Bali Beach Fun June 2010

I feel fortunate to be working with AMP and having a paid vacation overseas every other year. This is my second time to Bali on company expenses and the experience was unforgettable - the good and the bad. We were there for 4 days, 3 nights and though the dizzy journeys from the airport to the hotel or from the hotel to Kuta (for entertainment & food) or Ubud (for shopping) or even all the way to the volcano slopes were horrible, I still had my share of fun nonetheless at the company annual dinner and walking by the beach and of course, taking random shots of the sceneries. 


From the windows of the plane to the bus: 

The awesome Nikko Hotel Bali room which is about RM800 per night: 

The 'chun' view from my room balcony:

Lotus flowers by the lobby:

Some blocks of the hotel: 

The pool from the observation deck on the 15th floor: 

(right) Lamps on the lobby ceiling: 

Peddlers were everywhere and I must warn you to totally ignore them as they are pretty cunning and dishonest. I pity the children but I guess in a poor country, everybody needs to earn a living. 

One of the partially active volcanoes that took us 2.5 hours to reach the viewing slope: 

A closer look at the hotel pool. It had a really fascinating slide too on the far left which is not in this pix: 

The infamous Wiwaha Chapel where many weddings happen. It's beautiful but really small:

Condensation effect on my lens. Kinda like it. 

Here's the famous Luwak Coffee which is said to be made from the stool of a 'musang' that only eats the best coffee in the world. It sold at RM120 per pack of 200gm. Below is the competitor brand which is much cheaper. 

Overall, the trip was good minus the con I got myself into at the international airport, Ngurah Rai, in Bali where one of the duty free shop cheated me of RM150 with my purchase as she quoted the price in USD but billed me in Rupiah and my currency conversion failed me. 

A word of advice, be really careful with your money and the locals there. Expensive lessons may be in store.

For more photos, check out my FB album:  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=228167&id=564300085&saved#!/album.php?aid=228167&id=564300085