Saturday, June 28, 2014

bali day 4 - Gunung kawi, tirta empul and dirty duck

this was our last day @ bali and we were staying put at bali area.
no more long-distance commuting!
after breakfast @ the resort in the morning, we took the shuttle bus to ubud centre to spend some time and had an early lunch.
top left: ubud palace
top right: ubud market - which is really nothing much and totally not my cup of tea
 
as you can see from the photos above, the husband and younger boy were wearing some (crappy in my opinion) tees bought there.
cheap yes but the quality is really zzz.
the color ran once we washed back home...@_@
 
anyway our driver came for us around 2+pm and off we go for some temple visitng!
ubud area has a lot of nice temples to visit and the area is surrounded by lush greenery with cool weather to boost.
we enjoyed the whole excursion pretty much.

@gunung kawi
 
first stop was to gunung kawi which is a temple situated at the bottom of a hill.
the walk down was easy and good scenery along the way.
but the return walk up the many many steps was.... a good workout. LOL.
we carried the boys for 1/3 of the walk up and my legs were wobbling by then... gosh.
i think the kg that I lost from the trip was from here!
 
 the stone carvings are intricate and amazing to look at
rice paddies surround the temple
 
2nd stop: tirta empul
the temple where water run all the way from the mountain to and deemed as holy by the locals.
we had to wear sarongs before entry into the temple.
even the boys had to tie some sash around their waist.
 
the water is indeed very clear and can be seen bubbling from the bottom of the pond - pretty amazing.

can see local taking a dip at most of the ponds for good luck and blessings
 
dinner for the last day @ bali was at dirty duck - a restaurant famous for bali's specialty food: crispy duck!
the restaurant was next to a rice paddy and seating arrangements are spreaded out over a huge area in pavilions.
nice setting.
as usual, we ordered quite a fair bit and left the place a little tad too full.
the only not so good thing is some mosquito bites despite burning mosquito coils set up at every table....
 

crispy duck is young ducks which is smaller.
not much meat but very tasty given the crispy texture
 
we headed back to the hotel pretty early around 7+pm given that it was a long day for everyone.
I went for a good massage back at the resort while the boys and hubbi lazed around watching hbo in the evening.
win-win situation. hehe.
 
so jun trip was done and a good one too.
its time to start planning the itinerary for the next one in sept!
only accom and air tickets booked. I need to start scouting for places of interests and especially restaurants to go to!
yeah!

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