Honeymoon : Bali (Day 3 - End)

Janji mau nge post hari terakhir honeymoon baru sekarang ter-realisasi. Maklum aja udah males kembali melanda. Honeymoonnya aja udah hampir setengah tahun yang lalu. Untung draftnya udah disimpen, kalo nggak udah lupa deh semua ceritanya.

So this was our last day to enjoyed Bali. We spent the last day by hiring half-day tour. Jadi kita rental mobil dengan supir yang merangkap sebagai the so-called guide. Kita direkomendasiin tour ini dari supir hotel. So we met the guy with tattoo all over him. Satu hal lagi yang suprising di Bali hampir semua orang bertato and it’s common in here. Even staff hotel juga hampir semua bertato. So, my first impression a bit cracked by his tattoo.

Over all he’s bad, sangat pendiam. Entah dia berpikir untuk ngasih kita privacy cus we’re on honeymoon but we expect more info from him. Kita kurang dapet informasi dari Bli supir (I don't even remember his name). Tournya hanya setengah hari (6 jam) dengan biaya IDR 300K. Setelah kita hitung2 dengan biaya grab/uber jauh lebih murah sewa tour begini.

Kita check out dari hotel jam 11 dijemput sama supir tour jadi hitungannya sampe jam 3 sore deh kita pake jasanya. Bli supir ini lumayan sopan dan profesional sebagai supir tapi pelit info nya itu loh yang bikin tournya makin gerah.

So these were our initial itinerary : Pantai Pandawa, Dreamland Beach Tanah Lot, GWK (I prefer Padang beach but hubby insisted), off to Hotel Atanaya at Sunset Road. Tapi si supir secara halus mengarahkan Tanah Lot diubah jadi Uluwatu aja karena ke Tanah Lot tuh terlalu jauh ntar nggak keburu tempat yang lain. Dasar kita gampang dibujuk sih ya nurut aja.

Pandawa Beach

Menurut Bli supir pantai ini baru sekitar 2-3 tahun dibuka, jadi masih ‘perawan’ banget. Nyampe sana pas jam 12 siang, matahari bener-bener terik dan tepat di atas kepala. But it’s worth a visit. Airnya masih jernih banget, crystal clear view dan kita bisa liat gradasi warna air di pantainya. View nya juga cantik banget, everything`s perfect but the freaking hot weather, oh my goodness. 

 Airnya jernih banget, sejernih aurat suami yang pamer kemana-mana X__X

Dreamland Beach

Sebelum ke dreamland, hubby minta ke mesjid dulu buat sholat jumat. Untungnya perjalanan ke Dreamland ada mesjid dan rameee banget. So it took about an hour for jumaah praying.

Untuk ke dreamland, mobil kita nggak bisa nganter sampe ke pantainya karena nggak ada tempat parkir. Jadi kita diturunin di tempat parkir mobil trus lanjut naik shuttle ke pantainya. Banyak shuttle disana, gratis dan kita gak nunggu lama langsung dianter.

Entah karena udah terpukau sama Pandawa atau cuaca yang makin makin makin panas aja, rasanya dreamland was not that WOW.

Di Bali sering banget diramahin sama ibu-ibu. Kirain emang ramah mau ngajak ngobrol, eh ujung2nya nawarin payung di pinggir pantai. Dan kita kena juga tuh di Dreamland, sampe ditungguin lagi foto-foto berdua. Ibu-ibu penawar jasa payung ini agak maksa sih jadi lumayan ngeselin ditambah perut lagi laper banget belum makan siang.

Dreamland beach penuh dengan bule. Pantainya bersih, airnya biru cantik, pasir putih dan matahari kayanya Cuma 10 senti di atas kepala. PANASNYA MASYA ALLAH :’(((

Ombaknya lumayan gede that’s way banyak bule yang surfing or simply sunbathed. Bule, pantai, sunbathing nggak jauh2 dari bikini dan super low boxer. Yeah, right.

We didn’t spend much time here as we were in Pandawa. Just had lunch then went back to the car. Karena mikir mau balik ke mobil aja kita harus nunggu shuttle, it’d took time. But as I told you, there were enough shuttle car so u don’t have to worry waiting them too long.

