Bali getaway Day 9

17/8/2015

Itinerary of today:

Breakfast @Cocoa Ubud Private Villa

Tegalalang Rice Terrace

Tirta Empul Holy Water Temple

Lunch @Sari

Lilin Lovina Beach Hotel

Dinner @Akar Cafe

Spent our time in Cocoa Ubud Private Villa until check-out time. A full set of breakfast was included. It was a kinda healthy one which we both appreciated.

Swam for a while and did a bit of reading. This kind of slow living is what I yearn for these few years after graduation and has been working my butt off every day. Hope one day I can live a life like this every day. Lawrence was not able to enjoy the little private pool with his broken finger, yet he still stayed outside for this wonderful quite garden surfing the internet.

Time to check out and our drivers were right outside our villa waiting to pick us up to Tegalalang Rice Terrace (Rp10000/ person). The view there was just truly spectacular! It is a must visit area in Ubud. Such a breathtaking contrast to the coast with nobody haselling you.

It was also a lovely region for art and craft works which were much cooler than the coastal areas. Bought a handmade cloth there (Rp100000). Kinda like traditional Chinese patchwork quilt.

Tegalalang Rice Terrace

Address: Tegallalang, Kec. Gianyar

Another 20 minutes drive to Tirta Empul Holy Water Temple (Rp15000/ person). It is a Hindu Balinese water temple. The temple compound consists of a bathing structure, famous for its holy spring water where Balinese Hindus go to for ritual purification.

We saw many local people and even tourists jumping into the water giving a try. Quite interesting and worth a visit.

Other parts of the temple.

Tirta Empul Holy Water Temple

Address: Jl. Tirta, Tampaksiring, Kec. Gianyar

More than an hour drive for our lunch at Sari Restaurant. It was recommended by our drivers where we could get a nice view of Mount Batur. True enough it did provide a really fascinating view of the place. Buffet lunch was with a variety of choice but was just average. Anyway, still feeling awesome to have such a close up with the volcano.

Sari Restaurant

Address: Kintamani, Bangli Regency
Tel:+62 366 5354922
Opening hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

After lunch, we gotta take another 2 hours drive to Lovina, the north of Bali. We went there all the way just for the dolphin experience. Initially planned to have wreck diving, but again, we were forced to give it up due to Lawrence's injury. Anyhow, it becomes a good reason for us to revisit there again.

We stayed in Lilin Lovina Beach Hotel (HKD847) that night. It was such a beautiful villa and I was in love with it once I saw it online. The baby blue and white colour with special light decor, it made me felt like I was in the heaven. With deem lights around the whole villa, it was kinda romantic hearing the sea with breeze.

Lilin Lovina Beach Hotel

Address: Jl. Singaraja Seririt Lovina Beach, Singaraja, Bali 81151

Tel:+62 362 41670

Free transfer to the nearby restaurants was offered. The hotel staff helped us to make a booking for the most famous restaurant in town- Akar Cafe and drove us all the way there. Actually it was quite close just within 5 minutes drive by car.

Akar Cafe really didn't disappointed us. It was a lovely cafe offering delicious food and great service. Everything we had was top notch. The 3 dishes we ordered were in high quality (Rp215000).