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2011 starts off with a bang, literally

Published by in experience, personal on January 8th, 2011

The final week of 2010 was probably one of the best final weeks of the year i had so far. Started off with the AFF Suzuki Cup where Malaysia met Indonesia in the finals. Putting the stupid laser beams aside, i can easily say it was the one time where everyone in Malaysia was one, united. No race, no religion but Malaysian instead. It even came to a point when i was packing food and the fella manning the store asked … “You are Malaysian?” I was like in a state of shock cause finally, finally someone asked the right question and not the usual, what are you? what race, bla bla bla. This fella is actually an ardent fan of the Malaysian football team and he was giving extra chicken to his fellow countrymen. HAhahaha nice gesture. My room mate’s cousin was getting married and i was invited to witness and also photograph the ceremony as i haven’t been to a Punjabi wedding before. Honestly speaking, it was damn nice and colourful! The Punjabi community are very closely knitted and i had the chance to see that first hand. What left me in awe was how close were they

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Bali Day 4: Surfing at Kuta Beach & Bintang Beer Shirt

Published by in backpack, indonesia on August 24th, 2010

The next morning we had nothing planned. In fact we all woke up later than usual. Slowly had breakfast and walked the roads of Kuta town. Compared to Kuta’s bustling night life, their morning is totally different. Shops were slowly being opened, owners offering their prayers for the day in the form of banana leaves folded into a container shape with bananas and flowers in it. Everywhere we went, we saw this offering in front of their shop regardless how big or small their premises were. The main area looks rather dull in the morning. The only thing left for us to do is to explore Kuta beach and that’s what all of us did. Initial plan was to wear Bali shirt with sarung. But i guess the sarung part was a bit too drastic lol Our first impression of the beach was, WTH happened to it? There were just piles of rubbish all over the place. Locals were all clearing up by hands. Probably the sea brought it to their shores unexpectedly. We were then suddenly greeted by a jogger. Well he didn’t exactly greet us but probably asked us to move away, lol. We continued strolling down the

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Bali Day 3: Ben Chong has a different meaning in Bali

Published by in backpack, indonesia on August 13th, 2010

We headed back to Sri Ratih Cottage after dinner on the 2nd night. We were all free to do anything for the night and so the guys and got into the pool. The ladies on the other hand decided to stay dry and conquered the lobby area hogging their wifi spot; facebook-ing, tweet-ing. It’s like as though we were the only residents in the whole cottage. We all went back to our rooms after an hour or so for a good night’s sleep. The next morning we had our complimentary breakfast before heading to Kuta Beach for our final night. I realized i left out pictures of the rooms in Sri Ratih Cottage. Here they are The rooms are very spacious, in fact too spacious lol. Good thing if you have big backpacks like us cause you can just lay them anywhere. Same goes with the bathroom. There’s just ample of space in the room. Never bothered checking what channels were available cause i immediately dozed off once i got onto the bed.

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Bali Day 2: Trying the most expensive coffee in the world

Published by in backpack, indonesia on July 29th, 2010

After bidding Mount Batur and Hotel Surya goodbye, we then headed to Ubud. Another amazing town that anyone who drops by in Bali should visit. Spending a night here is definitely recommended. Everything is away from the hustling and bustling of town life like Kuta beach. On the way to Ubud we did make some detours and the first stop was lunch. Gahhhhh just realized the photo colours are off. So much for batch editing -_-! The best part of our lunch was that it was buffet style. So we kept eating until the locals gave a weird look LOL. They had this crazy spicy sate that i kept taking but once the fella preparing gave me a stare, i stopped. Hahaha. We were just spoilt we the amount of food. The building that we were at is built right at the edge. Check out the unfinished metal pieces sticking out. After lunch we drove to a nearby coffee farm where we were introduced to the animal that is incharge of making the most expensive coffee in the world.

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Bali Day 2: Hiking up a semi active volcano, Mount Batur

Published by in backpack, indonesia on July 5th, 2010

Upon reaching Hotel Surya we divided ourselves to the rooms that were allocated to us. Because Wai Seng fell sick and had to forgo the trip, we had an extra room. We all decided to give the room to our driver and our guide, Yoga I can still remember clearly that Yoga kept asking me if i was sure of giving him the room. The driver himself was baffled, LOL. Since both of them will be with us for the next few days, why not give them some proper place to rest since we have one room extra. We were later awaken at 3 in the morning and it was freaking cold ! It wasn’t as windy as Genting Highlands but the temperature was cold. Most of us were still in daze and once we got into the van, we dozed off. After a short drive we arrived at the starting point of the hiking trail. If you are wondering why are we even hiking in Bali, well that’s because most of us here love hiking and when i was told that it’s possible to hike up Mount Batur, i thought no further and requested it. A normal hike is

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Bali Day 1: Monkeying around in Uluwatu and Jimbaran

