INDONESIA, BALI, LEGIAN - 7 TO 8 SEPTEMBER 2022

Two nights in Legian before returning home to Australia.

We settled into the Ananta Hotel again.

We spent our time doing a bit of shopping, eating at a number of eateries and a few beers on the beach.

A great night at the Kumala Pantai restaurant. A girl got up for a bit of karaoke and did an amazing version of ‘Simply the Best’. She had the whole joint jumping.

Before you could blink, we were on our way to the airport to leave on our jet plane for Australia.

INDONESIA , BALI, LEGIAN - 24 TO 26 JULY 2022

 

24 JULY

We drove down to Legian after breakfast, staying at Ananta Hotel. 

A great lunch at Santorini Restaurant, massage and a walk down to beach for sunset beers and dinner.

25 JULY

We had breakfast at Felicity Restaurant.

Later, we were off to immigration for biometrics part of our visa extension. It took quite a long time though the biometrics was only 5 minutes.

Back to the hotel, sunset beach beers and dinner.

26 JULY

Tasks to do – ATM, bank, chemist and supermarket.

Back to hotel and we caught up with long time friend – Freckle.

We drove to Balian and was greeted by big and wild surf.

Dinner at Casa.

AUSTRALIA AND BALI - 11 TO 13 JULY 2022

 

11 JULY

AUSTRALIA - INDONESIA (BALI)

I had an early walk around the Haven, then it was back home and final packing for Bali.

Kara drove us to the airport in Sydney.

We checked in, surfboard to oversize luggage, passport check, personal and carry-on check, down to the gate, on the plane and away we went.

Approximately, 6 hours later, we touched down in Bali - paid for a 30-day visa, passport stamped, currency declaration, picked up luggage, waved on at luggage check and out the door we went.

Nyoman was there - three years, we last saw him. We drove to the Ananta Hotel, checked in, showered and finally got to bed …. Long day. :)

12 JULY

LEGIAN

An early walk along a couple of streets and the beach. On the beach I sat and watched the surf. Back to the hotel. Breakfast, then the bank to cash money, visa agent for 30-day extension, supermarket for extra supplies, lunch at a beachside restaurant and back to the hotel.

The rest of the day was rest, pool swim, massage, sunset on the beach with a few beers, chatted with Ari and Donna (hotel guests from Holland) , dinner at another beachside restaurant, back to hotel, sleep.

13 JULY

LEGIAN - BALIAN

Breakfast, pool swim, repack, check out and off to Balian.

Two hours later… checked in to Gubug Bungalows, wandered up the road, caught up with Geoff and Joselyn, reconnected with Tank and Fiona, Brett and Sandra.

Dinner at Tekor restaurant and a well-deserved sleep.

LEGIAN - BALI - 'THE END OF THE INDO TRIP' - 29 TO 31 OCTOBER 2019

COSTS

Car – Sanur to Legian  - 200 000r

Stay – Grand Kumala Hotel – 390 000R

Car – legian to airport – 200 000R

Surfboard – 6 000 000R

THE LEGIAN STORY

Once again the injury kept me out of the surf.

I spent my time:

Walking along the beach

Hanging around the hotel and hotel pool – swimming laps

Got my new surfboard.

My last day in Indonesia on this trip was the 31 October. It was a long and adventurous holiday. A brief summary:

Not good – virus, stomach parasite, numerous surf cuts, surf board chest injury.

Learning curve – getting a surfboard made in Bali, extending visas.

Surf – great waves in Balian and Sumba

Snorkelling – Goat Island, Bira Beach, Blue Lagoon.

Fun – motorbike riding, exploring, hiking, chatting, making new friends, catching up with old friends

LEGIAN - BALI - 'DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS' - 9 T0 12 OCTOBER 2019

LEGIAN

COSTS

Stay - Grand Kumala Hotel – Delux room –  1 414 549r for 3 nights

Car - Balian to Legian – 400 000R

Car – return International Airport – 300 000R

Car – Legian to domestic airport – 200 000r

9 OCTOBER

Picked up by Nyoman from Balian and driven to Legian. Checked into hotel and had lunch. We waited around for Jason, who I was meeting to order a new surfboard.

After the board sorting, we walked down the beach for sunset drinks and dinner and had a great night listening and dancing to The Beatles music.

A fun and productive day.

10 OCTOBER

I had an early morning walk along the beach, which quiet and pleasant.

After breakfast, we caught a taxi to Kuta where I needed to buy a new selfie stick for my go-pro camera at Digit3.

Back to Legian to cash money, have a haircut and buy supplies for Sumba.

We lazed around the hotel pool in the afternoon, and later, headed for the beach for sunset drinks and dinner.

11 OCTOBER

A bit of a sleep-in then breakfast.

Time to pack – Jacinta for Australia and me for West Sumba.

We lazed about pool. I had a bad massage, where I stopped it after 15 minutes and left. She didn’t know what she was doing!

Nyoman drove us to the International Airport and after our goodbyes Jacinta flew to Australia and I headed back to the hotel.

It was now the start of the solo trip.

12 OCTOBER

Nyoman picked me up at 8am for the domestic airport and my flight to Tambolaka, Sumba.

LEGIAN, BALI - 'FEED ME' - 13 TO 14 SEPTEMBER 2019

LEGIAN 

COSTS

Car from hotel in Makassar to airport - 250 000R including all the tolls.

Flight Makassar to Bali 5:40 am with Citilink– approx. 2 300 000R for two adults – 20 kg luggage included.

