14 March 2013, Thursday For our last full day in Bali, we had breakfast at Flapjaks, a casual restaurant offering home-made pancakes, waffles and gelatos. After that, we went to Petitenget Beach to have a look. Bali is famous for its many beaches and Petitenget is popular among surfers for its rolling waves. However, it […]
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13 March 2013, Wednesday It was Day 7 of our trip and we had a few hours in the morning to spend at Gili Trawangan before making our way back to Bali. Breakfast at our Alam Gili resort was sumptuous as usual. After that, we went for a walk around our resort to take in […]
12 March 2013, Tuesday Today is Nyepi, the Balinese Day of Silence. Nyepi is a day of fasting, silence and meditation and the following day is celebrated as New Year’s Day for the Balinese. It is a Hindu celebration mainly celebrated in Bali, which has a majority Hindu population, unlike the rest of Indonesia, which […]
11 March 2013, Monday Today, we moved on from Padang Bai in Bali to Gili Trawangan (Gili T) in Lombok. Gili T is one of the three Gili islands – the other two are Gili Meno and Gili Air. In fact, the word “Gili” means “small island” in the local Sasek dialect, so there are […]
10 March 2013, Sunday We had an early start as we were climbing Mount Batur today. After waking up at 3:20am, we washed up and left our hotel at 3:50am for the starting point. The drive took only six minutes and we reached a small office for the Association of Mount Batur Trekking Guides. We […]
DAY 3: 9 March 2013, Saturday (Note: I managed to dig out my old diary and extracted some information from my journal entry, so this post contains more details compared to the previous two days) After spending our first two days chilling in Ubud, it was time to move on to Kintamani, an area on […]
DAY 2: 8 March 2013, Friday For our second day in Bali, we continued exploring Ubud. We woke up at 9am for a hearty breakfast at our hotel before heading out at 10:40am to visit one of the rice fields at Sari Organik, located about 3km away on foot but about 6km away by car. […]
It’s time to revisit another past trip…in March 2013, I visited Bali for the first time. For many Westerners, Bali is one of those must-go, bucket list destinations, with its white sand beaches, legendary sunsets and laid-back charm attracting hordes of tourists each year. Fortunately for us in Singapore, paradise is less than three hours […]
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Bali All The Way Day 4: Water Sports / Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 30 September 2017] Day 4: 28 April 2017, Friday It’s our last day in Bali and we spent the morning doing water sports activities at Tanjung Benoa in the southern part of the island. From our villa, we drove […]
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Bali All The Way Day 3: Snorkelling / Tegenungang Waterfall / Tanah Lot
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 27 September 2017] Day 3: 27 April 2017, Thursday After the high of yesterday’s exploits (literally 3,031m high), it was time to experience some lows (literally) today, as we would be snorkelling in the Bali Sea off the beach […]
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Bali All The Way Day 2: Mt Agung Trek / Jimbaran Bay
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 5 September 2017] Day 2: 26 April 2017, Wednesday Technically, it’s still Day 1 of the trip. After dinner on 25 April 2017, we retreated to our rooms at about 7pm to catch some sleep before heading out again […]
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Bali All The Way Day 1: White Water Rafting / Seminyak
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 9 July 2017] Bali 2017 – How It All Began This April, I visited Bali with two of my friends, KH and AK, and their wives. I’m the odd one out, I know, but after the last Sydney trip, […]