THE BEST 4 DAYS IN BALI: DAY 2 - Balance

Here's Day 2 of The Best 4 Days in Bali. I was thinking hard about what word would perfectly describe this day because other than "best" there's just no word that fits exactly.. Play? But that's only the first part of the day. Chill? That's for the second part. It wasn't until I was typing this draft and saw the below picture that it hit me - BALANCE.

The first part of the day was action-packed. Our driver, Putra, picked us up from the hotel and drove about an hour and a half until we reached the starting point of Gangga Water Rafting. We spent the entire morning navigating the Ayung River and it was SO. MUCH. FUN!!!! I highly recommend it! Even if you've had no experience whatsoever, you're definitely gonna enjoy and it's not difficult too... Although I've apparently just been hitting the water to our guide's face and not doing it properly, hahaha My advise is... keep your GoPro on the whole time. I fell of the raft on the last rapid and when I got back up, my first comment was I wish I captured the whole thing. Hahaha! But I'm serious, falling off the raft and tumbling underwater was such an experience. It's like everything was in slowmo. But please don't let this turn you off, white water rafting is fairly safe and I repeat, SO. MUCH. FUN!!!! Bit of warning though, the hike back after rafting is draining. It's like a never-ending uphill climb because at this point, the sun is scorching and you're already tired from the sport. Not to fear though, there's lunch prepared upon arrival at the base. If you can, take this company and get our guide, Gud. He speaks English and is very knowledgeable in his trade.

Next stop, our driver Putra took us to the Monkey Forest. Here, I realized my fear of apes. I was afraid of them!!! I was only able to take photos with cement monkeys and my pictures with real monkeys look so tense! I was scared they'll take my stuff or bite me or climb on top of me. Gladly, none of those things happened to me as I've kept my distance. But not the same can be said about my friend, Mar. Some stranger dangled food next to her and the monkey went up her head! Ass, noh?! At least it was a good photo opportunity. The photos below are from Ish's camera, she was the only one brave enough to take it out. :)

Next stop was Tegalalang or the rice terraces. It was already quite late so we couldn't go inside anymore but us being us (aka: the girls who were content with just seeing the merlion from afar) we were happy seeing its entirety from the top.

Putra then drove us to Agro for coffee. It's a farm that offers a killer a view of the Tegalalang and at the same time, serves a variety of yummy coffee and tea. Upon arrival, they give you a sampler for free but they charge additional for the famous Kopi Luwak. It was the more chillax Balinese activity on our agenda. We spent maybe an hour just lazing and admiring the view and enjoying our drinks. We bought Kopi Luwak there but later found out that it's so much cheaper if you buy it from the market (duh). No regrets though, the "free" experience that came with it was worth it. 

After that, we asked Putra to take us to a massage place. He brought us to a multi-story spa which was the total opposite of the very stressful monkey forest. My friends and I enjoyed the Balinese massage.

After the spa, we went to Ayam Tulang Lunak Malioboro - a local Indonesian food place that was highly recommended by our driver, Putra. They specialise in pressure cooked chicken that makes the bone so soft that you can actually eat it. We had salted egg chicken and another one I can't remember which sauce. The salted egg was good!

That wraps up our second action packed yet relaxing second day. :)

For Day 1, click here,
For Day 3, click here.
Day 4, coming soon.

xx