I don't want to go home. I don't want to go home. I don't want to go home.
I am so happy here, and everything is just so wonderful. I can't leave in 2 months..
Don't make me leave
:(
Too bad I am pretty much broke and no one wants to hire the Canadian girl whose VISA expires in 6 months.
Eep, stress stress!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
CANCELLED
I was worried enough about going through security at the Bali Airport. There are signs everywhere saying "Death Penalty for Drug Trafficers" Not that I would have drugs on me or anything like that, but when there are people pushing handfuls of drugs at you, you get a little concerned that someone might have slipped something in your bag. Needless to say, when I packed, I took everything out of my bag, checked all the little compartments and made sure it was totally empty.
I was a little sad to be leaving Bali, but excited to get back to Auckland. My flight was at 1am, so I got to the airport about 1030pm. To even check in, you have to get your bags scanned, then searched. It is intense. While waiting to check in, I started talking to an Aussie guy named Daniel. He was on the same flight. We soon learned that our flight was delayed 4 1/2 hours! I started freaking out, cause I had a connecting flight to Auckland that left at 330pm from Sydney, and now we weren't supposed to arrive in Sydney till 240pm! Daniel was great, he calmed me down, assured me that when we got to Sydney, he would help me find someone to get me through security fast to make sure I caught my next flight. It was great to have someone help, since I was alone. We checked our bags in, then he decided we should go back into the city and get some drinks instead of waiting at the airport. At this time, another Aussie guy named Tristan had joined us. I had no Indo money left, so they paid for the cab and bought me drinks and it was a nice evening. They helped me relax and assured me I would catch my flight.
So, we rock back up to the airport at 330am. Flight is cancelled. The airport was empty, everyone else on the flight had learned it was cancelled much earlier, and were gone already. I instantly started crying, and sobing about how I was now going to miss my connector flight back to Auckland. I am SO GLAD I had met up with Daniel and Tristan, they helped so much. After what seemed like ages at the airport, they shuttled us off to a 5 star hotel for the night and next day. Hmm.. free stay at a 5 star hotel, an extra day in Bali.. maybe it wasn't so bad. So we stayed here:
Sanur Beach Hotel. I don't really have to say how nice it was, you can tell from the photos. The 3 of us had a room, and we didn't sleep at all. I was too stressed, they were too wired. We enjoyed an amazing free breakfast, then I got my flights sorted out. Once I had changed my flight to Auckland and it was all settled, we enjoyed a full day at this awesome hotel. Basically just in the pool all day.
7pm it was back to the airport. More security. We now had to fly to Melbourne, then connect to Sydney. Then I had a 5 hour wait to catch my flight to Auckland. It was an extremly long night/day of travel.
Melbourne was another flight disaster. Our gate had changed for the flight to Sydney, but when I checked in, they neglected to issue me a new boarding pass. I went through security, arrived at the gate.. it was empty. So back I went to the check in, and the woman freaked. My flight was leaving in 5 minutes, which I would have known if they had given me the right boarding pass! So I ran to the new gate, just as I was about to go through security, I realized I had left my laptop at the previous gate. I was in panic and running as fast as I could to the other gate (which was on the other side of the airport, and you had to go through security again) I cut in line, threw my stuff on the scanner, grabbed my laptop, then booked it back to my gate. All the while I could hear them urgently paging me, that my flight was waiting to depart. I got the gate basically in tears saying "I'm sorry" over and over again. I actually almost missed it. When I got on the plane, sat down and relaxed, I passed out. It had been 48 hours of no sleep, extreme stress and my body said "NO MORE!"
Sydney airport was good. No problems. Tristan waited with me for 2 hours to keep me company, which was so lovely of him. I got back to Auckland, and it was pouring rain. But I was soooo happy to be home.
