahelta hotellihuone yheks yoks. Tosin maksettiin melkonen summa yhesta yosta kun vertaa minka hintasia ja tasosia paikkoja ollaan tahan mennessa loydetty. Turisteja siis viilattiin linssiin kuus-nolla. ;)
Ilma Balilla oli huomattavasti kuumempi ja kosteempi kun edellisissa maissa. Iltakymmenen aikaan hikoiltiin viela vaatteet mariks. Mutta kunnon younien jalkeen ilmastoidussa huoneessa jatkettiin virkeina matkaa Tanjung Benoaan. Tarkotus oli majottua Lonely Planetin suosittelemaan guesthouseen Tanjung Benoassa mutta meian taksikuski jatti meiat aikasemmin tsekkaamaan yhta hotellia mika osottautukin sit hyvaks. Se sano et kaikki on lahempana sita hotellia kun siella niemen karjessa mihin oltiin menossa
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. Ilmeisesti siis jaatiin Nusa Duaan, en tiia miten paikalliset maarittelee sen rajan. Rasa Sayang oli sen hotellin nimi ja se oli kiva paikka isolla huoneella, ilmastoinnilla ja telkkarilla, heh. Niin ja aamupalalla. Tosin siel huoneessa ei ollu luonnollisestikaan ilmastointi paalla ja ikkunat oli auki ja se kuhis hyttysia. Sprayauksen jalkeen niit oli kymmenittain maassa mut sen jalkeen ei enaa nakyny montakaan. Kerran iso hamppis oli kans seinakiipeilemassa, ainakin peukalon kokonen ja ma sain slaagin. Viel Raffin liiskauksenkin jalkeen must tuntu et se heilutteli pitkia koipiaan ;D Hienoja hotelleja se alue oli taynna, oikeen kunnon resortteja. Siks
meilt varmaan aina kysyttiinkin ollaanko honeymoonereita ;) Nusa Duassa ei siis yleensa oo niin paljon turisteja kun Kutalla mika on siis lantisella puolella sita etelakarkea. Siks mekin valittiin Nusa Dua. Tosin nyt ei oo sesonki joten turisteja ei muutenkaan oo hirveesti Balilla ja siks paikalliset on sitten niitten kimpussa keta on maisemissa. Hirvee taistelu koko ajan mihin ravintolaan sa meet ja mita retkia sa teet... huh.
Ravintoloilla olikin sit kaikenlaisia promoja niinkuin 20% alennusta ruuasta ja alkushotit. Ma myos sain ihania ruokia siella niinkuin nauta currya, satay-tikkuja, kalaa banaaninlehdessa balilaisella yrttikastikkeella jne. Nam.
Meian aika Nusalla meni oikeestaan nain: herattiin myohaan, syotiin, mentiin kattoo telkkarii, luettiin, pelattiin korttia, nukuttiin paikkarit, syotiin ja nukuttiin
Few Spore pics here, us in 3D, dont we look smart?
. Oltiin vaan ihan toot eika jaksettu pariin paivaan teha mitaan. Ja sen lisaks siel sato ja ukkosti aika paljon. Mahtavat salamoinnit vaikkei ne lahella ollukaan, valas vaan koko tumman taivaan. Kaytiin me sit kerran siin rantsussa mut se oli aika jarkyttava ja kulkukoiria oli enemman kun auringonpalvojia.
Yhen kerran tehtiin paivaretki Kutaan. Ja se oli aika lansimaalainen, paljo surffareita ja jenkkilaisia ruokaketjuja.
Sen lisaks meita yritettiin heti jo huijata jollain ilmasilla arpalipuilla joten paettiin rannalle kattomaan surffareita.
Taksi sinne makso 5euroo suunta joten ei paha ollenkaan puolen tunnin matkalle.
OIh, piti viela mainita, saatiin aamupalaks banaanitoasteja (jaffles) hotelilla, eri hyvia!
Seuraavaan entriin taas.
Nora
English:
Hey all,
Time for Bali update.
We booked flights in Spore for cheapie Jetstar/Valuair to Denpasar, Bali on Friday (leapday) 29th Feb. It took off at seven and we reached Bali around ten, same time zone. The flight cost appr.80euros per person so not bad at all. We were all exhausted due to hustle and bustle that day and booked a room near the airport for the first night. What a tourist scam for we paid double for what we are paying for rooms now, we noticed. No can do..
The air in Bali is moist and hot, at ten in the night we still sweated our shirts wet. Not the wet t-shirt style really ;)
But after a good night sleep in an aircon room we were ready for Tanjung Benoa
Lil shoes for my nephew from Spore
. The plan was to stay in a homestay in Tanjung B. but the taxi driver recommended us Rasa Sayang nearer Nusa Dua coz all the etrviceswere nearby. That was actually better coz we saw the homestay later on a walk and it was rather far. Rasa Sayang was nice. Nusa Dua has lots of these luxurious resorts and locals obviously liked the fact we stayed in smaller local owned place. The room had tv, aircon, and breakfast and the price was okay. (Raffi probably mentiones it in his bog, I cant recall). The room had millions of mosquitoes though since the windows were open and aircon was not naturally on when we got there. After few sprays of repellent they were conquered. Later, on those three days, I spotted a thumb-sized spider on the wall, yak! After squashing it I still felt it legs crawling there..So Nusa Dua does not have as many tourists as in Kuta, or so they say. And it wasnt season now either. That's why we wanted to stay there. That's alos why locals were all over you while walking on the street. They wanted you to eat in all of their restos, go to their tours ans shops. Understandable but sometimes annoying. Restaurants had good promotions though, 20% off your dinner and sometimes even free welcome shots. And the food was great in each place. For instance I had beef cury, satay, fish in banana leaf with Balinese herb sauce etc. Excellent! Enek!
Our stay in Nusa was actually pretty much like this: we slept late, ate, watched telly, played cards, read, took naps, ate and slept again. We were just so overly exhausted by what, I dont know? Sometimes backpacking can be like that. No offense you working people. :)
Besides it rained a lot there.
Once we had a walk on the beach but it wasnt nice at all. And there were more stray dogs than sunbathers.
Other time we made a trip to Kuta out of curiosity. It was like we thought, lot of surfers, other tourists, scams and fast food chains. Taxi there cost 5euros for a half an hour drive so not bad at all.
Oh and those jaffles they had for breakfast at the hotel, delicious! (bananatoasts)
Until next entry,
Nora
