Today was the day! Before we even got to Asia we had pre booked our flights to Bali so we had a date to look forward to from the start! Our plan was Kuta, Seminyak, Ubud and then Gili T, as we only had two weeks! So first up was Kuta, this was the closest to the airport and it really was close! We arrived in Bali at our hotel and had some lunch there before heading to the beaches. The beaches in Kuta and Seminyak were nothing special, in fact they looked similar to the beaches at home but obviously the weather is much better and the waves are 10x stronger. We spent the majority of our time in Kuta on the beaches, just sun bathing and dipping in and out of the sea occasionally. On the second night we went to Sky Garden which was recommended to us by Jenny. It's 100,000 rupiah which converts to £5 for unlimited food and drinks between 5 and 9.30pm. The food was amazing here, the have a buffet every night and each night is usually themed, plus BBQ food every night. We ended up going here a couple of times, but later regretted it when we ran out of money and it cost 100,000 rupiah to withdraw money from ATMS!
The next day we headed to the beach again but during the afternoon, we walked up to the Turtle conservation where they do a daily release of baby turtles into the ocean. After a briefing, you queue up and collect a baby turtle in a pool of water and head to the beach where there is a line drew for you to stand on. Once everyone has a turtle, you kneel on the line and after 3 you let the turtle out of the container and crawl towards the ocean. It was so adorable, especially for kids!
Another thing we planned to do in Bali was visit the waterpark, its recently been voted #3 in the world and #1 in Asia and it was so much fun however its quite pricey for a travellers budget! We got there early and you hand over your information and receive a ticket and a wristband which allows you to put money on as there is no cash handled inside the park. We then put our stuff away in the lockers (which you also had to pay for) and topped up our sun screen then headed towards the rides. The park was rather overwhelming as it was huge and so were the rides! They have a lazy river, which we headed to first, as we were familiar with it from visiting waterparks in America. This went all the way around and through the park so you could stop and get off and on at different exits. The one thing I'll never forget about this day is being dropped from a platform 25 meters down a slide, it was sooo scary!! If you are in Kuta, you have to go, it's a 10 minute walk from the centre of Kuta, however I wouldn't recommend it for smaller children!
A couple of days later we moved on to Seminyak, we'd heard its much nicer than Kuta. We had found a really nice hotel in Seminyak for only £7 a night so we were excited to get here! Whether you've been to Seminyak or not, if theres one thing you've heard it would be thats its great for shopping! Its full of little boutiques and nice stores but they aren't afraid of prices here! That night we were both feeling a bit homesick and down so we went to an Italian that had an offer on, buy a normal sized pizza, triple the size and only double the price. IT WAS HUGE! We had two slices and were totally stuffed, so saved the rest for lunch the following day. I think this turned out costing only £3 each! The next day we tried Seminyak beach and the same goes for here as it does for Kuta. Its very similar to home, the waves are huge, the water is a bit colder and the sand is a bit muddy but it was just nice to enjoy the sun shine!
After a few days around the coast we travelled inland to Ubud where we planned to do the rice terraces and monkey forest. We eventually got there after our rude taxi driver found it, so we wonder around the market and had a cheap dinner. The next day is when we pretty much explored the whole of Ubud. We visited Monkey Forest in the morning. I can't say I was a big fan of this, the monkeys freaked me out a little, especially after Holly got bit... 4 times! But later that day, we did much more cultural things. We paid the taxi driver 100,000 rupiah each and he took us to a temple, coffee planation and the rice terraces. It was really nice as it wasn't packed with tourists, it was quite relaxing and the taxi driver was lovely! This day we also booked our travel to Gili T, which I am still annoyed about!
We paid around £25 each and it was a horrible journey! The mini bus there took twice as long as it should of and the air con barely worked and then the boat, sorry the fast boat, also took twice as long but still went just as fast. A poor woman opposite us was throwing up the whole way as the sea is extremely rough in Bali and then some even more unfortunate women who were sat up top who drenched head to toe because there was no seats left! I would really NOT recommend Wahana Fast Boat, pay the little bit extra!
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