Man, 7 flights in 2 weeks. I'm becoming a pro at this whole airport/flying thing :)
I was a little sad to be leaving Bali, but excited to get back to Auckland. My flight was at 1am, so I got to the airport about 1030pm. To even check in, you have to get your bags scanned, then searched. It is intense. While waiting to check in, I started talking to an Aussie guy named Daniel. He was on the same flight. We soon learned that our flight was delayed 4 1/2 hours! I started freaking out, cause I had a connecting flight to Auckland that left at 330pm from Sydney, and now we weren't supposed to arrive in Sydney till 240pm! Daniel was great, he calmed me down, assured me that when we got to Sydney, he would help me find someone to get me through security fast to make sure I caught my next flight. It was great to have someone help, since I was alone. We checked our bags in, then he decided we should go back into the city and get some drinks instead of waiting at the airport. At this time, another Aussie guy named Tristan had joined us. I had no Indo money left, so they paid for the cab and bought me drinks and it was a nice evening. They helped me relax and assured me I would catch my flight.
So, we rock back up to the airport at 330am. Flight is cancelled. The airport was empty, everyone else on the flight had learned it was cancelled much earlier, and were gone already. I instantly started crying, and sobing about how I was now going to miss my connector flight back to Auckland. I am SO GLAD I had met up with Daniel and Tristan, they helped so much. After what seemed like ages at the airport, they shuttled us off to a 5 star hotel for the night and next day. Hmm.. free stay at a 5 star hotel, an extra day in Bali.. maybe it wasn't so bad. So we stayed here:
Sanur Beach Hotel. I don't really have to say how nice it was, you can tell from the photos. The 3 of us had a room, and we didn't sleep at all. I was too stressed, they were too wired. We enjoyed an amazing free breakfast, then I got my flights sorted out. Once I had changed my flight to Auckland and it was all settled, we enjoyed a full day at this awesome hotel. Basically just in the pool all day.7pm it was back to the airport. More security. We now had to fly to Melbourne, then connect to Sydney. Then I had a 5 hour wait to catch my flight to Auckland. It was an extremly long night/day of travel.
Melbourne was another flight disaster. Our gate had changed for the flight to Sydney, but when I checked in, they neglected to issue me a new boarding pass. I went through security, arrived at the gate.. it was empty. So back I went to the check in, and the woman freaked. My flight was leaving in 5 minutes, which I would have known if they had given me the right boarding pass! So I ran to the new gate, just as I was about to go through security, I realized I had left my laptop at the previous gate. I was in panic and running as fast as I could to the other gate (which was on the other side of the airport, and you had to go through security again) I cut in line, threw my stuff on the scanner, grabbed my laptop, then booked it back to my gate. All the while I could hear them urgently paging me, that my flight was waiting to depart. I got the gate basically in tears saying "I'm sorry" over and over again. I actually almost missed it. When I got on the plane, sat down and relaxed, I passed out. It had been 48 hours of no sleep, extreme stress and my body said "NO MORE!"
Sydney airport was good. No problems. Tristan waited with me for 2 hours to keep me company, which was so lovely of him. I got back to Auckland, and it was pouring rain. But I was soooo happy to be home.
Man, 7 flights in 2 weeks. I'm becoming a pro at this whole airport/flying thing :)
Bali Nightlife
Going out in Bali is an experience. It's totally different from clubbing back home. Outside some of the clubs, there are people with handfuls of meth just trying to get you to buy it from there. Never seen that before. It's rather pointless to seriously do your hair and makeup, or even get dressed up fancy. You sweat all your makeup off within an hour, your hair/clothes get sweaty almost instantly. Seriously, I have never sweat so much.
Busy busy Kuta. This is tourist central. Right outside Sky Garden, where I spent 2 nights.
Yaah, we don't have performers in our clubs back home. This club was also 4 levels, with different styles of music on each level.
Bintang beer. Bali's famous beer, I drank a lot of that.
Favourites :)
Vancouver Cops. They were taking a little holiday after dealing with all the Olympic stuff. They were awesome and bought me beers. I'll be looking out for them when I'm downtown Vancouver now. haha
Busy busy Kuta. This is tourist central. Right outside Sky Garden, where I spent 2 nights.
Yaah, we don't have performers in our clubs back home. This club was also 4 levels, with different styles of music on each level. 
Bintang beer. Bali's famous beer, I drank a lot of that.
