Bali 2013 - Day 1

Taking an afternoon flight is always not a good choice for a short flight. We reached Bali at around 1pm via Tigerair to Bali. From the airport, if your hotel does not offer a transfer, you can simply get a cab and travel down. Take a look at this link. It states down the fixed price for the different destination. The official taxi counter is located outside the arrivals hall (exit arrivals turn right). Pay the fare accordingly and the cab driver will lead you to his cab. To note, we stayed at Sense Hotel Seminyak and the price should have been 60, 000 rupiah. However, the counter told me to pay 80,000 rupiah for our hotel location. Not wanting to create a fuss upon arrival for just SGD 2 dollars, we paid accordingly and board the cab. 

The journey was quite short, taking around half an hour to reach. The Sense hotel is situated along the lane near to the Seminyak Beach. It is also within walking distance from Seminyak Square which is at Jl. Laksamana Oberoi/ Kayu Aya, Bali. This street is more lively and nosier due to many boutique hotels and restaurants/cafes/pubs. Sense Hotel is actually a good choice for a quieter night rest. 

The cost of the deluxe room with breakfast for per night was around SGD 150. The cost included an additional bed for the three of us. Quite affordable and I had to say, the service crews are great. They are very attentive to our needs and even helped us to confirm our tours when we were not in the hotel . Thumbs up for them.

1. Deluxe Room
2. Swimming pool

Anyway, for Day 1, we did not plan much activities since we reached in the afternoon. After check-in and wash up, we headed to the Seminyak Square. This place became a routine place for us to settle our dinner for the next few days. 

Lunch was definitely on our mind as we did not had any food on the plane. We settled down at Kafe Betawi after browsing through the menu. This place is quite nice to hang out, given that there was not much crowd.

Here's my first meal for the trip - Nasi Uduk Ayam. Nice and comfy food as it tasted like food that we can find in Singapore. To note, the meat was a little tough though overall, it was great. 

Nasi Uduk Ayam

After eating, we decided to walk along the street in hunt for Bintang Supermarket which is at Jl. Raya Seminyak No.17, Seminyak, Bali, Indonesia. I read online that this is a relatively big supermarket that sells many things. I am a supermarket-lover when I travel. It is always interesting to see what they sell. I love to buy back interesting food stuff for myself or as souvenirs. However, this hunt was a real long hunt. I would recommend to take a cab if you are someone who does not like to walk. But to us, walking and do sightseeing at the same time was not that bad afterall. I did not really note down the timing we took but I guess it was around 45 minutes to reach the supermarket. 

After touring in the supermarket for an hour or so, we were happy with our buys. Walking back to our hotel was a little smoother, given the fact that we no longer need to keep looking out for the destination. We even pop in to some smaller shops.

Back at Seminyak square, we saw this pushcart selling corn. Not a roadside food lover, but I could not resist this. There are two flavours to choose from - Spicy or Salt and Butter. Great food.

Grilled corn by the roadside

This pretty much ended our day 1 at Bali. Time to hit the bed as we had a whole string of adventurous activities for the next few days.

For a summary of our trip, click here.