Ramayana hotel,kuta

after a little bit of confusion over the hotel booking,we were quickly ushered to our respective rooms and were told to have our breakfast at the restaurant. apalagi..what a lot of food! unlike the breakfast buffet we have over in m'sia,the food was plentiful..crispy bacon as in babi bacon because 90% of balinese are hindu. Even in jakarta,crispy bacons are served at the buffet table even though it's a muslim country. anyway,if you want to eat lots & lots of bacon for breakfast,go to denpasar. oh ya,our rooms were very nice and doria & hubby got to sleep in a bedroom with bed complete with mosquito netting ..kibong..

our hotel,ramayana is highly recommended for people who like to shop,look at people passing by.

plenty of shops,even marks & spencer is just down the road in a mall,coffee bean and plenty of spas.security is tight,so feel safe. everybody that passes by goes through some security checks. we shopped til 10pm..kuta is just waking up..mat sallehs everywhere. now,i know why the mat sallehs love to go to bali..people esp in kuta are courteous & hospitable. hardly saw any old taxis in denpasar. their vans & taxis which look like our recently launched blue proton sagas are a lot decent looking. they are everywhere waiting to send you from point a to point b.

Cubaan.....

smiles back on our faces after makan at orchid hotel

pak nyoman counting heads before leaving for the hotel.

pak nyoman dragging my bag

a blur pix of bali as the plane was descending

Cubaan or blessing in disguise,that's what I called it when we found out that our flight's schedule was retimed when we were checking in at the RBA counter. The flight to Denpasar was retimed to 5.40 sunday morning. So,how or what are you going to do about 8 ibu-ibu who were trying to 'santai & libur' in the island of the gods,i asked the staff. (btw, i'm typing with my left hand cos my right hand is in great pain..will tell you later about it)Awda semua akan dibawa ke orchid hotel.....blah..blah.wait at the money changer counter and in a few minutes a driver will fetch all of you to spend the night at orchid hotel with dinner provided,said one of the staff. true to her words, we were fetched,given dinner & our rooms were nice. i saw the smiles back on the ibu-ibu's faces again after given the unexpected hospitality by rba. mind you,it's not easy leading a group of ladies but praise God,all of us have this spirit of:ngak apa, bisa di aturrr,dong!

by 2.30am,a wake up call was made by the hotel staff and at 3am,about 80 of us,stranded passengers bound for denpasar were driven to the airport and 3/4 of the passengers were orang putih.

the flight to denpasar was smooth,the weather was fine and by 8am,we landed at ngurah rai airport,bali. we were worried about the unexpected. would the officials be like the ones at the airport in jakarta? surprise..surprise & thanks be to God who answered our prayers,the officials were courteous and God sent us a very nice tour guide,pak nyoman & a careful driver. If you can drive in Bali,you're definitely a very good driver.