Daniel and I always git the cappuccino, which was always very good.
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| I got the continental and traditional breakfast |
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| Daniel got the asian breakfast |
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| Freshly made Char Kway Teow |
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| Dessert, Pain au Chcolate, Waffle, Pancake and Muffin |
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| Fruit Salad |
In our morning Daniel and I decided to go for a walk along the Nusa Dua foreshore. We were pretty much comparing the different resorts. All of which looked much older then the Sofitel. All of which looked much older than the Sofitel. This all made us happy with our decision to stay in the Sofitel. We also saw the impressive blow hole and a large monument.
For lunch we decided to eat in the Zwee Chen, restaurant. Here they have european dishes along with traditional Balinese dishes. We thought it was a good idea to eat a good lunch before our tour that night. I chose the Balinese Pork Spare Rib which was in my terms, spectacularly good. Daniel ordered the Nasi Goreng which was average to him as in Sydney we know a good restaurant that had better. My mum got the fish and chips, which was great too. My dad got the Napolitano pasta, which was well cooked and tasty considering the chefs were Balinese. We thoroughly enjoyed the freshly cooked meal, but noticed no atmosphere as most of the dishes were going out in room service. We would have done the same but there were four of us and we wanted to eat together. We believed that the hotel wasn't at a high occupancy, that was the reason for this. We believe this was because it was wet season, which scares people off.
At 3pm our guide arrived to pick us up, he was prompt and arrived 30 minutes early. Darsana (aka newman) was a great funny guide for our whole stay in Bali. Our first stop was the Uluwatu Temple. On the journey, our driver gave us a funny warning, he said that there were monkeys at this area that were "bad". I saw this as a joke, but he said they steal things from people and want you to give them food in exchange for them. So once we arrived we had to put on a sarong before we went down the walkway. We were immediately impressed with the view. There is a huge walkway on the cliffs of the peninsular, we went to the end of the walkway only to have a little surprise.
As you can see there are monkeys on the edge of the walkway. We were scared and stayed well clear. But as these asians were taking photos, the monkey jumped on her and was trying to steal her hat! We died in laughter. One other person wasn't so lucky and had to give this monkey a candy bar. We realised these monkeys are very smart, but funny to look at. It was soo windy here, so photos were hard to take. We climbed up to the temple, and were just in awe at this 11th century temple. Visitors weren't allowed inside, so we looked from the edge.
We finished seeing the temple area at about 5pm so we had one hour to wait till our traditional Kecak dance performance started. Our guide was nice enough to pick out great seats for us and waited with us till just before the performance started. The amphitheatre was perched right on the edge of the cliff, which was great for viewing the sunset. So the story goes like this a prince who's the heir and his wife and brother are expelled from the kingdom. Then the evil king and his prime minister try and steal the princes wife, they are successful. Then the prince and his brother along the monkeys go and recuse the princess. Whats amazing is how they sing, its all a group of men who chant an amazing song the whole time. The show finishes with a finale in fire when they try to burn the monkey king. Overall we loved the Kecak fire dance.
Our next stop was dinner on Jimbaran Bay. We arrived at this odd looking seafood store and were served our complimentary plate of grilled seafood. The lobster tasted really good, but the whole time we were scared about the healthiness of the food as their fish wasn't stored in ice. We then returned for an early night in the resort.
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