Thursday, August 21, 2014

Insights on Bali



I went to Bali with 24 of my classmates along with 3 teachers on 21st April 2014. I arrived around 4:20 a.m. at the airport, and there was still only a few of us that had already arrived at the airport. Around 5:30 a.m., our group was only waiting for Visyka to arrive and check-in our luggage.
We had 3 groups in the airport, Pak Hari’s, Ms. Vilma’s, and Sir Josh’s group. I was in Sir Josh’s group at  airport, but later I will be in Pak Hari’s when we arrive in Bali.  After the last group, Sir Josh’s group checked-in, we hurried up to the second floor to the waiting room. It was almost time for boarding, so we had to go to the boarding gate already. Me and Grace were already walking down the aisle of the boarding gate, when we saw the sunrise, but kept walking down. Then, we rode a bus for a few minutes, and boarded the plane.  The flight duration was 1 hour and 45 minutes, after  the plane landed, we entered Ngurah Rai airport to take our luggage.

When we got out of the building, we met our tour guide, and went around to  buy food and beverages, and we were given around 30 minutes to do that. After, we entered the bus, our tour guide introduced himself, and his name was Pak Dwi. Then, he explained about the types of  temples in Bali, there were three, which are village temple, family temple, and functional temple. And he also told us the three main gods in Hinduism. They are: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. After we arrived at Tanah Lot, we were given 30 minutes to explore the place and take pictures for our scrapbook too, if we needed it for our scrapbook. Me and Grace went to a nearby cliff too take pictures of the crashing waves. It was really amazing. Later, all of us gathered in a nearby spot and left the place. We were stuck on traffic for about two hours until we arrived at Restaurant Renon. After we ate lunch, we went to the hotel and checked-in.

At 5 p.m. in Bali time, we went to Restaurant Kemangi to eat dinner as well as watching Legong dance performance. Me,Grace, and Thea sat with the boys and talked game until food was served. Then, we ate our dinner and watched the Legong dance. It was so spectacular! In the end, Grace, Visyka, Grecia, and I were dragged onto the stage by the dancers. Later, all of us took pictures with the dancers and Pak Dwi took the pictures. Then, we went back to the hotel and wrote our journals in Anabelle and Jennyfer's room and went back to prepare our things for tomorrow. after everything was prepared, we changed our clothes and rested for the night.           

Next day, we went to the water rafting area by bus, and continued to the place by riding a smaller car. We met the Cipete there as well. Then, all of us were shown the correct ways and rules in rafting, and after, we are told to make groups consisting of 4 to 5 people per group. After the trainers went to my group, which consists of me, Grace, Thea, Bryan, and Daylen. We went down to get our rafting equipment and walked down around 500 steps to the river.

After, we were in the river, the currents are quite strong, but we still had fun! We even managed to prank people and have races with other raft boats. Later, before the last rapid, Pak Hari was taking pictures of us, and then we swan to the shore of the river, and had lunch in the nearby restaurant. After all of us ate lunch, we climbed up again and changed our clothes. After everyone from Grand Surya has gathered in the bus, we set out to Laka Leke. There, at Laka Leke, all of us were taught how to paint kites and eggs. And after waiting for the Cipete to arrive, we practiced the Kecak Dance so that we can perform on the evening. Later, we had dinner and then put on our dancing clothes, and performed. After performing, we went back to the hotel to rest.

On Day 3, we went to Sawah Indah, Pura Gunung Kawi, and GWK. At Sawah Indah, we were taught how to plant rice paddy and plot the field. I didin't know what Pura Gunung Kawi was like since i didn't enter the shrine. And at GWK, we saw a performance of Ramayana in kecak. It was amazing, but not as good as the previous one I had saw.

On Day 4, we went to Bali Bird Park. It was so cool! The birds there varies and many are exotic. I even saw a white peacock which is rare to find nowadays. We also went biking to Subak orientation rice paddies,  Balinese Traditional House, and also a place to produce herb drinks. On the afternoon, we went to Sanur Beach to swim and have a barberque dinner and went back to the hotel to rest for tomorrow and pack up to go home back to Jakarta.

On Day 5, we had breakfast at the hotel and checked out later on. Then, we went to Krisna to buy souvenirs to give our families and friends back in Jakarta. After, we left and departed to the airport. But, in the airport, our flight which was supposed to be in the afternoon became delayed due to the hijack of Virgin Airways. But eventually, we went home in 6 p.m. in the evening, and went to our perspective homes.  
  
( By: Banshee - Elvira )

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