Car from Bali domestic airport to Legian – 200 000R

Grand Kumala Hotel - standard room - 384 000R

Relaxation massage Sicilia Spa 112 000r for 1 hour

THE JOURNEY

We started the day with an early morning flight from Makassar to Bali.

We woke at 3:30am and Arus picked us up at 4:00am. The journey to the airport took about ½ hour as there was no traffic.

At the airport we checked into the Citilink counter. They were quick, efficient and professional. The fastest and most hassle free check in I’ve done at an Indonesian domestic airport. We had plenty of time for coffee and croissants.

Nyoman picked us up at Bali domestic airport and drove us to the Grand Kumala Hotel in Legian.

We checked in to the hotel, got our gear out of storage and had a 2^nd breakfast.

This was an eating day as we were keen to eat more western food and we were also over-tired. Pizza, Greek salad, garlic bread, etc. Haha

We had chores to do as well – cash money and buy supplies for Balian from the supermarket.

We relaxed with beers on the beach for sunset and earlier, I had a relaxing massage at Sicilia Spa.

The following day, Nyoman pick us up to drive us to Balian.

LEGIAN, BALI - SICK BUT DOING OUR BEST - 21 TO 26 AUGUST 2019

LEGIAN - 21 TO 26 AUGUST

COSTS

car from domestic airport to hotel in Legian - 200 000R

Grand Kumala Hotel standard room - 415 000R with good breakfast.


THE STORY

We arrived in Bali from Sumba flying with Wings Air - a good flight but leg room was poor. We picked up our bags and met Nyoman at the domestic airport exit. We drove to the Grand Kumala Hotel taking a scenic route through narrow streets and pass ‘rivers’ due to traffic flow changes.

We were very hungry so we popped the bags in the room and headed out to eat – pizza and Greek salad. We were feeling better after eating so we walked towards the main road and I had a haircut and Jacinta had a hair treatment.

I was still sick with the virus during our stay with the addition of diarrhea and Jacinta had picked up the virus as well.  

At night, we had a few dinners with live music playing and during the day we sat around the hotel pool and wandered down to the beach for sunset.

One night, we walked towards Padma and turned off just after the Jayakarta. We stopped to have dinner at a restaurant. It was very quiet then bam! Out came four guys dressed as clowns who started dancing to loud music. It was sort of entertaining but it had a limit. Eventually, they finished and we ate our meal and departed before their next bracket.

On another night, we ate a good meal and listened to a pleasant sounding duet. We met a pleasant guy there named Mark. He was from Dubbo and was a carpenter who worked in an office. Strange combo that he says worked well.

One of the days, we caught a taxi to Nusa Dua. Jacinta had a filling come out and so to the BIMC dental clinic we went. The place was ultra modern, clean, well organised and friendly. Jacinta had her gigi (tooth) fixed and back we drove to Legian.

LEGIAN - BALI - MASSAGE, FRIENDS GETTING READY - 1 AUGUST 2019

LEGIAN

31 JULY

We arrived in Legian from Balian after a two hour drive.

We settled into the Grand Kumala Hotel and had lunch then it was time to get things ready for Sumba – cashed money and food from the Bintang Supermarket.

We packed our bags for Sumba and organised our excess gear to go into the hotel storeroom.

I had a massage at the Sicilian Spa.

It was now late afternoon and we wandered down to the beach to meet Wal and Desti and their friends Dean and his wife. We had a few beers and watched the sunset. We were going to have dinner at the Beatles night but Wal mixed up the restaurants and so we ate the Mozzarella Restaurant. Nice food.

1 AUGUST

We had an early breakfast and then finished packing our bags. Gousti arrived at the hotel at 8am to take us to the domestic airport for our next adventure – Sumba.

LEGIAN - BALI - THE MERYLL'S BIRTHDAY - 17 JULY 2019

16 JULY

Nyoman picked us up at Balian and we drove the two hours to Legian.

At Legian, we settled quickly into the Grand Kumala hotel then out for lunch.

After lunch, we did our jobs – cashed money, brought boardshots and booties and some food at the Bintang Supermarket.

Back at the hotel we rested theen walked over to the Melasti Hotel for Meryl’s 60^th birthday,

A great night chatting, eating and drinking. Beacon organised a pig on the spit and Shelby Meryl’s daughter organised a chees chocolate cake. The night finished back at Beacon’s room for nibbleees and more drink. Jacinta and I finally called it a night and walked back to the Grand Kumala Hotel.

17 JULY

A good sleep, breakfast, more rest and a relaxation massage at Sicilian Spa.

Gousti (a friend of Nyoman) arrived to take us back to Balian at 12 noon.

LEGIAN - BALI - SELAMAT DATANG - 10 JULY 2019

LEGIAN

8 JULY

We landed in Bali in the night and it took ages for the baggage and my surfboards to appear at the carousel. We met Gousti (our driver) and off we drove in the Bali night. Strange though, the weather seemed very cool.

We settled into the hotel and then had a late dinner at an Italian restaurant.

9 JULY

I  woke early and had a walk along the beach.

Jacinta and I had breakfast then walked up to the Bintang supermarket for a few chores – change money, some groceries, wine, and data for my sim card.

Back at the hotel we had an easy afternoon then headed down to the beach for drinks and sunset.

10 JULY

We both had an early walk along the beach and stopped at the Melasti Hotel to catchup with Beacon, Meryl and Lexie.

Back at the hotel, we had breakfast and organised our bags. I went for a relation massage and Wal turned up to pick up his sanding parcel we brought over for him.

At 11:30 Nyoman arrived to take us to Balian.