Eventful Bali (iii)

The days in Ubud seemed to pass very quickly... the happy days at Madrigal came to an end, and even though I couldn't bear to, it was time to bid farewell to Bill and his lovely dog.

We had another night in GreenField, just to take things slowly, before we moved on to Sanur (next destination). Sanur is another beach destination, but a world apart from Kuta. Here we saw a lot of older couples who wanted a cosy and "upper class" beach holiday. Not as high class as Nusa Dua but still a very peaceful place to really let go... do nothing, soak your feet in the clear waters of Sanur, read on the sun-bed while sipping a cocktail.

Now, that's a holiday.

Unfortunately it was a bit rainy and S didn't fancy the beach much... so we didn't really get to do what the others were doing. We walked about a bit, mainly just to look for places for dinner. S got around to some shopping (he reckoned he needed a new haversack), finally S and his shopping!!! I never grumbled because I wouldn't mind at all to accompany him! I went to Hardy's (a superstore with supermarket), and bought lots of stuff. No wonder my friends said I treat grocery shopping as an adventure too, but it really is... I don't know why but I can easily spend hours in a supermarket!

We stayed at Flashback's after walking miles and not finding a more worthy place to stay. Flashback's is a little paradise of its own, it's not too fancy but it's very charming with lots of character. We stayed in a wooden room (with our saviour, a mosquito net!), it was teeny but surprisingly it felt very comfortable and more than a lot of other bigger rooms we have had. There we shared a kitchen (with fridge, coffee/tea/water), bathroom & toilet (but each assigned room has their own bathroom!), a chill-out area with books and cable TV (yey! we watched movie and soccer) and also a tiny 1.5m pool (where I clung onto S as a float half the time.. hee!).

The owners (Peter & Jan) also opened their own "retro" themed cafe named The Porch, just besides our room. They do wonderful food as I read from online reviews so I was quite eager to try!! I finally did on the last day before we left for Singapore... only after the lady boss kindly offered me a discount on the red leather bag I had been eyeing on, else I wouldn't be able to buy my last meal at their cafe! I guess she got a good deal out of it too because the 10% discount she has given me ended up back in that steak burger I ate! LOL. Anyway, I was left with quite a lot of money which could last me another 2-3 days, so I decided to splurge it on that leather bag after failing to find a pair of leather gladiator in the shops. Happy purchase (because I have always wanted a quality bag and this one is designed by Flashback's owner Jan!). Thank you Jan!

So that's basically the end of my 12 days... I didn't write that much this time, not a lot of inspiration or much worth to mention about apart from these. The rest shall be kept as "Whatever happened in Bali remains in Bali" -- learnt from my friend, Marz. So all is history.

BTW anyone keen to drop a visit to Bali, it's a good time, Jetstar is now having a promotion and the ticket price is half of Garuda's (to go this December!). Book now! But reminder, it's rainy season!! Bring a raincoat!! Rp is now also weaker to SGD, even better time to go compared to the time I went! A little tip, change some money in your country but you can change the rest while you're there because the rate there are probably same or even better (BUT beware of small shops that gives you small notes because they will probably "miscalculate"!!).