Thinking back, I was really glad that I wasn’t going alone and staying in the villa all by myself. I have no problems sleeping alone or being in the dark but the thought of so many non-human population being within reach kinda freaked me out.
There’s no knowing WHEN they’d decide to DROP ON you, or you might just step them. Also, it’s really not that good an idea to go to a new place alone since you’re not familiar with that country. I’d go to HK or BKK alone, I’ve decided.
Just not to Bali. Until I’m totally familiar with that place, I’d consider. 😛
So big thanks to Ms Han for offering to accompany me and although she was late for 8 hours, we still had a lot of fun!
29 September
Woke up bright and early for our adventure at Waterbom Bali! I’d read about this themepark from TripAdvisor (got some really good advice there) and after reading many rave reviews, I decided to add it in our itinerary!
I’d expected it to be like Wild Wild Wet but slightly more exciting, but turns out it was 10 times more exciting lah.
I brought US$50 there, to purchase the tickets in USD so that I wouldn’t have to pay a higher rate because of the exorbitant exchange rate at the counter. They didn’t want to accept my USD because it was the 1996 series and they only accept series from year 2000 onwards. WTF right?
So my 1996 series not worth as much as the 2000 series? Simi sai. I think they were just out to make things difficult for me ‘cos I ain’t blonde. BAH.
And I have to say, the theme park was SWAMPED with caucasians, hereby known as AMR (angmoh rangs, because Karen lao hong when she said it, hahaha), so much that we felt like we’re in Australia or something.
The themepark opens at 9 and when we reached there at 9.45am, there were already long queues at the counters. You can tell that it’s really popular lah.
Address: Jalan Kartika Plaza
P.O. Box 1055, Tuban Kuta, Bali 80361
Indonesia
Tel: 62-361-755676
Fax: 62-361-758243
Tickets cost US$26 (can pay in US$ or IDR)
First ride we queued up for was Boomerang (top left-hand corner, green and orange slides) and I was totally freaking myself out on the way up. It’s at least 4 floors up! OMG! Imagine climbing up the overhead bridge 4 times, ok, and you’d get the idea.
First, you go through a tunnel loop and then followed by a near 90°drop so that you gain enough speed to go up the ramp at the other end (another 2-3 storeys high) and eventually slide down the rest of the way into the pool.
IT IS CRAZY I TELL YOU.
You don’t feel much of the 90° slide (too damn fast) but the ramp was OH-MY-GOD-JUST-LET-ME-DIE cos you go back down backwards!
Nearly died of a heart attack.
But I think I deserve a pat on the back for conquering ALL my fears in one ride. Fear of heights, water and high-speed rides.
Round of applause, please.
Well, after the ride, we were pretty much game for ANYTHING the park had to offer. We sat out the Climax because it looked WAAAAAAAAAY too scary. It’s a freefall drop with the trap-door opening as and when the slide operator felt like it.
The rest of the slides seem comparatively mild, once you’ve tried the Boomerang and the Superbowl (orange one next to Boomerang). Still lots of fun, nonetheless.
It was also here that my waterproof camera decided to die on me. SUCKS LOR. Brought the camera to the themepark thinking that I could take photos w/o worrying that my camera would get wet, but it DIED.
So most of the photos are in Karen’s camera. BOO.
The park operates on a cashless system, you put some money into an “account” which is really a barcode on a wristband that they assign to you. You use this wristband to pay for lockers, towels, gazebos, food and drinks within the park. They don’t accept cash within the park except for top up of the wristband account.
Waterbom is definitely a must-try for all themepark lovers. Totally worth it. 🙂
Went for lunch at Discovery Mall (just opposite Waterbom, how convenient!), they have an A&W there! Woo! 2 piece chicken meal costs about 45,000IDR. Quite expensive, considering that a main course (like fish & chips) at Rumours costs about the same! Hmm.
Nothing much at Discovery Mall, SOGO sells overpriced blogshop-quality clothes and I was too tired to really shop.
Bought a book from Periplus at S$10 (Cecilia Ahern’s Book of Tomorrow) and I’ve come to a conclusion that Bali has cheap books.
Argh.
Then it was back to the villa for our transport to pick us up for spa! Yay! Perfect for my aching legs and shoulders, from carrying the double floats!
My selected treatment was honey bath and Karen got the milk bath. Shiok! I think they used REAL honey ‘cos I could smell the sweetness when they applied it on me! Hmm.
Was a bit worried that ants would start crawling up on me. =__=”
Got back to the villa after our spa session and prepared for dinner! I helped draw Hahahan’s eyeliner! So nice right, I told her eyeliner opens up the eyes and every girl should learn how to apply eyeliner. And I was right, see, she looks better with eyeliner, yes?
*beams*
Took some photos at the front desk while waiting for our cab to come. In Bali, take the Bluebird cabs as these mostly go by meter and they are clustered by areas within the island.
The hotel / villa / resort concierge or front desk should be able to get you one of these cabs easily as their HQ is usually a few minutes away. You can also arrange with the cab driver to come and pick you in the morning or whenever.
Like for us, we didn’t plan to go on tours, so we didn’t book a driver. Not necessary because cabs are EVERYWHERE in Bali. Plenty to go around, so you don’t have to worry about getting stuck outside.
Just make sure you tell the driver to go by meter and that you roughly know the way so that they can’t cheat you!
Arrived at Ultimo, which is really just further up from Rumours, I believe these restaurants belong to a bigger group, same management.
Wore my maxi-dress from Gmarket, vest from BYSI, sandals from Vincci. Love the dress ‘cos it’s so flowy and soft, plus doesn’t restrict my movements. Haha.
Ultimo was really beautiful! Love the ambience, decó and the live band. They have indoor and alfresco seating, just let the crew know where you want to sit. I didn’t make any reservations, I think you don’t need to since it’s quite a big restaurant, at least 50 tables, I think.
Got a shock from reading the menu. The food is TMD-DAMN-CHEAP. I can’t really remember how much each dish costs but I remember being totally shocked and I couldn’t believe how cheap it was. I made Karen calculate in SGD and it was indeed CHEAP!
Hahahaha.
We ordered an appetizer, tomato with cheese, grilled lobster, a pizza (to share), tiramisu, lemon sorbet, fruit juices and the bill only came up to about S$33. I paid by credit card ‘cos I didn’t have enough rupiahs with me and they didn’t charge me extra for processing fees.
LOVE!
Went back to the villa after dinner and inspiration struck.
We started taking jump shots! Wahaha, I love taking jump shots but they are so damn difficult to coordinate! Roar.
Plus my expressions in jump shots always look RETARDED.
Sigh.
But I managed to pull off a two good ones this time!
It’s really hard trying to jump with a long dress. Nearly fell flat on my face stepping on my own dress. -____-”
As you can see, the room is facing the pool and it’s really big! There’s space for a leather 3-seater, king sized bed, an LCD TV. And a really HUGE walk-in wardrobe cum open concept toilet.
Photos of that in Day 3’s post!
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