I've done day trips to KL, given that the traveling time is so short. This time round, I've to ventured further - a day trip to Jakarta with the boss.
Started the day at 7am. The cons of day trip is that your day actually starts way earlier and ends later than a normal working day. Leecher dislikes day trips, cuz that meant that I won't have time to get pressies for him, haha!
Took these pics when I woke up from my nap on-board the flight. I kinda like taking pictures of the clouds as they changed shapes all the time.
The long queue to getting a visa for the boss. Whenever I go on trips, I'm thankful for holding a SG passport, where you don't require visas to enter most of the countries.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Bali Day 3
It's the last day of our safari stay. Last chance to have breakfast with the lions.
Sometimes I wonder if animals are kept in captivity for too long, will they lose their instinct to hunt? Or what if the animals were born here, never taught how to hunt by its parents, will they be able to hunt and survive if ever release into the wild again??
Anyway, something to warm the stomach. Spicy ayam soto. I liked the savoury and spicy soup minus the yellow noodles.
Goreng pisang. It seems that Balinese like to grow their own bananas and they served this almost daily. I liked the batter but not the bananas inside. They were a bit sour not sweet.
Blamer is a die-hard mee goreng fan. I think this was her fav dish here, the chili was definitely a winning factor, I liked the salty and slightly peppered crackers though.
I dug into their English breakfast this time. Scrambled eggs on toast, served with bacon, sausage, hash-brown and slice of tomato. Sadly, my fav was the tomato which was slightly charred on one side. Bacon was a bit over done, too hard. Weird tasting sausage, eggs were just fine. Concluded, they are only good at doing room service foods. Wa ha ha, if not for the lions, maybe we should just order room service.
A dip in the pool. Since we are shifting accomodation later, doesn't make sense for us to venture out. Quite cool to watch the animals and relax on such a sweltering day.
They have a poolside bar (as seen behind Blamer), but too bad nobody was manning it when we were there. Maybe we were too early...
We finally managed to pinch the safari hat from the driver. This completed our safari journey.
And our modest bed. A far cry from the safari, but you pay for what you get, so nothing much we can do. However, the staff were very friendly and took great care to ensure that we had all that we needed.
After settling in, we walked around the area in search of their mini mart for supplies like drinking water, and also to have dinner at Sate Bali, which was among the top few rated eateries on trip advisor.
Some dips to go along with the crackers.
My appetiser which was gado gado served with a stick of chicken sate. (I think sate here has the same meaning as satay)
We ordered a combination of Kuta set and Seminyak set, although I can't really tell the difference or why they name it this way.
They served it with three kinds of rice. Normal white rice, yellow and brown. I liked the yellow one, can't describe it but there's a faint fragrance to it.
The individual dishes. To me, this feels like eating chap chai pung, which is rice with a few side dishes. I particularly like the greenish chicken, bathed in a rich coconut sauce. And their beef rendang which was very soft and full of flavour. Goes very well with rice. Their vegetables was so-so, very plain as they only boiled them in water, and drizzled some oil on them that's all.
Next comes the dessert, consisting of goreng pisang (again), some cut fruits, I think it is pulau hitam in the center and some tapioca cakes and some greenish kueh. I liked the greenish kueh the most, with the sweetened coconut shavings in the center.
Sometimes I wonder if animals are kept in captivity for too long, will they lose their instinct to hunt? Or what if the animals were born here, never taught how to hunt by its parents, will they be able to hunt and survive if ever release into the wild again??
Anyway, something to warm the stomach. Spicy ayam soto. I liked the savoury and spicy soup minus the yellow noodles.
Goreng pisang. It seems that Balinese like to grow their own bananas and they served this almost daily. I liked the batter but not the bananas inside. They were a bit sour not sweet.
Blamer is a die-hard mee goreng fan. I think this was her fav dish here, the chili was definitely a winning factor, I liked the salty and slightly peppered crackers though.
I dug into their English breakfast this time. Scrambled eggs on toast, served with bacon, sausage, hash-brown and slice of tomato. Sadly, my fav was the tomato which was slightly charred on one side. Bacon was a bit over done, too hard. Weird tasting sausage, eggs were just fine. Concluded, they are only good at doing room service foods. Wa ha ha, if not for the lions, maybe we should just order room service.
A dip in the pool. Since we are shifting accomodation later, doesn't make sense for us to venture out. Quite cool to watch the animals and relax on such a sweltering day.
They have a poolside bar (as seen behind Blamer), but too bad nobody was manning it when we were there. Maybe we were too early...
We finally managed to pinch the safari hat from the driver. This completed our safari journey.
And our modest bed. A far cry from the safari, but you pay for what you get, so nothing much we can do. However, the staff were very friendly and took great care to ensure that we had all that we needed.
