See You Again Bali
Day 14
It's the final day in Bali now. It's a slightly challenging day as it's an evening flight but the latest checkout we could get was 1 pm. And our shuttle to the airport leaves around 3:30pm, as it is still a longer drive to get back to Denpasar in the rush hour traffic. But the grounds are lovely so the plan for everyone seems to be to chill by the pool until it's time to leave.
It was a bit of a lazy day for us today. We took the shuttle into Ubud town for a bit of a walk around during the day. We wandered around town a bit. It's an odd tourist location to visit. There isn't really too much around here and the closest beach is a few hours away. But the place is filled with a lot of young backpacking Australians so perhaps the low prices and plentiful bars and restaurants are the big draw. There are also a lot of tourist shops and they all seem to sell the same things. Every market or shop had sarongs, plates, hibiscus hair clips, sundresses and statues of all sorts.
A big highlight here is to visit the monkey forest. Which sounds like a great idea, all sorts of monkeys to visit. It's a big green space with temples and several hundred monkeys. The catch is that these monkeys are a touch on the aggressive side. You are able to buy food to feed them so they are not afraid of humans. Many of the reviews online have commented on getting bitten and needing rabies shots. And since we've seen hundreds of monkeys out in the wild we decided to pass.
A few random thoughts on things I've seen along the way I haven't mentioned in other posts (at least I'm hoping I haven't). When you go to the restaurant I am so used to getting a fork and knife. It seems standard for us. But here you get a fork and a big spoon. Makes having to cut things a bit interesting but you quickly learn to make do. But this was standard on every island including our days on the boat.
Lots of the hotels have some impressive libraries of books to take or leave. In multiple languages. I've seen random shelves before in some hotels but in Sanur they had it organized by language and they even had more out by the pool as well as in the lobby.
You primarily see Japanese cars here. Toyota is a popular choice. Our one guide told us that the car taxes change on where your car is from. Japanese have the cheapest taxes, American cars are a lot more and German made cars are around 5 times as much as the Japanese. We did spot a few Chevy's, and the occasional sports car. Which our guide also told us can be a poor choice here with the bad roads and high speed bumps. And gas is fairly cheap here. It's not rock bottom cheap but you could fill your car up for under 30 CAD at less than 80 cents a litre. He was horrified at the cost of gas in the Canada and especially the UK. But I am a little bit too so I wasn't too surprised.
The Balinese are a very polite people. Like the Japanese they bow a lot. They tend to put their hands together as if they are praying and bow there heads. Even one car park promised free parking if the attendant didn't bow. It did slow the line down a little bit.
Flights went well back home. It was a very quick transfer in Kuala Lumpur and still no chance to sit up top of the plane. Once again it was really nice to get a break from the flights and have a day and evening in London. Even if all we did was pop in to say hi to Terry's parents. And now it's back at home and back to work. And back planning the next holiday!
Hope you all enjoyed the trip along with me. It was an amazing trip and I feel like I saw so much. Thanks for reading!
It's the final day in Bali now. It's a slightly challenging day as it's an evening flight but the latest checkout we could get was 1 pm. And our shuttle to the airport leaves around 3:30pm, as it is still a longer drive to get back to Denpasar in the rush hour traffic. But the grounds are lovely so the plan for everyone seems to be to chill by the pool until it's time to leave.
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| random shot of Ubud |
A big highlight here is to visit the monkey forest. Which sounds like a great idea, all sorts of monkeys to visit. It's a big green space with temples and several hundred monkeys. The catch is that these monkeys are a touch on the aggressive side. You are able to buy food to feed them so they are not afraid of humans. Many of the reviews online have commented on getting bitten and needing rabies shots. And since we've seen hundreds of monkeys out in the wild we decided to pass.
A few random thoughts on things I've seen along the way I haven't mentioned in other posts (at least I'm hoping I haven't). When you go to the restaurant I am so used to getting a fork and knife. It seems standard for us. But here you get a fork and a big spoon. Makes having to cut things a bit interesting but you quickly learn to make do. But this was standard on every island including our days on the boat.
Lots of the hotels have some impressive libraries of books to take or leave. In multiple languages. I've seen random shelves before in some hotels but in Sanur they had it organized by language and they even had more out by the pool as well as in the lobby.
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| offerings on the ground outside the doors |
The Balinese are a very polite people. Like the Japanese they bow a lot. They tend to put their hands together as if they are praying and bow there heads. Even one car park promised free parking if the attendant didn't bow. It did slow the line down a little bit.
Flights went well back home. It was a very quick transfer in Kuala Lumpur and still no chance to sit up top of the plane. Once again it was really nice to get a break from the flights and have a day and evening in London. Even if all we did was pop in to say hi to Terry's parents. And now it's back at home and back to work. And back planning the next holiday!
Hope you all enjoyed the trip along with me. It was an amazing trip and I feel like I saw so much. Thanks for reading!
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