Bali0107

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Arrived Kuta. 2.5h to Tulamben. The journey was quite boring, scene almost same as Malaysia, sky was getting darker.

Reached Tulamben Wreck Divers Resort. The suroundings was not well-developed. Since it was late already, foods are hardly found. No activities can be carried out. Bad smell due to the chicken & pig farm nearby.

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3 dives were carried out today. The most impressive and worth to utter i think will be the ship wreck liberty. It's amazing and what i can say is BRAVO! The coral garden and the wall dive also quite special for me. Tulamben is really a diving paradise for those divers! One will never get to here unless he or she is diver.

Another special scenario is the beach here is not build of sand. What you can see is bunch of grey pebble covering the seaside instead of 'convensional' sand!

Far away there is a mysteric sleeping volcano. Yeah, thhis is the first time i see a real volcano! Bali, the island, probably were formed because of the volcano, i guess :). The stone and soil here are all dark or black in colour.

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We left Tulamben once we finished the last dive at Alamanda early in the morning. We dare not stay there longer because diving for even one day will cost a bomb, approx USD150!

Our next destination is Ubud. After settled down in Ubud town, i can't wait to explore the whole city. Actualy it's just a small town with hot whether. It is located at the central of Bali island. The slighly special things about Ubud that it is very rich of Bali's culture, the handcraft which made of wood, silver, bones, and bamboo. Art gallery also can be found everywhere. This town is specially developed by the indon-government to attract those tourism to spend money on the handcraft. Because in location or geological wise, it is nothing special, just like Malaysia! The food here also quite expensive, or i can say is not cheap. Quite costly to spend your vacation here than what you expected. Ya, they accept USD also.

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My new friend, Mr. Darma who i met in the swimming pool yestersday night, brought us for a round trip in Bali, he is a tour guide. Ya, most of the youngster, especially who can communicate in English work as that. Maybe working as a tour guide can make good money?

After having a simple breakfast and negotiate for a good price, we started our journey. He brought us visited some interesting places, the painting, handicraft places, Batur volcano, where we had our buffet lunch nearby, temples and the padi terrace where i 'bullied' by the local. I ended up the mess with 3 'badung' statues which can be considered as white elephant souvenir. Headache to see these three thinds now... What i can conclude is they are really hunger for customer, the business there are very competitive.

I got some interesting fact about Bali from Darma.

1. 75% of the local work as farmer; 25% of them work in the tourism.

2. There are more than 1,000 temples in Bali. Know why? Because each family got their own temple, i guess :p Confuse :(

3. There are 2 sleeping volcano in Bali. Sleeping, ya this one i'm sure, means it will be waken any time! Phew... Anyway, i wash that i would have the chance ti conquer both of them one day if i'm rich.

In Bali, everyone is a millionaire and finaly i've got the chance to become one of the millionaires!