Charm of Eastern Bali

Dear travellers and curious people: East of Bali is full of hidden gems waiting for you to uncover. I have been living in Bali for 9 months or so now, but I do admit I do not explore enough. Thankfully recently the tourism board kindly invited some wonderful travellers and miraculously, me to explore the east of Bali. Come on now and find out my favourite moments from the trip!

Untuk pengembara dan manusia yang penasaran: Bali Timur itu penuh loh dengan tempat luar biasa tersembunyi dan menunggu untuk kamu temukan. Saya sudah tinggal di Bali selama 9 bulan, tapi saya akui kalau saya sendiri kurang cukup ekspolarsi (biasa manusia kurang puas menjelajah). Namun syukurlah baru saja ini kemenpar dari Pesona Indonesia mengundang beberapa pelancong handal, dan dengan ajaibnya, saya juga diajak! -- Untuk jalan-jalan dan menyibak keindahan Bali Timur. Yuk disimak highlight kesukaan saya hehe.

Without a doubt, snorkeling was on the top of my favourite activities! I have never done it before and mannn I have been missing out all this time? I gotta make up for lost time and thankfully... We snorkeled, twice! In Amed Beach Karangasem, and in Nusa Lembongan. I will show you the underwater footage later in part 2 ;)

Tanpa ragu-ragu saya nyatakan bahwa snorkeling adalah salah satu kesukaan saya di trip ini! Belum pernah sebelumnya dan lumayan ketinggalan pengalaman ya saya? Harus lebih banyak snorkel lagi untuk kompensasi sepertinya dan syukurnya... Kita snorkeling dua kali loh! Satu kali di Karangasem, Amed beach dan yang ke dua di Nusa Lembongan. Nanti ya saya kasih lihat video bawah air di post bagian ke dua ;)

Have you been to Tirta Gangga? You should. I adore the strong heritage they are showing and certainly lots of spots for aesthetic portrait of yourself or others (hey no judgement).

Pernah ke Tirta Gangga? Harus pergi sih. Suka banget sama khas Bali yang ditunjukkan dan di trip ini tuh Tirta Gangga itu yang banyak tempat untuk foto ala-ala yang lumayan kekinian loh...

Photo-op wise, Asah Hill is a strong candidate too! So many amazing landscape spots to take in. Can't help but feeling so small in a grand scale that we witnessed. A lovely branch overlooking a cute island they named as 'Whale island' is a go-to selfie post for those who brave enough to climb like Fiona here. I tried and I looked like a steamed potato.

Nah untuk foto-foto lagi nih di Bukit Asah juga spot-nya bagus-bagus! Banyak lokasi yang bisa dinikmati pemandangannya dan kamu akan berasa kecil dengan skala besar tebing-tebing dan pantai sekitar. Ada dahan pohon yang mengarah ke pulau gemas yang orang-orang namakan 'Pulau Paus'. Dahan pohon ini adalah tempat bagus untuk foto bagi kamu yang berani memanjatnya, seperti Fiona nih. Saya coba tapi di foto saya kelihatan seperti kentang kucel jadi selfie saya gagal.

See that flare? That's not photoshopped in. We stumbled upon this glorious light in a beautiful village called Tenganan Village. 

Cahaya itu asli loh bukan editan (hehehe). Kita beruntung sekali di jam yang tepat ketemu cahaya yang bagus di Desa Adat Tenganan, Karangasem.

With that I would like to end this post. I would like to express my utmost thanks to Pesona Indonesia- Indonesia Tourism board who gave me the chance to be a part of this charming trip amongst funny and brilliant travellers. Their accounts and website will be listed below!

Dengan ini saya pamit dulu. Saya mau mengucapkan terimakasih banget kepada Kemenpar- Pesona Indonesia yang memberikan kesempatan kepada saya untuk ikut serta trip yang menyenangkan ini- diantara manusia-manusia berbakat dan lucu, akun-akun mereka akan saya list dibawah ya...

Pesona Indonesia

Instagram : @pesonaid_travel

Him

Website/Blog: www.saifanah.com

Instagram @saifanah 

Yuki Anggia

Website/Blog: www.ohelterskelter.com 

IG: @yukianggia

Fiona Callaghan

Website/Blog: www.fionacallaghan.com

IG: @fiona.callaghan

Putu Aditya Nugraha

Website/Blog: commaditya.me / youtube.com/c/putuadityanugraha

IG: @commaditya

Nama: Nicko Silfido

Website/Blog: http://nickcopter.weebly.com

IG: @nickosilfido

Suci Rifani

Website/Blog: http://m.kompasiana.com/suci_rifani & http://www.travellerkaskus.com/author/suci-rifani/

IG: @travellerkaskus  

Remember that Medieval Meme?

Welcome. Friends. You probably got here because of my link on FB. In that case well done, if not hey tell me how you found this blog!

Today I welcome you to this collective of photos with my derp face. Kiiiinda reminded me of a medieval meme actually (If you know, you know ;) *cough*

Just want to include this lovely photo of my lovely housemate. I do not like comparisons but hey look at my first photo and look at her face, so much grace meanwhile mine........ So much less.

Anywho dress I am wearing in this photo is from Trollied Dolly, I got them from Asos. Hat: H&M

Sunday at Sundays

How lucky I am to have a proper weekend on this particular day! Took the chance to visit SUNDAYS which is one of the most hyped beach club here in Bali, I do have to say that they live up to their expectations!

Me seeking wifi. 

My housemates and I enjoyed our time over there, thoroughly! We even ordered self-made Smores (das right, we have a bon fire and we fry our own marshymallows!) for the sunset and all that jazz.

All and all it was a lovely experience despite the quite pricey entrance fee: you ought to pay 300k rupiah and given 150k to spend. If you order wisely, you're good actually!

Cheers lovelies.

Barefeet in Bali

Spent last weekend in Bali attended a wedding of my mother's relative. The heatwave was harsh, perhaps due to the hot air coming from Australia, but Bali is charming nevertheless.

We chased a sunset at Kuta beach, and I have to constantly watch out for the lighting as I ought to take photos of my aunt and mum as well haha. Wearing this breezy playsuit piece from Shakuhachi, I truly enjoyed my sunset hunt.

 And the sunset was glorious.

Playsuit: Shakuhachi

Hat: H&M

The One with the Delay

Hey beautiful people! Yes I mean you! Haha for those of you celebrating Ramadhan, I bid you all Happy Eid Mubarak. I am not even sure what that means but I wish you all the best!

So I am now waiting to get to the plane, Hoho hours from now I will be in Bali. Let me compile some pictures of my outfit today while waiting ok?

                             

                             

                             

                             

Funny story guys, as I was selecting the pictures the speakerphone lady just said that the flight is having some technical problems and surprise surprise we are delayed for an hour... It is okay though because home is where the wifi is and there is free wifi here. Humanity what is happening? We are actually living in a world where human is crippled without the internet.

Anyway this is also my first time uploading with ipad mini, lets just hope it turns out alright.

Happy holiday everyone!

Best regards,

Me.

Me and a Starfish!

This is me holding a cute little starfish.

It was my internship time, summer 2011 at Bali island, Indonesia! The beaches are amazing, my intern partner and I both got the chance to walk around a mini island with starfishes around, and we tossed some of the starfishes back into the water, we saved as many as we can and we returned just after sunset.