Bali Day 4 Part 2, Monkey Feeding and Strawberry Farm

The driver sent us for lunch after the "workout". The restaurant only offered buffet, which wasn't too bad. It cost about S$10 for adult, 50% discount for Lil Shauna and Lil Isaac was free!

The boy was super tired and took his nap right after lunch. Luckily he was free, he barely ate much. While waiting for the guide, we purchased a small box of strawberries from the street vendor for about S$2.50. Bcos the weather is cool at that altitude, there were quite some strawberry farms in that area. I was worried that they weren't clean properly but the temptation was too great and we finished the strawberries in 15 mins. Lol. I think we Asians could adapt better to Bali food and water and none of us had suffered the famous Bali Belly so far.

The real monkey forest is far away, the driver drove us to some nearby road to feed monkeys instead. Lil Isaac woke up but refused to get off the car. Lil Shauna was thrilled! She bought food from some vendor to feed the monkeys. The monkeys here appeared tamer than the ones we fed in Ho Chi Minh.

That little bit of food didn't last very long. The driver suggested either temple or coffee plantation next, which the kids weren't interested.  We eventually turned back and went to an organic strawberry farm to pick strawberries! It cost about S$7 per kg.

Of course the kids were thrilled. Lil Isaac doesn't take strawberry but loves to pluck them too. The kids were given strict orders to pick only the very red ones.

We managed to pluck 1kg of strawberries and we gave half to the driver. I don't think we could finish all.

We headed back to the hotel after the strawberry farm. It was another painful almost 2hr ride but we survived. We had another "guest" back in our hotel room.

The kids decided to have some fun with its eyes.

We had our 1st swim in the hotel pool in the late afternoon.

We had a dinner outside of the hotel and bedtime was easy that night.

Mummy Lim

Bali Day 4 Part 1, Bali Treetop Adventure Park

I was considering between the Treetop Adventure Park or the Bali Safari. The latter is really expensive, USD 200 for our family. I gave up when I realised that the car ride would take 1.5hr, which isn't much nearer than the Treetop
Adventure.

Treetop is located 2 hrs from our hotel. To avoid the hot sun, I made a booking for 9am. I also booked a driver from Made Modi Bali Tour for the entire day for 600k and the driver was to pick us from the hotel lobby at 7.30am.

We woke up at 5.30am and hit the bfast at 6am, leaving us enough time for toilet.

All ready!

The driver picked us from the lobby sharply and we started our 2 hrs ride. There were plenty of "are we there yet?" and even more "how many more minutes?", but we survived.

I didn't know that Treetop is located on a mountain. We had nice views on the way up. Too bad, the kids didn't appreciate the views too much. Zzzzz

Finally!

Bcos we were so high up in the mountain, it was actually cold! It was probably about 20 degrees and we were in sleeveless and shorts. It was alright if we stand in the sun, which is really dangerous cos we might get sunburnt without realising.

We booked the session for 9am, we arrived at about 9.20am and were the 1st customers. The booking entitled us to 10% discount. The staff were still doing their daily checks and we only started at about 9.30am.

We started with a practice circuit. Then the yellow circuit, which is like a kids introductory course.  Then we tried the low green and high green circuit. Lil Isaac struggled with the high green circuit bcos of his height. He needed a lot of help too to put the pulley on the cable for the flying fox.

Daddy Lim and Lil Shauna headed to the orange circuit next. Lil Shauna barely reached the height limit and it was no go for the boy. Lil Isaac and I repeated the green circuit while waiting for Daddy Lim and Lil Shauna.

Me during toilet break - trying to look cool. But in fact, most of the time with crazy hair and yelling at the kids. Lol.

We had a last high green circuit as a family before ending the 2.5hr session that cost us USD 49. The kids were happy, which was crucial bcos we had another 2 hrs ride to get back to the hotel.

Mummy Lim

Bali Day 3, Tanah Lot and Kuta

We woke up at 7.30am. The housekeeper came shortly and made us bfast. Although the exact same food as yday, it was still good.

The housekeeper left us after bfast was done. Of course we had to swim one last time in the private pool.

It was almost 11am (checkout time) by the time we were done. We had arranged for a driver and he arrived sharply. So, that marked the end of our luxurious stay. Was it fantastic? Well, it was nice to have such peace and quietness and our own private pool. It would have been nicer if the villa wasn't tucked so far in ulu land. The air con in the room didn't always give us the coldness that we wanted and so we had to turn on the ceiling fan. The ceiling fan was loud and rocking. Then I kept imagining the ceiling fan dropping on us and sliced us. Gulp, not a nice picture in my head. Nevertheless, a thumbs up overall.

We had wanted to visit Tanah Lot, a temple on a rock that can only be accessed during low tide. I read how beautiful it is. Tanah Lot was about 45mins drive from our villa. The car ride wasn't too bad.

This beautiful sight greeted us. We were at the cliff facing Indian Ocean.

It was low tide! We walked on the rock that connects to the temple. The temple is not accessible to tourists, only to worshippers during ceremony.

We didn't spend too much time in Tanah Lot; the sun was scorching hot! Even Daddy Lim was worried that he would get sun burnt. We had lunch in Tanah Lot before setting our way to Kuta, where our hotel was. The ride took about 1hr plus.

I had thought that somebody would nap in the car but we didn't have that luxury. Finally, Bali Dynasty Resort. A nice welcome drink and Mr Towel Man who greeted us in the room. So cool!

We explored the hotel as it was about 3pm and too hot to swim. There was a mini playground and some trampoline jumping. We also had a private stretch of beach right behind the hotel. It was too hot to play at the beach too and many mini stall owners trying to tout business.

We decided to leave the hotel to explore the rest of Kuta.  The Centro shopping center was about 5 mins walk, to the right of the hotel. At the other end of the shopping mall, it was the beach and fairly crowded with people. The kids had a lovely time chasing the waves and running and way from it.

 We left when the sun was setting. It was beautiful.

We had A&W for dinner. Isn't it funny how Singaporeans always go for A&W overseas? Haha. Then Daddy Lim wanted to shop at some Hurley shop. There was this structure with their logo and the boy had to climb the box. The next moment, we heard a loud crack and saw his foot through the box. Zzzzz.

We had to pay for the repair. The shop supervisor called his manager and told us that the repair would cost $2 million (about S$200). I didn't know if there would be a better way out but did speak to the manager over the phone and the manager offered us a 50% discount. We eventually paid 800k (about S$80). I was wondering how much i should bargain. This kind of thing also can bargain. Faint. Luckily the boy didn't get hurt and I do hope that he learnt his lesson.

I was indeed upset with the boy for the rest of the evening.  Want to bite him ah.

Mummy Lim