So I have free internet right now which makes blogging so much easier....taking advantage of it while I can....so here's another summary.
Bali - At the airport in Bangkok, we watched animal tv show which included decapitating deers, farting snakes, a cricket that eats its own legs and a really cool rolling spider. When we arrived at the Bali airport, we overheard some backpackers heading to Kuta beach so we ended up splitting a cab with them.
For the first full day, we went see the silver, batik and painting process....the paintings were super awesome...if I had money to spare, I would have totally gotten one. We then went to the monkey temple, which was covered in monkeys...the most amount of monkeys I've seen in one location. They were cute but slightly crazy. They grabbed one little girl's dress which caused her to scream like a maniac...I'm sure she's been scarred for life. One also climbed up one girl and stole her pearl earring right from her ear....it proceeded to try to eat it by trying to crack it in its mouth and on some rocks...it failed to open it but it succeeded in stealing it. As we were leaving, a monkey tried to grab my bagfrom behind but he didn't get a good grip....I turned around and he just stared at me, so I shook my finger at him in shame and he ran away.
We then saw the rice fields of Bali followed by a buffet lunch with a view of Mt. Batur. The buffet was so good...I think my favorite things were the tuna satay and banana fritters...we were both so full afterwards that we actually felt a little sick. We then went to a temple where you're able to go into a pool of water to pray. After we went to a temple where you had to go down 300+ steps (and then back up, bah)....you get to walk right next to some cool looking rice fields, walk by some sweet large statues carved in the rocks, go barefoot through an outdoor mediation area (which was actually slimy because it had just rained) and see a small but nice waterfall. Finally we went to the Elephant caves...there was an unimpressive cave temple but there were some crazy stairs outside that led you to signs that pointed you to different things...we followed the jungle signs but because it was getting dark, we didn't get very far....we did discover a super creppy looking cave and an encryptic sign about women. We ended the day with chicken satay and banana fritters topped with ice cream....super yummy.
On another day we hiked up Mt. Batur (one of the most active volcanoes). We started our journey from our hotel at 1:30am and began our hike at 3am. We had to use flashlights to get up. Apparently you can have a guy follow you up who is only there to sell you drinks along the way...we didn't do that because we aren't ballers. The first 2/3 was pretty easy but as it got steeper near the end, I started to get tired....it didn't help that the guide was moving so fast that we passed two other groups and reached the top about an hour early. We relaxed at the top where it became super cold...didn't think that as possible in Asia. We got to see an amazing sunrise (I was able to get a ton of photos). We then headed up a little further, where our guide pointed out hot steam coming out from the ground...I immediately went to it and successfully warmed myself up. Volcanoes are cool. We then checked out the huge crater and saw a holy bat cave. Our guide took us back down and were able to see everything we passed in the dark...pretty cool views. We also learned that he likes britney spears (which made lauren super happy) and that his dream is to work on a Disney cruise ship.
While on Kuta beach, we also got to see a live concert by a band called Superman is Dead, along with a juggling competition and a male modeling show (I have no idea what was being modeled...I think it was a Yamaha bike?).
Bali round 1 was fun and I have other stories I'll share later. We will have one more day in Bali before we fly back to the States, so I'll have even more Bali stories later.
Bali - At the airport in Bangkok, we watched animal tv show which included decapitating deers, farting snakes, a cricket that eats its own legs and a really cool rolling spider. When we arrived at the Bali airport, we overheard some backpackers heading to Kuta beach so we ended up splitting a cab with them.
For the first full day, we went see the silver, batik and painting process....the paintings were super awesome...if I had money to spare, I would have totally gotten one. We then went to the monkey temple, which was covered in monkeys...the most amount of monkeys I've seen in one location. They were cute but slightly crazy. They grabbed one little girl's dress which caused her to scream like a maniac...I'm sure she's been scarred for life. One also climbed up one girl and stole her pearl earring right from her ear....it proceeded to try to eat it by trying to crack it in its mouth and on some rocks...it failed to open it but it succeeded in stealing it. As we were leaving, a monkey tried to grab my bagfrom behind but he didn't get a good grip....I turned around and he just stared at me, so I shook my finger at him in shame and he ran away.
We then saw the rice fields of Bali followed by a buffet lunch with a view of Mt. Batur. The buffet was so good...I think my favorite things were the tuna satay and banana fritters...we were both so full afterwards that we actually felt a little sick. We then went to a temple where you're able to go into a pool of water to pray. After we went to a temple where you had to go down 300+ steps (and then back up, bah)....you get to walk right next to some cool looking rice fields, walk by some sweet large statues carved in the rocks, go barefoot through an outdoor mediation area (which was actually slimy because it had just rained) and see a small but nice waterfall. Finally we went to the Elephant caves...there was an unimpressive cave temple but there were some crazy stairs outside that led you to signs that pointed you to different things...we followed the jungle signs but because it was getting dark, we didn't get very far....we did discover a super creppy looking cave and an encryptic sign about women. We ended the day with chicken satay and banana fritters topped with ice cream....super yummy.
On another day we hiked up Mt. Batur (one of the most active volcanoes). We started our journey from our hotel at 1:30am and began our hike at 3am. We had to use flashlights to get up. Apparently you can have a guy follow you up who is only there to sell you drinks along the way...we didn't do that because we aren't ballers. The first 2/3 was pretty easy but as it got steeper near the end, I started to get tired....it didn't help that the guide was moving so fast that we passed two other groups and reached the top about an hour early. We relaxed at the top where it became super cold...didn't think that as possible in Asia. We got to see an amazing sunrise (I was able to get a ton of photos). We then headed up a little further, where our guide pointed out hot steam coming out from the ground...I immediately went to it and successfully warmed myself up. Volcanoes are cool. We then checked out the huge crater and saw a holy bat cave. Our guide took us back down and were able to see everything we passed in the dark...pretty cool views. We also learned that he likes britney spears (which made lauren super happy) and that his dream is to work on a Disney cruise ship.
While on Kuta beach, we also got to see a live concert by a band called Superman is Dead, along with a juggling competition and a male modeling show (I have no idea what was being modeled...I think it was a Yamaha bike?).
Bali round 1 was fun and I have other stories I'll share later. We will have one more day in Bali before we fly back to the States, so I'll have even more Bali stories later.
aarti, you're such a gangster.
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