3rd day in bali...off to seminyak

i am watching mamma mia while writing this....so please forgive me if there is any typo mistake or mingled up words and stuff. the songs are too addictive not to sing along and we have a good sound system and the whole living room all to ourselves after all, what is the point of renting a villa and not rock and roll here while we can?? hmmh....that means we are not spending anytime exploring the night life here eh? tough luck...maybe tomorrow night.

it had been raining since morning in ubud....before it was time for me to wake up and i think the rain followed me all the way to seminyak. horrible....really gloomy and wet and the journey in the car to seminyak was no fun. hated it. i hate car rides in bali!!!! and i hate the driver i have got!!!

i felt as if i had been brought for a ride....literally! damn it! the guy would be driving me to places nearby ubud tomorrow.....when he could have done it when i was still in ubud!!! what was the point of turning all the way back inland when i am near here in seminyak? why couldn't he have done it when i was still in ubud? it is as if he just wanted to waste my time in order to drive me around as many days as possible to earn my rupiah.  uuurrgghhh!!!

we are planning to have friday to ourselves and squeeze in the rest of places to visit for 2 days into 1 day. gosh, hope that will work.

anyway, for today....after checking out from ubud green, with no hassle at all, we headed to sukawati to visit the pasar seni.

i would have skipped this place.....what is the point of visiting sukawati when all you see are souvenir items a.k.a local goods when you have seen them all in ubud market??

one of the buildings of shops and stalls in sukawati market selling....well....bracelets, paintings, slippers, clothing items, etc. nothing that fancy me.....

but some of these paintings caught my friends's attention and they got two to hang in their houses. good for them as they were really cheap and ain't bad at all. thank god i don't have to look for things for the house. phew! that saves me a lot of money haha.

after sukawati we went hunting for food....well, kfc to be exact. funny right how we always look for something familiar when we are away?

well, the meal was settled somewhere near kuta and then it was to some monument.....bajra sandhi, in indonesian. it is a monument to commemorate balinese struggle for independence.

that is the building that was built like a hindu temple.

spiral staircase leading to an observation deck.

view of the monument from the top.

there was a diorama of chronological events that happened on the island from i think 200 years ago till their independence somewhere in the 50s.

one of the scenes behind the glass.

it was a quick tour for us....after having gone through the two circles to complete the story, and some compulsory pictures, it was off to kuta.

the driver wasn't of any help and did not give any constructive suggestions so we decided to go to kuta first before going to the villa in seminyak.

it was pouring in kuta...this is a photo of kuta square. we managed to do some shopping here and left kuta at 5 plus.

the traffic was horrible and it was bumper to bumper all the way to seminyak.

we had some minor problem looking for the villa we have booked as it was on a tiny side street along the main oberoi street.....but in the end we found it with some directions from the owner in his email and a phone call to the housekeeper when we were lost.

boy, how we love our villa!!!

this is the living area.....

and this is the 13m swimming pool.

well, i will be posting more photos of the villa tomorrow when the lighting is better. it was all dark and dim when we arrived. the photos would do no justice to the beautiful villa. no regret at all.

it is just less than 1 minute walk to the main oberoi street in seminyak where you can find boutiques and restaurants. and the beach is only few minutes walking distance away.....although we couldn't hear the sounds of waves...yet.

we were greeted by two friendly housekeepers....bless them for waiting for us and making fresh juices for us once we arrived.

my only complaint is the mosquitoes here. gosh, there are so many of them!! uwaaa!!!
well, have some ointment to rub on the skin and they do have bottles of mossie repellent here for us to use. hope the mossies will stay away from me when i sleep tonight. we do have mosquite nets around our bed.

after saying goodbye to the driver and the two housekeepers, it was out for food.

this was the path we had to take to go to the main road. you can see it is slightly flooded...but it was ok. no one was complaining.

we were looking for something warm and spicy .....tomyam......but couldn't find the thai restaurant we saw in the guilde book in the villa....hence we settled for meja.

meja.....a nice restaurant....the price is like kl lah huh.....rm30 for a plate of spaghetti.

mojitos and cappucino.

spaghetti.

garlic-butter prawn.

local fried rice with caramelized grilled pork....the two pieces on the right lah. the pork was tender but the sauce was kinda sweet. ok lah.

ok...mamma mia has ended. it is time to call it a night.

sigh, has to face the driver that i hate so much tomorrow. let's hope the weather is kind to us and we get some nice views at the place we are going tomorrow. good night.