Blog about Bali

Last month, Nathaniel and I were super lucky that we got to go to Bali. Here are some of the highlights, most of the photograph credits go to him. 

Day One: Lost luggage: Hotel Bound 

Kuta Beach, Surfers Paradise, Beautiful.

Balinese Theatre Show, the girls were so beautiful, I'm gutted we didn't get photos of them! 

Monkey Temple, Ubud. This was by far the highlight of the holiday. You can enter the Temple for 30,000 Rupiah which is roughly £1.50!!! There are monkeys just roaming around walking next to you! It was amazing.

How amazing do these rice fields look?!

Plus, they had the most amazing coffee. The coffee plantation makes Luwak Coffee which is made by Luwak cats. They each a berry which contains the coffee bean however they can't digest the bean so they poop it out. The bean is cleaned and roasted to make the coffee. You can get a tour of the plantation for free and even get amazing free coffee tasters!

Seminyak, Bali. Where we were staying in Kuta could get very loud and pushy. Going to Seminyak which was so peaceful after the chaos of Kuta made the most amazing place in the world to me. If I ever got the chance to go back to Bali, I would stay in Seminyak. 

Sanur, Bali. The beach for swimming. Again so peaceful! As we were leaving, everyone was getting ready to go into the temple for prayer. They were all in traditional Balinese dress. 

We had to visit the Monkey Temple twice.

And for a small donation, you can feed them Ritz crackers!!!

We returned to the best coffee place in the world too!

Bali is the most amazing place I have ever been to, I was worried that the flight may not be worth it but, it definitely was! There were a couple of slip ups like the loss of my luggage that had all our shower gel and toothpaste which was such a nightmare. Kuta's busyness got a little too much at times, we got offers for magic mushrooms on every corner of every street and massages more frequently. It got to the point of tears when a young girl was walking through the traffic selling bracelets, I knew that was going to happen but I don't think anything could prepare for that. Finally, we weren't told that we had to pay airport tax when leaving Bali. It was 100,00 Rupiah each which is only £5 BUT, we had no money, at all. We sorted it and paid the tax and in that situation, all you can really do is laugh. When people ask me 'How was Bali?!' I said, 'An experience' 'It was interesting.' After looking over these photos again, I think that was wrong, it was amazing.