Friday, July 6, 2007
Day 3 – Sun 1 July 07 (Bali)
After a sumptuous heavy breakfast, we decided to do some unplanned last minute shopping around Jimbaran town. The cab driver offered to fetch us around and since the shops are scattered all over the town and we did not really know where we were heading, we obliged.
We were looking for shops selling wooden crafts, potteries and local handicrafts. However, due to the driver’s limited understanding of English and Sam’s limited Bahasa Melayu vocabulary, we were driven to shops selling almost the same type of handicraft items catered mainly to tourist at high prices. When we were about to give up on our aimless drive, a few shops selling specialized local crafts caught our attention. We ended up purchasing a table lamp ($40) that comes with a white lamp shade and a wooden base with a frangipani white stone tile on the front. We also bought a small magazine rack ($10) made of bamboo and leather.
We returned to the hotel very pleased with our purchases, but it was a challenge packing all the bulky odd size items which could not fit into our trolley bags. As we had to check out of the hotel by 2 pm, we left our baggage with the concierge.
For the rest of the day, we just swam and sunbathed by the infinite pool, and relaxed by the Jacuzzi at the spa. We would have loved to hangout at the other pool by the beach, but it would have been a far descend down the cliff and even more tiring climb back up.
At around 6 pm, we headed to the hotel entrance to collect our baggages and waited for a taxi . The taxi arrived, but we had much difficulty getting our painting into it. The painting could not fit into the trunk or the rear seats of the sedan. In the end, the concierge offered the hotel transport (an MPV) at US$25 which we have no choice but to accept.
At the airport, we managed to check in our bulky items. We had good front row middle-aisle seats on the flight. At Changi airport, all our baggages could fit into the taxi, and the big painting occupied the rear passenger seats. We wanted to get a Maxi cab but they were not available. Sam got into the front passenger seat. As for me, I had to take the last bus no. 36 and got home past midnight! That's our memorable holiday adventure.
We were looking for shops selling wooden crafts, potteries and local handicrafts. However, due to the driver’s limited understanding of English and Sam’s limited Bahasa Melayu vocabulary, we were driven to shops selling almost the same type of handicraft items catered mainly to tourist at high prices. When we were about to give up on our aimless drive, a few shops selling specialized local crafts caught our attention. We ended up purchasing a table lamp ($40) that comes with a white lamp shade and a wooden base with a frangipani white stone tile on the front. We also bought a small magazine rack ($10) made of bamboo and leather.
We returned to the hotel very pleased with our purchases, but it was a challenge packing all the bulky odd size items which could not fit into our trolley bags. As we had to check out of the hotel by 2 pm, we left our baggage with the concierge.
For the rest of the day, we just swam and sunbathed by the infinite pool, and relaxed by the Jacuzzi at the spa. We would have loved to hangout at the other pool by the beach, but it would have been a far descend down the cliff and even more tiring climb back up.
At around 6 pm, we headed to the hotel entrance to collect our baggages and waited for a taxi . The taxi arrived, but we had much difficulty getting our painting into it. The painting could not fit into the trunk or the rear seats of the sedan. In the end, the concierge offered the hotel transport (an MPV) at US$25 which we have no choice but to accept.
At the airport, we managed to check in our bulky items. We had good front row middle-aisle seats on the flight. At Changi airport, all our baggages could fit into the taxi, and the big painting occupied the rear passenger seats. We wanted to get a Maxi cab but they were not available. Sam got into the front passenger seat. As for me, I had to take the last bus no. 36 and got home past midnight! That's our memorable holiday adventure.
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