In & around Ramayana Resort & Spa Hotel,Kuta

at the entrance of Ramayana Hotel

Shopping Mall down the road

Shops nearby the hotel selling T shirts,souvenirs,etc.

Standing next to a statue in the garden of the hotel

Another part of the hotel's garden

Endu seems to be saying,"Bintang beer is good for you." ( Actually,it's just a Fanta orange drink.) Kate & Khalo posing while we were having dinner at another outlet of the hotel called 'The Stadium' where football enthusiasts can watch football Live on the big screens. The steak sandwich which Endu had was/is highly recommended.

We couldn't resist posing on our way to our rooms.

Just to show you some more nice Balinese furnitures.

Standing next to another Balinese centre piece

Home Designer/Deco goods

On our way back from the padi fields, we passed Mas ,a village where you can see all the beautiful home decor shops lining the narrow road on both sides. Yes,this is the place where the craftsmen,woodcarvers,workmen,carpenters make,show,display and sell the goods that one see in all the homes that are shown in Home magazines. Oh..oh..the lamps & lamps shades..the furnitures,the garden houses,statues,the mosaic glassware bowls,vases..you name it. So..so..so..very..very..nice. Boomerangs & most of the aboroginals' products on sale in Australia, I believe, come from Bali.

If I had the money to go to Bali again and also the money to buy, I would waste no time to go to this village to buy all the nice home decos. Saw several containers being loaded with the goods.

We were rushing for time so we did not make a stop there..just passing by.

I think the trees that we saw were Jati trees,being felled by the men to make statues of Buddhas,cupboards,the giraffes,the cats & lots more for exports.

I have to go..ka tindok..bendar endar nusoi ensera.

Seafood Dinner @ Jimbaran Beach

Also included in the tour package by RBA was a seafood dinner at Jimbaran Beach

We're each given a flower to put on the ear and here you see me digging into my purse for some rupiah to give to................

Grilled mix seafood

Flower Power

While waiting for dinner to be served...............

Tables & chairs nicely laid on the beach..no mosquitoes..indeed a very nice setting.

I was digging into my purse to give the singers some rupiahs for their effort in making our dinner at Jimbaran a memorable one.

Madu di tangan kiri mu,racun di tangan kanan mu..aku tak tahu yang mana akan kau beri ke pada ku

aku tak tahu yang mana kau akan beri ke pada ku.......

aku beri kepada kau IDR50,000/- plus another IDR10,000/- from Kate for serenading us with three songs.

Wait til you see who happened to be on the same beach with the Ibu-Ibu? Jamie Oliver?..nay..Anthony Bourdain?...nay...Keith Floyd?..nay...

Eh....Chef Wan..Chef Wan,I called out as he approached our table on his way to the table next to us. So we said,ambil gambar..ambil gambar. Nanti dulu ambil gambar,makan dulu,said Chef Wan.

A few minutes later he came over. He was together with his mum and some Ayamas people shooting new recipes at the Ritz Calton,down the road. He was very pleasant and spent several minutes joking with us.
Wah.. nampak macam tak ada pergi mengundi ni,ko iya. Ada..ade..pagi awal -awal kelmarin dah pergi mengundi..baru sampai pagi tadi,ko bala nyaut iya.

Nya meh cerita..................dinner ba Jimbaran Beach. As far as the eyes could see,the beach was filled with nicely laid tables & chairs. The waves coming in and out as if they were about to hit at you but stopped short of washing you out to the sea.

terracced padi fields

did you know that the balinese padi growers pay tax to the gov't for the padi? the villagers all share the padi fields. they plant padi twice a year.

with pak nyoman...if any of you out there intends to 'santai & libur' in bali,let me know,i'll give his name card to you..a very patient and nice man.

ibu yenny & ibu yennica

lunch at kintamani restaurant

buffet lunch at a restaurant in kintamani..a lot of multi-lingual tourist guides accompanying mat salleh and korean couples.

the best banana fritters in the world..........that's why you only get to see one only cos i ate the rest before i remembered to take a pix of it.

had 8 pieces of these banana fritters with golden syrup..crispy,crunchy to the last bite.

gunung batur & lake batur

mt. batur,1717 ft above dea level, before the clouds engulfed it. the last time the volcano erupted was in 1974. the dark brown patches on the feet of the mountain are the result of the lava flowing from the crater..pelaba ka aku.

lake batur..resembles lake como in italy or lake lugano.

the clouds slowly engulfing the mountain..it was cold...but nice while having lunch at the balcony of a restaurant overlooking the mountain and lake.

nice,ain't it?

mt. batur

cak..kecak..kecak..kecak..kecak..cak..kecak.kecak..

