Bali (Day 3)

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last day in Bali. I have never felt sadder! This is one trip that I have thoroughly enjoyed. It has turned out way better than I anticipated. Over here at Contiki Resort Bali, the people couldn’t be nicer. I met some great people and had some great company over the brief period I was here. But it’s time to go home.

during check-out at the resort, I got most of my money refunded. The bungy jump was free, and so were the spa treatments I had paid for earlier. All of a sudden, I found myself a hundred bucks richer. So I went to the gift shop and got myself a couple of these Contiki t-shirts.

Contiki Resort Bali T-shirts

then it was finally time to go. Bala didn’t come in until much later in the afternoon, so I didn’t get to say goodbye to him. I felt terrible during the entire way to denpasar Bali airport. I couldn’t bear to leave Bali! There is still so much more to see, so many more things to do! But well, good things never last long.

at the airport, people needed to have a valid boarding pass to even enter the departure hall. I wonder if this means people can’t send their loved ones off since non ticket holders aren’t allowed entry? We went through metal detectors to enter the departure hall. Security here was pretty tight. The metal bangles I was wearing made the metal detector go off. Once again, the policeman asked inappropriate questions like “are you single?”. What is up with Balinese policemen and all their unnecessary questions?

denpasar Bali airport is one of the dreariest airports around. Everything here just looks so gloomy. It obviously didn’t make me feel better. After checking in, I went around looking for a place to eat at and spend my remaining rupiah notes. Even the restaurants looked dark and drab.

Ayam Goreng Kecap

lunch was at the Prada restaurant right outside my boarding gate. I had ayam goreng kecap which was deep fried chicken served with steamed rice and soy sauce. It was the first (and last) good meal I had in Bali!

Moonstruck cocktail

had one last cocktail before I left. I lost count of the number of cocktails, shots and beers I had over the past two days. For my final cocktail it was moonstruck, a refreshing frozen blend of Bali moon coconut liqueur, vodka, blue curacao and soursop juice.

Tiramisu

a tiramisu, and I’m good to go. By the way things in Bali always seem cheap on paper, until they charge a 21% tax in addition to the listed price.

onboard the plane, we were served with orange juice once again. I fell asleep pretty soon after that. When the food came, I had a choice between rice and pasta and I chose the latter. This time the food fared better than what I had on the previous flight.

Garuda Indonesia Airline's in-flight lunch

the dessert looked nice. It was some sort of pudding.

Dessert

compared to the previous flight, this was a far more pleasant one. The air stewardesses were more helpful. When the plane touched down in Singapore Changi Airport, I realised I had come back here exactly the way I left it. It was raining.

i spent some time around the duty free zone, sampling cosmetics and perfume. After trying out like a hundred of them, I opted for britney spears’ fantasy.

the sweet fragrance includes jasmine, white chocolate orchid, lychee, kiwi, etc. I never really like those strong floral fragrances so the light refreshing scent from fantasy is perfect. The packaging just looks so pretty!

Britney Spears' Fantasy perfume

the bottle itself is gorgeous too!

Britney Spears' Fantasy perfume

what a pretty and sweet ending to a beautiful vacation! Once again I would like to thank stefan, editor of funkygrad.com for trusting me enough to send me on this trip. Great thanks go to Contiki obviously, for sponsoring the trip. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It’s been one dream ride! Now all that’s left to do is hold the memories close to my heart, and write an ass kickin’ review article on Contiki Resort Bali.

so here endeth the Bali trip.

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Veron Ang is the founder and chief editor of Sparklette. She lives in Singapore and has dined and traveled across the world. She also runs Sparklette Studio, a web design and development firm. If you'd like to connect with her, head on over to the contact page or follow her personal updates on Twitter: @VeronSG.

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Alex Lee
May 29

Hi, Stumbled on your site. I love your layout and graphics, you drew them yourself? They are beautiful.
You are from Soc? hmm, how come i’ve never seen u before. i just graduated too.
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Veron
May 29

Hey Alex, thanks for the comments! No I didn’t draw them myself. I ain’t that talented yet! I merely manipulate images, coordinate colors, put them together and touch them up in Photoshop.
I don’t know of an Alex in SoC either! I am graduating this semester and would be attending the Commencement Ceremony in July.
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chup
May 29

the bungey jump and the contiki tees look is like the same with different print.
how much does the jump usually cost?
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Veron
May 29

yeah only after i got home did i realise i bought the exact same two colors for the t-shirts. but anyway those were the nicest colors that’s why i picked them.
the bungy jump usually costs 69 USD i think. not too sure.
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fayreii
May 29

hi, been reading ur blog now and then. i wanna ask what kind of effects/settings/tweaks you use on photoshop?? don’t mind if i refer ur site in my blog??
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Veron
May 29

no problem fayreii! oh i don’t quite understand what effects you are referring to. for my photos, i tend to tweak the color balance as well as the brightness/contrast setting.
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sh
May 29

egad, a free holiday! makes my boring and jobless stay at home feel terrible, terrible!
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ry
May 29

I think your blog article makes a very good review in itself.
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Veron
May 29

sh, you should book a stay at contiki resort bali! i don’t think it would be very expensive!
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Veron
May 29

ry, I’m glad you think that way. Let’s hope Stefan (Editor of funkygrad.com) feels the same way!
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fayreii
May 29

oh like the cloudy, misty effects, sun light rays, and the blending of colors into one another… teach me how..
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May 30

… haiz.. seems like everytime you revamp your site… a little bit of my face gets removed… can’t seem to print my iconic face. ^)>, on the ‘name’ tag anymore…
haha… but yeah.. it was me on the 2nd day post…. guess you’re back in singapore now… glad you had fun..
Western trip next? perhaps that castle you have up there? haha… But i’ll be more interested in the waterfall in the background though…
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chup
May 31

mr bodyguard goes hungry on the return flight…
so poor thing… :(
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Veron
May 31

haha sorry birdface. your nickname is formatted like a html tag, which explains why it doesn’t show correctly.
if i were to go visit that castle up there (in germany), that wouldn’t be the only european country i tour. it translates into a lot of money! gotta save up for a long time before i get there.
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Veron
May 31

hey chup, i let the beary bodyguard have the remaining peas from my pasta which i didn’t touch… and the fruits of course.
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ag
June 3

hey there,
did a search for bangkok blog and stumbled on ur lovely site.
spent half an hr so reading ur bali and bkk entry.
u lucky thing!!!!!
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Veron
June 3

wow ag, thanks for the honor! i wrote about my solo trip to hong kong too. that was last year during my birthday. but the archives are kinda screwed up right now so i hope you would get to read it later when i get it fixed.
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strawberry
June 27

after reading your posts on bali, i begin to feel that you are really really brave. ahhaha.. for me, i dare not try bungee jump…not even thinking about it
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Veron
June 28

haha that was one frightful experience. after hesitating so much before making my first jump, i almost chickened out of the second (backward) jump! thinking back i still get the chills. i ain’t that brave actually – if i were to do it again i don’t know if i would!
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strawberry
June 28

and also… i notice that you don’t post many pictures of yourself…and is that because you go on solo trips? Or you just prefer to snap pictures of your surrounding?
for me, i love to have self portraits.. hahahaa. everywhere i go i must have my own pictures taken.
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