Published by in backpack, indonesia on June 25th, 2010

After GWK (Garuda Wishnu Kencana), we were ferried to South Western part of Bali. Uluwatu was the next stop and i have always seen pictures of the temple (Pura Uluwatu) at the edge of the cliff. This place is 70meters above the crashing waves of the Indian Ocean. If you have read my previous entry, you would have noticed in one of the videos where Yoga (our guide) had told us that the temples here are strict when it comes to ladies who have their monthly thingy. The other missing part that he also mentioned was about our attire. To enter the temples, one would need to put on sarung ( a cloth which is like 1.5meters in length. The main idea of such a rule is to cover your legs. Those with long pants would bypass this.   Just when we were getting all excited with the Sarungs, it started drizzling. Huge droplets of water came down from heavy looking clouds above us. Yoga quickly gathered us and brisk-walked to the edge of the cliff before the rain got any heavier. Already walking under the rain with my DSLR was hard enough, we had to pass through a few

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Bali Day 1: We felt like hobbits in Garuda Wisnu Kencana

Published by in backpack, indonesia on June 13th, 2010

Our flight from Jakarta was on time. So after less than 24 hours, we were off to Bali. For those who have no idea on how far is it, imagine this. Java island is the main part of Indonesia. Yogyakarta is slightly at the middle, probably more to the west. Jakarta is at the far west of the island. Bali on the other hand is an island at the far east. It’s so far that the time there is +1 from Jakarta, lol. Most of us if not all, knocked out as soon as the flight took off. The next thing i knew was Angeline waking me asking if i wanted to eat as the stewardess were selling their onboard food. Flying from Jakarta to Bali, we were onboard AirAsia Jakarta and so they have certain food that aren’t available on the Malaysian flights. So we tried the different variety they had and they were definitely delicious! After filling our stomachs, i could barely sleep and started meddling with all the ridiculous apps i had on my iPhone. Before i knew it, the captain announced that we were landing shortly. Finally, BALI ! The Bali airport reminded me of Penang

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Jakarta: Taxi = Alphard

Published by in backpack, indonesia on May 29th, 2010

It was like 2 months before our Yogyakarta + Bali trip and i received a message from AirAsia notifying that our connecting flight in Jakarta got canceled and it was scheduled for the next day. After going through all possible options, the best outcome was to spend a night in Jakarta itself. Since Jakarta was never in our initial plan, we had to find the cheapest place to stay so that it doesn’t blow our travel budget. Before the trip, Angeline and i googled for transportation, food as well as places to stay. Estimated cost was to be less than RM150. It was raining when we arrived. As i looked out of the window i realized AirAsia Indonesia had a bus to ferry us from the plane to the terminal. WHAT a relief! Imagine getting soaked in the rain >.<! The clip is kinda fuzzy. Took it with my trusty e71 The terminal that we were in was some sort of like low cost terminal but definitely better than LCCT. As i said earlier, Angeline and I have done our homework on the price of the taxis. That enabled us to be sure of what to take. I was told

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Yogyakarta Day 2: Swimming pool filled with wives

Published by in backpack, indonesia on April 27th, 2010

After Prambanan temple, we headed back to our guest house and packed. Some of us took a quick shower while some waiting at the lobby. We were only asked to pay before leaving which worked in my favour, as i had no idea how the place was gonna be and paying over the net wouldn’t be ideal. We got into our van and left for the Water Castle which is in the middle of the town, nearby the fun fair we were at the night before. As i have said in the previous entries that we only had less than 24 hours in Yogyakarta because of a last minute change in our flight schedule. That didn’t really hamper our plans, we just had to make sure we used the time well to cover the three main point of interests in Yogyakarta. The first day was dedicated for Borobudur, simply because it was really far. The next morning was Prambanan, which is actually on the way to the airport and after checking out, we would drop by Taman Sari, which is also on the way. The Water Castle also known as Taman Sari acted as the bathing complex for the then

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Yogyakarta Day 1: Reaching Nirvana at Borobudur temple

Published by in backpack, indonesia on March 14th, 2010

After our first meal on Indonesian soil, we headed towards Borobudur. As said in my previous entry, Borobudur temple was the main reason why we traveled to Indonesia. We were all stuffed after lunch that most of us decided to nap while on the way to Borobudur. The journey from the center of Jogjakarta to the Borobudur temple is approximately 40 minutes depending on traffic. On the way you would be able to see from the typical city life to the outskirts. Upon arriving at the entrance you would definitely be swamped with people trying to sell souvenirs. Some were really aggressive and i told him, i haven’t even seen the place and you are asking me to buy ? He kept quiet for a while and he replied, then Sir, remember my name and buy from me when you have finished walking around the temple. NOTE: Even if you can converse in Bahasa Malaysia, it would be hard to catch what the locals are saying as their slang is heavy. Even certain terms are totally different. For foreigners, there’s a different entrance. Thus the entrance fee is also different T.T

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