Around 8am in the morning we got picked up for our country site tour through Bali. We decided against the Island hoping as we will do that already in Thailand. We were again lucky that no one else booked that tour for the day and we had a private tour guide and driver.
First we visited a school with loads of little kids asking questions and practicing their english, very cute and I realized again that I am not very good with kids...
After that we got to a place where little bikes where waiting for us. They brought us to the nearby rice fields. We would have preferred the motorbikes that passed us, but it seems that we got the full tourist programme for the day.
As soon as we arrived at the fields we wandered through with the guide explaining what and how the famers to their day to day business. It was really interesting. We arrived at a field that was specially made for the tourist and the guide offered that we could hop on the wooden made plough and do the farming. So I got in, got dirty, got out. Loads of fun…..NEVER AGAIN.
After that the guide brought us to the house of spices and showed us the natural plants that provide the usual spices used for Indonesian food. It was very nice to see. We tried to create some of the Balinese ornaments that they give as gifts during praying and that you can find all over the city on the streets.
After that we went to a tasting of tea, coffee and chocolate. Very interesting and yummy. The lemon grass was the best, but I knew that I am not allowed to import this into Australia, such a shame.
I did enjoy the trip, unfortunately it was made very touristy and I had the feeling that this was more faked than the real Bali. I know that some people are still doing it the old way, but this wasn’t real…..so my feelings.
In the evening we went out to Kuta THE place for party in Bali. You can find loads of Australians and other foreigners. We first had cocktails and checked the situation and what we felt like to do and where to go. We decided against a club and went to a bar that offered live music. The band was very entertaining so we sat down and enjoyed the evening. We actually stayed until the bar closed and went with some people we met there to a club at the opposite. We found loads of drunken people and because we arrived late, the club closed just half an hour later. Not sooo much fun, but it was ok.
Because I wasn’t really tired, I went to the beach and dreamed away…it was nice and we got home later in the morning. Not at all what we had planned, but as you know a plan always changes when you at least expect it.
Day 23 (29/01/2011) Bali
We actually had planned to go the Gili Island today, but because we didn’t sleep that night and I was more sleepy than awake, we went instead for a relaxed day and didn’t do anything. We enjoyed the pool and the weather and made some plans for coming back to Bali with some more time on our hands and different locations. Not much to write, so I am not going to bore you anymore ;)
That all sounds wonderful, perhaps we should go together when you go back...:)
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