Waktu kita tinggal sekitar 2 jam lagi, akhirnya kita mutusin ke Uluwatu aja dan gak jadi ke GWK. Well, mandatory selfie in GWK was not that tempting for me so I suggested to forget it and went straight forward to Uluwatu.

Uluwatu

Pura Luhur Uluwatu adalah destinasi terakhir kita. And we were exhasuted already. Ada biaya masuk yang dikenakan (tapi udah lupa berapaan, hehe). Kita masuk dengan kain kuning atau ungu yang diiketin di perut. Dan disediakan kain untuk pengunjung yang celana atau roknya terlalu pendek (tidak dibawah lutut). As we went in we could hear the announcement about the temple. Yang agak unusual tuh the announcer warned us to take care our stuffs and be ware of monkeys. Jadi banyak monyet yang suka ngambil barang2 pengunjung such as : kacamata, tas, or anything. Too bad selama disana kita gak ada ketemu satu monyet pun :(

Masih paksain senyum demi foto maksimal ala tourist

Perjalanan kesana dengan tenaga yang tinggal 20% terasa semakin berat. Jalanan nanjak, nyampe ke pura kita harus ngelewatin berapa puluh anak tangga untuk nyampe ke atas. Capek? BANGET. Tapi capeknya terbayar kok dengan pemandangan dari atas. So we could see a beautiful view of Uluwatu beach. Dan ada tempat yang bentuknya kaya teather outdoor tempat orang-orang nonton Tari kecak setiap sorenya. Supir grab kita sebelumnya pernah ngasih tau (yeah supir grab, karena supir tour kita pendiem banget gak ada ngasih info apapun!), kalo ke uluwatu harus liat tari kecaknya. It’s so magical and beautiful show with a sunset as background. Well, we’re not that lucky to watched but this journey had been super great so far. 

such a magnificent view up here 

di kiri atas tuh ada semacam teater tempat pertunjukan tari kecak diadakan

it's not enough without a selfie, isn't it?

Mengingat rencana awal kita yang nggak mau jalan-jalan selama di Bali, bisa ke tempat-tempat wisata di sini in the last minute is just enough magical for me.

Udah jam 3 sore sebenernya waktu kita udah abis di uluwatu. Dan perjalanan ke sunset road menuju hotel Atanaya aja makan waktu sekitar 30 menit. Untungnya Bli supir yang super pendiem ini nggak minta charge extra 1 jam. So... he’s not that bad after all, hehe

Krisna

Hari terakhir kita sengaja pilih Kuta biar deket sama bandara. Dari beberapa review di internet banyak yang bilang pantai di Kuta jorok, rame sama ababil alay, tempat hura2 deh. Dan karena kita udah capek, niatnya juga di hari terakhir tuh buat nyari oleh-oleh, jadilah kita nyari hotel yang deket pusat oleh-oleh sekaligus deket sama bandara juga.

Tanya temen-temen di Bali katanya kalo nyari oleh-oleh di Krisna, harganya murah dan nggak perlu nawar karena udah ada tag harganya. So we booked Atanaya Hotel yang letaknya tepat di samping Krisna. Kalo dari review sih lumayan ya, karena letaknya di sebelah krisna jadi gak perlu transport untuk beli oleh-oleh :D Mungkin karena tamunya rame, resepsionis agak kewalahan di front desk. Kita tertarik nginep di sini karena letaknya sebelahan sama Krisna dan rooftop pool nya yang attractive. Dan setelah nginep disini rasanya biasa aja. Harga hotel jadi terlalu mahal dibandingin fasilitasnya yang masih perlu banyak perbaikan. Rooftop pool nya juga terlalu remang-remang dengan musik jedag-jedug dilengkapin muda-mudi pacaran di pool dan di pojokan, aku yang hijaban begini jadi diliatin orang-orang dan ngerasa totally in the wrong place.

Jam 8 malem kita turun untuk beli oleh-oleh ke krisna. Dan ternyata Krisna RAME BANGET YA ALLAH.. tempatnya ini kayanya nggak pernah sepi deh. Semua wisatawan yang mau beli oleh-oleh pada kesini. Lupa bukanya jam berapa tapi tutup jam 11 malem. Semua ada disini. Jadi bener deh keputusan kita yang dari hari pertama gak mau belanja apapun Cuma berharap semua beli di krisna. Emang lengkap dan murah sih. Saking murahnya belanja sampe 2 keranjang dan billnya lumayan nguras dompet suami. Ya udahlah ya, namanya juga liburan.

