Bali Finale - 8 Popular Places to Visit

This shall be my final post for my Bali trip! I know I know this took like forever but I decided to finish it anyway. You gotta finish what you've started right? :p 

My final post will be the conclusion of 8 popular places that I've visited in Bali! 

1. Coffee Plantation

This must be included in your itinerary if you're a coffee lover! I'm not that into coffee due to my weak stomach, but I love the fragrant of coffee. 

Bali is very popular with its LUWAK COFFEE - seeds of coffee berries once they have been eaten and defecated by the Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). The name is also used for marketing brewed coffee made from the beans. (extracted from wikipedia)

YUCKS, are you asking me to drink the poop from the cats??????

Okay, it's still one of the top and expensive coffee in the world, I shall try that, hmmm...#YOLO.

The almighty Asian palm civet.

I think they're too pitiful, locked up in the small cage and their only life purpose is to, POO. :(

All these are for us to try! From coffee to tea to fruit tea...

And this is the LUWAK COFFEE, paid for about RM 15+- per cup.

The coffee is not filtered, the bottom of the it is undrinkable (at least for me). So the cup is pretty small, strong coffee scent but I'm not very fond of ''unfiltered coffee'', I prefer smooth one more. 

You could buy all the tea/ coffee as souvenir after the tasting session.

2. Tirta Empul Temple 

Tirta Empul temple is famous for its holy water where Hindu Bali people go for purification. My friend told me luck will be with us if we ''shower'' in the holy water.

This is it, the HOLY WATER! We didn't exactly ''shower'' for 2 reasons: Long queue and we didn't brought extra clothe with us. So we just touched the water, washed our hands as our simple style of ''showering'' ritual.

3. Jatiluwih Rice Terrace

Next will be this architectural beautifully built rice terrace! I never seen a rice terrace built so efficiently in good order, fully use of every single acre for the growth of rice. It looks like a small mountain filled with rice plant.   

Still wanted to take picture although I'm a little afraid of height, that explains my awkward smile.

4. Pura Ulun Danu Bratan

I named this the "TEMPLE IN THE LAKE". It's one of the most exotic temple I've ever seen, as if the temple existed hundred/ thousand years ago.

Guys also wants to selfie, this place is heaven!

My personal photographer aka bf likes to ask me pose like this. Can I make a good hair commercial model? :p

5. Tanah Lot

This place is the "CURSED LAND" for couples. There are rumours of couple breaking up after visited this land together. How true is it? Well, 2 couples in our travel gang are still safe and sound together, it really depends on what you believe. I'm not gonna skip this beautiful place for unproven curse, it's a waste not to embrace the beauty made by our mother nature.

They have this ''face washing'' ritual, haha sorry I don't know what to call. We have to pay after we splash water on our face, and they'll stick some rice on our forehead.

This man really tried too hard, he wet his hair too. =.=

The beautiful sunset, I love beaccchhhhh!!!

6. Jimbaran for Sunset Dinner

Then the romantic dinner at Jimbaran! Read my full story by clicking HERE .

7. Volcano Lunch at Mount Batur Volcano

 Lunch by the Volcano, I've blogged this before too read my story HERE !

8. Pura Luhur Uluwatu

And the first post of my Bali trip, amazing cliff's scenery, you've no reason to miss this. Read it HERE .

That conclude the story of my Bali trip, wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Travel tips:

1. There's a charge of entrance fee for most of the famous temples in Bali.

2. Tourists with long hair are required to tidy up their hair (tie up) before entering Tirta Empul temple.

Bali Part III - Sunset Dinner at Jimbaran, Local Art Villages & Volcano Lunch at Mount Batur Volcano

Around 5 more weeks and marks the end of 2014! Omg! Time waits for no one. :( Gonna finish all my travel posts by the end of this year, I know if I never set a goal guess I'll just keep on procrastinating. So this is the part III of my Bali trip, you could find my part I and II posts here - http://emmz-s.blogspot.com/search/label/Bali !

Jimbaran Beach:

Jimbaran beach is famous for its sunset dinner, this is a place that you have to include in your itinerary if you're visiting Bali. There're plenty of restaurants to choose from and we chosen this one - Menega Cafe. Our tour guide/ driver suggested us other restaurant too but he analyzed to us it's pretty much the same, and we're glad we engaged with a good driver that didn't force us to go to the places that he suggested (we think that most of them earn commission by bringing tourists to certain places and restaurants). 

TOO PRETTY! First experience dining by the beach, quite romantic even though it's not candle light dinner haha!

Selfie with the pretty sunset is what a girl will do! 

Photobombed by KH.

Two couples taking pics from diff angle. 

My heart melted to this beautiful view.

Some cold drinks to chill while waiting for our food. :)

Tadaaa!!! FOOD IS SERVED!!!

Different sauces.

Food is yummy, but quite pricey; mostly seafood was on the menu, my favourite!! Their service is quite bad, not attentive even you waved like mad to them, and they'll request for tips even though they don't serve you well. Dining here is purely for the experience, and it's so good to see the sun goes down while you're enjoying meal with your friends. :)

Local Art Villages:

Went to local art villages too, Bali is full of artists and their art pieces are dirt cheap, like mad cheap. You could possibly search your favourite art pieces or handcrafts here, or could bring them home as souvenir too. It's quite an big area for tourists to visit from a different art village to another one (from gold/silver handcrafts, wood crafts to paintings and etc....)

Silver art.

Wood art.

I wish I could bring home more but it's not easy to carry too... #sadstory

Painting.

Mount Batur Volcano:

Dining by the Volcano!!!

I once thought that we might died if the volcano woke up from ''his'' sleep when my friend told us that this is part of our itinerary, but I don't think anyone think like me hah! Anyway life's short, just go and worry later right? 

We had our lunch buffet there, and the weather it's quite breezy too! I thought it should be hot to be near the volcano right? Silly me silly thoughts lol.

Frankly, the food was just so so and it's quite pricey with very limited choices. But this is a place for the view not for the food.

I must have regret if I didn't come here, what a magnificent view! #nofilter

Tried to selfie with the volcano but....

I just can't capture the volcano in my selfie! 

Asked Xiang to take for me after the lunch, it's without any editing or filter, I'm like one who walk into a beautiful picture!

Group pic!