As classes became increasingly difficult and the home work started to pile on top of the projects, NUS had a long holiday weekend. An intelligent person would have stayed in the library or used the extra time to catch up on sleep. But Chrissy and I are not intelligent. We decided to spend our weekend getting sunburned in Bali…. and it was worth every second.
A lot of people, especially my friend Jen, would have you believe that Bali is heaven on Earth. A valid argument could be made supporting that thought but personally I prefer Tioman as my escape from the world. Bali is my escape from reality. In Tioman you can forget who you are; In Bali you can change who you are.
Our guest house in Ubud. Can you believe it, only ten dollars a night.
We only had a few days to see and do Bali so the before mentioned Jen, who is also a self proclaimed Bali expert, was kind enough to offer me a list of The Best of Bali.
We landed in Kuta the popular area for beach tourists. After a day in the sun and a massage and manicure on the beach we headed inland to the small town of Ubud. Ubud has retained much of the Balinese culture where as Kuta has become very western, so to speak. Here we watched a traditional Balinese dance and visited the monkeys that occupy the local Hindu temple. On our final day we hired a car that drove us further inland to see the small towns hidden in the valleys of mountains. The people here grow rice and were working quickly as the skies threatened rain. We ended the day watching the sun set over at a temple built on the sea.
Wisdom
Jen’s Best of Bali
1. SUKA BEACH INN, KEDINS INN II, MELASTI BUNGALOWS
2. ULUWATU
3. DREAMLAND
4. DOUBLE SIX BUNGEE JUMPING
5. UBUD
6. SANGEH MONKEY SANCTUARY (SPELLING MIGHT BE WRONG)
7. TJS MEXICAN RESTAURANT
8. 1 NIGHT OF DEBAUCHERY IN BOUNTY
9. WATCH OUT FOR THE LADY BOYS
10. HAVE A BINTANG
11. PRACTICE SURFING AT KUTA BEACH
12. GET ANNOYED BY THE VAST NUMBER OF AUSTRALIANS
13. BUY ME SOMETHING (jk) UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO
14. BARGAIN EVERYTHING. HALF PRICE.. PRETEND TO WALK AWAY
15. DONT GET RIPPED OFF.
16. BARGAIN EVERYTHING DOWN, EVEN IF THEY SAY FIXED PRICES
17. DONT SMOKE POT
18. HAVE FUN 