After settling in, we walked around the area in search of their mini mart for supplies like drinking water, and also to have dinner at Sate Bali, which was among the top few rated eateries on trip advisor.
Some dips to go along with the crackers.
My appetiser which was gado gado served with a stick of chicken sate. (I think sate here has the same meaning as satay)
We ordered a combination of Kuta set and Seminyak set, although I can't really tell the difference or why they name it this way.
They served it with three kinds of rice. Normal white rice, yellow and brown. I liked the yellow one, can't describe it but there's a faint fragrance to it.
The individual dishes. To me, this feels like eating chap chai pung, which is rice with a few side dishes. I particularly like the greenish chicken, bathed in a rich coconut sauce. And their beef rendang which was very soft and full of flavour. Goes very well with rice. Their vegetables was so-so, very plain as they only boiled them in water, and drizzled some oil on them that's all.
Next comes the dessert, consisting of goreng pisang (again), some cut fruits, I think it is pulau hitam in the center and some tapioca cakes and some greenish kueh. I liked the greenish kueh the most, with the sweetened coconut shavings in the center.
Labels:
Bali,
Indon Food
Monday, September 14, 2009
Bali Day 1
It's our long awaited holiday season again! This time complimentary tickets from Blamer to Bali on SQ woohoo!
That's our flight. Nearly couldn't make it due to a traffic jam on the expressway... Luckily Dad took an alternative route.
Food Food, glorious Food! One of the best stuffs when you travel on SQ is their yummy meals. Blamer had their cheese omelette with hash browns.
While I had the chicken and rice. Note: it is chicken AND rice, not chicken rice. Sad, I heard chicken rice on SQ flight is supposed to be really fantastic. Maybe next time.
Finally touched down, and this is the place where we will be spending the first few days on our holiday.
This is a depiction of a holy war in their hindu religion. By the way, Bali's population is 90% hindism.
Some clocks on the wall showing various international time. I guess most of their patrons come from these countries?
Our friendly host leading the way to our tree house. Wa ha ha, will we be living life like Tarzan and Jane?
A basketful of carrots for feeding the animals in case they come close to our "tree house"
Complimentary fruit platter. I always wonder what is the brown fruit at the bottom left hand corner. Anybody have any idea?
We head out for lunch at the resort's lion theme restaurant. Their domestic brew, Bintang. I heard it's a favourite among the Australians. I liked it pretty much too. Light, crisp taste.
We had the pre-arranged set lunch. First up, the appetiser. Smoked salmon with tofu salad.
My main is seafood kebab with squid ink linguine. I likedd the pasta but not the kebab. The tuna was over-cooked.
Blamer had the seafood mariana. Generous helping of seafood, but the taste wasn't that great.
Caramel pudding with vanilla ice-cream for dessert. I liked this although Blamer it was too sweet and she didn't fancy vanilla ice-cream either.
Came around a small chili field. This is the first time I saw chilis still attached to the stalk.
Some night shots of the animals that came to the small pond for a drink of water. We tried to throw a few carrots at them but I doubt they can find them in the dark.
That's our flight. Nearly couldn't make it due to a traffic jam on the expressway... Luckily Dad took an alternative route.
Food Food, glorious Food! One of the best stuffs when you travel on SQ is their yummy meals. Blamer had their cheese omelette with hash browns.
While I had the chicken and rice. Note: it is chicken AND rice, not chicken rice. Sad, I heard chicken rice on SQ flight is supposed to be really fantastic. Maybe next time.
Finally touched down, and this is the place where we will be spending the first few days on our holiday.
This is a depiction of a holy war in their hindu religion. By the way, Bali's population is 90% hindism.
Some clocks on the wall showing various international time. I guess most of their patrons come from these countries?
Our friendly host leading the way to our tree house. Wa ha ha, will we be living life like Tarzan and Jane?
Blamer trying to model their towels.
A basketful of carrots for feeding the animals in case they come close to our "tree house"
Complimentary fruit platter. I always wonder what is the brown fruit at the bottom left hand corner. Anybody have any idea?
We head out for lunch at the resort's lion theme restaurant. Their domestic brew, Bintang. I heard it's a favourite among the Australians. I liked it pretty much too. Light, crisp taste.
We had the pre-arranged set lunch. First up, the appetiser. Smoked salmon with tofu salad.
My main is seafood kebab with squid ink linguine. I likedd the pasta but not the kebab. The tuna was over-cooked.
Blamer had the seafood mariana. Generous helping of seafood, but the taste wasn't that great.
Caramel pudding with vanilla ice-cream for dessert. I liked this although Blamer it was too sweet and she didn't fancy vanilla ice-cream either.
Came around a small chili field. This is the first time I saw chilis still attached to the stalk.
Some night shots of the animals that came to the small pond for a drink of water. We tried to throw a few carrots at them but I doubt they can find them in the dark.
Labels:
Bali,
Indon Food
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