Pulang dari krisna kita jalan kaki di sepanjang sunset road tapi gak ada yang seru. Banyak tempat makan di sepanjang jalan tapi ya udah gitu aja. Mungkin karena itu kemaren supir grab kita nyaranin seharusnya nginep di poppies lane biar bisa liat sunrise di Kuta dan jalan2 di sepanjang poppies lane yang emang pedestrian friendly..

So, that’s how we end our honeymoon in Bali. Full of spontanity, romance and memorable journey we had back then. Looking forward to the next jorney we’d take.

Honeymoon: Bali (Day 2 - Nusa Dua)

Why did we pick Nusa Dua? I had no idea what's good there. People say Nusa Dua was famous with its water sports. So at first I was planning to did all these extreme water sports. Then in the last minute my mother told me to stay calm, "nggak usah lasak2 lah nen. Siapa tau hamil"

There it was..

We went to our next destination Nusa Dua without having any plans. After check out from Seminyak, we went straight ahead to Nusa Dua by Grab taxi. I shouldn't have thanks to Uber and grab enough. They're saving our expenses a lot. It saved us around 200k for transport fee. It charged us IDR 70K from Batubelig, Seminyak to Mahogany Hotel, Nusa Dua.

By the time we got Mahogany Hotel, we're served by a very kindly and helpful receptionist to help us check-in. We booked the hotel from traveloka (I've compared many travel website and I found traveloka is the most affordable of all) by IDR 473.737 (with 10% discounts). And the hotel itself beyond my expectations.  The super helpful and kind staffs with an excellent facilities they offered, I wouldn't say no for the second visit.

I chose this 3-star hotel just because they gave a free shuttle to Bali Collection, which is mean save us another Rupiahs for transport fee. We booked for a room with a Balcony and here what we paid for a view..

That's a Bali Mandara Toll Road view right from our balcony. The night view is more gorgeous but I forgot to capture.

Sunrise from the rooftop

Morning swim at the hotel

At 3 pm we're already steady at the lobby for a shuttle to Bali Collection. At first I thought there would be a minibus with some hotel guess. Maybe because we came in low season, it only both of us were privately taking there by an Innova. The driver who is still young (around my age, I guess) telling us what to do and where to go while we're in Nusa dua. Because we're avoiding any extreme sports, so he thought maybe we could hired a half-day tour. We didn't want to go with a tight schedule tour, but this half-day tour sounded promising which is we didn't have to rush to dealt with tight schedule. So we decided to take this half day tour tomorrow as we checked out from hotel.

Bali Collection 

Welcome to Bali Collection, that places to find expensive stuffs

By the time we got to Bali Collection, I didn't quite impressed. It's an outdoor shopping mall with international tourists as their target market. The price their tag was real high and the weather itself was so damn hot. I was a bit regreted. It's sooooo HOT FOR GOD SAKE. what's the matter with Bali and its weather 😩

And I have a bad story there. We were stopped by a hotel salesman that insisted us to go to their hotel grand opening and urged us to took the so-called-grand prizes that I got. We're on our honeymoon and a grand opening hotel would be the last thing we're probably visit indeed. He was persistently forced us to give our number so he could picked us tomorrow morning for their grand opening hotel. It made me irritated by took my hubby and left him talk rubbish alone. At first, I just want to help him sharing the brochure. But his attitude and the freaking hot weather were getting on my nerves. 

Afterward, We went to sogo for 2 reasons. I want to bought a sandals and craving for aircond. 

Pamer sendal jepit baru 😂😂

Nusa Dua Beach

We had about a half hour before our shuttle came to pick us back. So there we went to Nusa Dua Beach which is took us 5 minutes walk. And I'm falling in love with it. it's clean and full of shade tree to blocking us from sun. The sand was smooth and again, it's quite. I love beaches when it's quite and clean.

May Allah give us what is best for us in this world and grand us Jannah in the hereafter ❤️

Super HOT. Felt like above 36 degree here

Diner by the Jimbaran Bay

People kept telling that having diner at Jimbaran bay by watching sunset is a must. So there we went, at a seafood restaurant in Jimbaran Bay, we're expecting a quite, romantic and private diner. But the reality hit me, there're sooooo many people that I feel like going back to hotel.