3 of us did not dare to get out of the van upon seeing monkeys everywhere at Uluwatu Temple. If I had known that monkeys were everywhere at the temple ground, I would gladly give this part of the tour package a miss but Pak Nyoman came back for the 3 of us and assured us that especially me that he would take care of me. see,what a good tour guide. I prayed real hard that none of the monkeys walking about would jump onto my shoulders as one did jump onto the back of a Japanese girl after it was attracted by her dangling earrings. Eeechak... Visitors are advised to take off their necklaces,earrings or anything that would attract the monkeys especially munching food on your way to the temple. The monkeys are here to protect the temple,ko Pak Nyoman. Indai Dian would have no problem with the monkeys after having been on friendly terms with the orang utans...( To Indai Dian...sayang,amat berani nuan mangku urang utan nya. Aku remban meda sida nya even on tv.)

climbing the steps to the uluwatu temple and later to watch the kecak dance or monkey dance.

tourists from korea,japan,australia and europe

kecak ramayana and fire dance at uluwatu hindu temple. all the men have to do are to say'kecak..kecak..kecak' throughout the drama. quite an interesting drama..you have to see for yourself if you haven't done so. kecak..kecak..kecak..kecak..kecak..kecak..

Nya kenu kelia,ba pulau bali,pulau ke kumbai sida 'island of the gods' dia deh ba hutan ke benama Dandaka,Sita,bini Rama bisi meda siko rusa ke manah sekali,rusa emas,betanda depan mua iya. Dia meh iya lalu ngasoh laki iya,Rama, nangkap/ngasu rusa emas nya. Laban laki iya sigi amat sayau ke Sita,dia meh tudah tuai lalu nurut utai ko bini iya lalu nurun ngasu rusa emas tu tadi. Tang tudah Rama takut ninggal ke Sita kediri,dia iya ninggal Sita ba tangan menyadi iya Laksamana. Enda lama udah nya bisi utai balat munyi kacau,dia Sita ngasuh Laksamana ngesah Rama takut ke iya ke lesi bebadi. Ka pan enda Sita lalu tinggal kediri ba utan Dandaka.

Enda mukai -mukai ari pan kudi lalu tudah Sita tu takut. Rhawana,musuh ketat lalu tiba-tiba muncul ba depan mua Sita lalu ka nangkap iya laban di pelaba ke aku,iya bisi naruh harapan ba Sita tang alah laban Rama. Bendar iya ka nangkap Sita tang Sita di jaga ulih magic circle,lalu enda ulih di tangkap.

Meda iya enda ulih nangkap Sita,dia Rhawana ngaga diri nyadi apai tuai urang lalu Sita pan kena tipu lalu ulih di tangkap Rhawana lalu di bai iya ngagai istana iya di Alengka. Dalam pejalai iya ke istana iya,dia siko agi musuh ketat Rhawana,iya nya Garuda belaban enggau Rhawana laban ke ka nyelamat Sita ari Rhawana. Udah seduai iya bibat dia deh Garuda rari sempat madah ke Rama nama penyadi Sita.

Rama ngiga bini iya,Sita. Iya betemu enggau Sugriwa,raja kera merah lalu minta tulong iya ngiga Sita. Seduai iya lalu ngiga istana Alengka,iya nya alai Rhawana diau,endor iya nyimpan Sita. Seduai tetemu ke istana nya lalu minta tulong siko agi kera,iya mya kera putih ke bisi nemu ngajih benama Hanoman. Rama meri sebentuk cincin ngagai Hanoman ngambi ke Sita nemu Hanoman nya urang ke datai nyelamat iya diasoh Rama.

Hanoman minta tulong Trijata laban deka betemu enggau Sita. Sita benong ka munoh diri tang udah tepeda ke cincin dibai Hanoman,dia iya batal program ka munuh diri. Hanoman sempat madah ke Sita laki iya deka datai nyelamat iya. Hanoman deka ngeruboh ke istana Rhawana tang ditangkap bala antu gerasi lalu ka di tunu urang idup-idup iya. Tang iya ulih ngerari ke diri.

Enda lama udah nya,urang muda datai...iya nya Rama..datai nyelamat ke bini iya Sita. Bala army kera belaban enggau army gerasi. Rama betemu mua enggau Rhawana lalu belaban seduai. Rhawana alah. Sita enggau Rama betemu baru and lived happily ever after.

Sita dikelingi magic circle...iya ke bendar ba cerita amat,bala kera ke nyaga utan tu.

Ha..ha..ha..lagi asai nuan..aku nangkap nuan,ko Rhawana madah ke Sita.

Ha..ha..wait til I get hold of you,laughed Rhawana after he got hold of Sita.

Trijata betemu enggau Sita ke benong deka munuh diri. Nasib endar iya tumu datai enti enda tusah ati Rama meda Sita munuh diri.

Moral of the story: Good triumphs over evil.