Favourites :)
Vancouver Cops. They were taking a little holiday after dealing with all the Olympic stuff. They were awesome and bought me beers. I'll be looking out for them when I'm downtown Vancouver now. haha
MIKE. He was this random guy that stayed in the hostel for 2 nights, but just kept showing up everywhere. We ran into him all the night. He was odd, funny, and rather strange. But really fun to hang out with. He also looks like Bret from Flight of the Conchords :)
Just a tiny bit of Kuta
Just a few shots of Kuta.
This is Kuta Beach. It's really pretty, but not the cleanest beach around. It's mostly for sufers cause it gets great waves. I admit, I didn't go swimming in it, but we walked along it. There were heaps of shops on the beach, full of people yelling "cheap cheap! Good price for you darling!"
This is Kuta Beach. It's really pretty, but not the cleanest beach around. It's mostly for sufers cause it gets great waves. I admit, I didn't go swimming in it, but we walked along it. There were heaps of shops on the beach, full of people yelling "cheap cheap! Good price for you darling!"Ubud
Myself and 4 other hostel friends decided to go up to Ubud for the day. if any of you have read "Eat, Pray, Love" when the woman is in Bali, she's mostly in Ubud. Just a little fun fact. It's about an hour and half drive away from Kuta, but the drive is really beautiful. It was so cool to actually get out of the main touristy part for a bit and just see natural Bali.
Rice Fields. Something I was really looking forward to seeing. It was just green. So lush and beautiful.
So Lovely :)
They had a giant market in Ubud. It was so full on and really exshausting. Natasha and I got seperated from the others so we went off shopping. Neither of us bought anything, however I got whipped in the back with a dress by a woman because I wouldn't buy it. As I was walking away she was yelling "20 thousand!!" which is only $2.. so it was a super deal for a cute dress, but she whipped me! So no way! haha
Now, I'm not the biggest fan of monkeys, but when you visit Ubud, you basically have to go to monkey forest. Basically all it is a path that leads to this forest/park thing and it's full of monkeys. They aren't in cages, they are just walking around. Free to jump on you, pull at your clothes is you wish. Now, I made sure that didn't happen to me, but there were people with monkeys on their shoulders just loving life.
I admit, the babies were really cute. There were heaps of babies too.
So concludes our day in Ubud. It was really lovely.
Rice Fields. Something I was really looking forward to seeing. It was just green. So lush and beautiful.
So Lovely :)
They had a giant market in Ubud. It was so full on and really exshausting. Natasha and I got seperated from the others so we went off shopping. Neither of us bought anything, however I got whipped in the back with a dress by a woman because I wouldn't buy it. As I was walking away she was yelling "20 thousand!!" which is only $2.. so it was a super deal for a cute dress, but she whipped me! So no way! haha
Now, I'm not the biggest fan of monkeys, but when you visit Ubud, you basically have to go to monkey forest. Basically all it is a path that leads to this forest/park thing and it's full of monkeys. They aren't in cages, they are just walking around. Free to jump on you, pull at your clothes is you wish. Now, I made sure that didn't happen to me, but there were people with monkeys on their shoulders just loving life. 
I admit, the babies were really cute. There were heaps of babies too.
So concludes our day in Ubud. It was really lovely.Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Temple time
On our way to Ubud for the day, our driver stopped to show us this temple. He didn't tell us the name, or anything about it, but it was still very beautiful and peaceful.
Before you were allowed to enter the temple, women put silk skirts on you. Once again, not sure why, but it was pretty cool anyways.
Before you were allowed to enter the temple, women put silk skirts on you. Once again, not sure why, but it was pretty cool anyways. 
Monday, March 29, 2010
Bali Fun
I caved and bought a Bintang shirt. Just like all the other toursits :)
This place had the best food. We went there almost everyday. You could get a meal for about $1.50. It was so cheap and so good!
Natasha. Pretty much my favourite.
This outdoor restaurant had a pool in it. If you felt like taking a dip after your dinner, you were more then welcome to!
The place I stayed at made the best strawberry banana milkshakes. yum.
Mei Goreng. Quite possibly my favourite Indonesian dish. I could eat it everyday. I am going to hunt down an Indonesian restaurant in Auckland just so I can eat it again.
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