Too many table with people talking, laughing, taking selfies, drinking that I couldn't hardly breathe. It just felt so wrong. We just planned to have coconut drink by watching sunset and have a nice chat. But waiters kept coming and abit urge us to order their food, and people around us were drunk and keep drinking and drinking and laughing and EVERYTHING FELT SO WRONG.

oh well, after all, we did enjoy the sunset view. It's the best sunset l've seen so far. But I don't think to make another visit here.

The pict said it's calm yet it's not

A magnificent view, I always admire this twilight moment 

TOO crowded 

Then let's call it a day. We're back to hotel by Grab. And just like Jakarta, Uber and Grab had that controversy in some tourism places in Bali. So our grab driver reminded us to not tell the people in store we're ordered grab. Just told them that we rented a car with driver. Anything you want, Mr. Driver. As long as we got low expenses. It cost us IDR 32K.

Tomorrow, We have a tight schedule trip. Pandawa, Uluwatu, Sunset road are coming soon.

Honeymoon: Bali (day 1 - Seminyak)

Before honeymoon left remain forgettable I'd better post it here as memories to remember.

So we decided Bali as our honeymoon destination. Since I've been there at 3 yo (which I couldn't even remember a thing) and hubby was agree wherever to go as long as it's honeymoon.

We started our trip on March 16th, 2016 in the morning. It cost us IDR 1.695.867 (CGK - DPS - CGK)

The first thing I remember as soon as I got there is Bali was freaking hot as hell. We had lunch at the airport and ordered grab taxi to got to our villa at Batubelig, Seminyak. We had no idea that Grab and Uber are available in Bali which was saving us a lot of money from taxi costs. It only cost us IDR 60k for grab taxi instead of around 200k if we're using taxi.

Since the title was honeymoon we didn't into traveling. Just wanna enjoy the moment we've spent together there without rush in with the tight schedule tour.

I had this wish since before we get married to stay in a villa once in our honeymoon trip. So we searched for an affordable 5-star villa that suit to honeymooners in Seminyak. We used agoda, booking.com and traveloka as comparison to find the most affordable one. We ended up booking this villa from traveloka. It's called Asthana Batubelig Villa in Seminyak. It cost us IDR 1.148.857 (after 10% discount from traveloka) for a night. So take a look at the villa urself :)

The aisle to villa. Isn't it lovely? 😍

We request for a honeymoon setup at first and didn't cost any additional payments ahead (yayyy)

Sunset at Batubelig beach

We went to Batubelig beach, looking for beautiful sunset there. It only took us 5 mins walking from villa. This was the best beach for me not because of the view, but the quite and far from the crowd place which we really craved for. What a sweet serendepity by sawing bule running by the beach along with some dogs, no local people taking picture with selca stick, making noises or threw junk all over the beach. It only us (the locals) and all the bules enjoying the sunset. Priceless (literally).

We tried walking along the road at night just because. For the record, Bali is not Moslem friendly. It's hard to find mosque or halal food. We only ate halal certified junk food there. We back to villa after bought some simple groceries to be made at the kitchen that provided in our villa. 

First honeymoon dinner. Nothing fancy, just bread, self-made martabak mie, drinks and a gorgeous man in front of me ;)

The private pool right in front of the bedroom. You could just jump straight to it.

As we check in we'd already given breakfast menu for tomorrow morning. So we chose indonesian and american breakfast menus and set 7.30 am as the time to deliver the breakfast. Yes, the breakfast delivered straight to our room. It's a truly heavenly honeymoon. 

"Just look, don't eat! I'm not done capturing" told the lady to the man who's absolutely starving. His comment after breakfast "I prefer normal all you can breakfast that provided by usual hotel. This is too little to my tummy" which I couldn't agree more. Namanya perut indonesia. Mana cukup makan dikit gini.

So we've spent or first day long of honeymoon almost in villa. Well, it's honeymoon tho, what do you expect? We didn't care of places, stuffs or culture there. And we paid some rupiahs for a villa so it such a waste to not enjoy everything there. After all, It's all about us, isn't it? 😝

Let's call it a day. The next day we moved to Nusa Dua that I'll write in the next post.

Thanks for reading, and if there anything I can help please do leave a comment. It's my pleasure to help 😊