Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Day 3 - Shopping and Tanah Lot

Today is sunny and bright, a perfect day in Bali. After breakfast we walked into Kuta to shop until we dropped. Claire soon got the hang of bartering and got tough with the shop keepers. After a pile of bintang t-shirts and sunglasses we walked back along the boardwalk back to the hotel. On the way we passed a funeral and they were cremating the body so we walked past as fast as we could.

Got back to the hotel and just relaxed in the air on before heading to the pool for a few hours before our adventure this afternoon. It was great by the pool we took a couple of swims and sunbaked a little. Perfect few hours.


 After lunch at the hotel Our guide Yuda picked us up and we first headed to the Royal temple. I hadn't been here before so it was very enjoyable and peaceful. Yuda explained the meaning of all the structures as we walked around the temples gardens. After the temple we headed to the coffee plantation. Claire had her own personal guide a little 5 year old Balinese girl her made her sniff all the different spices they also had on offer. She even gave us a demo on how to grind the coffee beans. We tryed all the coffees on offer and their teas. The ginseng coffee and lemongrass tea our favourite. I indulged in a cup of the most expensive coffee in the world Poo Coffee. It was strong but good. The beans are eaten by a local creature which looks like a cross between a cat and possum then they collect the poo, extract the beans and put them through some treatment and then wala coffee. We made some purchases then headed to Tanah Lot.


It had become overcast so no great sunset tonight but never mind it is still an amazing place. We did all the mandatory photos then had dinner on the cliff. I indulged in the lobster and Claire had the grilled barumundi which she didn't like. She thought it was too fishy. After dinner we went to the fire dancers show which was excellent. I hadn't seen this before either so we both enjoyed it. Claire got to experience her first squatt toilet today, I don't think she enjoyed it.


After an hour drive back to the hotel we headed to the Envy Bar to blog and Facebook. Waterbom Park tomorrow and a massage I think. Long day but a good day.

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