Another day – Bali
Does one ever get tired of bali? This question may be a little easy to answer. From daysleeper but hardcore night life enthusiasts, to laid back and relaxing souls, or nature adventurer to spiritual journey seeker will say no, most likely. They are not tired yet. But for those who is in a search of untouched spot and unspoiled part of a place might be disappointed with Bali by now. You will hear this a lot from them “too commercialized” or else “rather cliche”. Bali has turned into a heavily business concentranted tourism where price of accomodation and other tourist related things have skyrocketed. Most of the development of new high end resort, fine restaurant or even top notch art gallery has changed the whole platform of tourism industry there. And worse for us Indonesian, Its fame sometimes mistaken by a lot of people that Bali is another part of the world that doesn’t have anything to do with Indonesia.
However, thou the proliferation of high end tourism is unavoidable because of demand is there, still some affordable stuffs are available to enjoy there,with a little trick that not common visitors will be aware of.
On my recent trip to bali with some of my close friend, i figured out way of enjoying parts of bali I am sure most people has not been familiar yet. The three days trip went really awesome, apart because I was spending with my close ones, also majorly because places we have been were too great to remember and not to be shared by others.
Jumana terrace,Banyan tree resort
Jumana Terrace White Look
The View
We obviously did not stay in banyan trees resort,but we intended to chill out in the jumana terrace, a terrace cafe with spectacular views of Indian Ocean (correct me if I’m wrong). The place was not open when we came, but the staff of the cafe let us to take pictures and enjoy the scenery.The cafe sits on the cliff of amazing beach shoreline. It is part of the banyan tree resort properties that fortunately also accept non guest customers. It is mostly white in interior which perfectly contrast the clear blue sky and the ocean.
Potato head beach club
Potato head
Poolside Sunset
Bistro bars in Jakarta has been hip for quite sometimes. Potato head which is part of Jakarta’s trendy culture has spread its wings by opening a beach club in Bali. Since the name is quite known, this place is currently wanted by a lot of visitors both domestic & international. A typical poolside overlooking the sunset has attracted many youngsters and foreign who seeks for fashionable style of chilling out.
Padang bay
Hidden Treasures
Quietness
A weird girl napped on the beach
This beach is mostly unheard of, particularly to tourist. It will take approximately 2 hours to reach this place from Kuta area. It’s next to the ferry harbor to Lombok island. There were only 5 – 6 people were spotted during our time there. After playing in the water we enjoyed the beach breeze and dancing with music played from portable speaker. We also took short nap before going for snorkeling. We met some guys who has contact with boat owner and snorkeling equipment rental. With help of my friend, she did some very good bargain and we only paid Idr 50,000 (Usd 6) to do snorkeling in 3 spots including everything from the boat to the snorkel goggles.
Ayam taliwang, sate bali and soto ceker
Knowing a local person who loves to explore their own place is a privilege that a visitor will hardly get. Again with my friend, she introduced me to the most amazing food I ever tasted in Bali. On first day, after leaving an airport to hotel, we stopped to ayam taliwang restaurant with incredibly cheap yet tasty nearby the airport. It costed me 50 thousand to have half chicken of ayam taliwang with vegetables, tempe and drinks. On second day, on our way to Padang bay beach we made a take away for sate Bali. The place is definitely infamous but still great. The night before we left, after having some drinks in some bars in seminyak, we decided to go to a soto ceker restaurant (a javanese gravy soup kind with chicken feet). I am not much a fan of chicken feet, but when I tried the chicken feet at that place, it broke all the dislike thinking. It is so crazily delicious that I can still remember the taste of it even when I’m writing this.
Bali might have bored some tourists already, but for me, places & stories there will remain indefinite.
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