Sharing the latest trip

[yen_claire]

I posted in absence notice last week that I went to Bali for holiday. Many probably think "how nice...bali..." or something like that. I know Bali is well known all over the world as a paradise. Yeah. It's a good place. I like it...if not for the intense heat  and some bad days

In just 1 day strolling around the beach, my skin's badly burned LOL. It hurts and hot. Yes, it's gawd dang hot!! Freaking hot! Super hot!! At least around the southern parts. Honestly speaking, it's paradise, yes. But only for Diver or Surfer. I'm neither, so I don't really find it that "WOW". The view from higher ground (despite the heat...yes, I'll mention this a thousand times) is awesome though.

It was the second day to my trip, we (my friend and I) went to Uluwatu. It's a place famous for the (Hindu) Temple on a cliff. The view is breathtaking...if not for earlier accident. BEWARE of freaking monkey!! I was warned by the locals not to wear sunglasses or any jewelry or bring any foods because they will chase you for them. I wore only my clothes and slippers then. While waiting. I was not aware that a monkey approached me from my left side (silent assassin...scary...) and grab my left slipper. I was surprised and my first reaction was to pull my slipper. I was bit!! It's not hurting too much, but the scary thing came after. I though of it like usual bite from cat or my pet rabbit so I thought nothing about it...until later that night I told my sister about it. She freaked out and asked me to go to the nearest clinic ASAP to be vaccinated. I never know that monkey can be carrier for Rabies. I was SCARED as hell! So...anyone who wants to go anyplace in Bali that has monkey (Uluwatu and Ubud, I think), put yourself FAR FAR away from the beast!! They're horrible!!

The days after that were much better. We went to the north side of Bali (the mountain) called Bedugul. There is Lake Beratan. The view is spectacular too! But there's nothing much to do there unless you want to rent jet-ski and ride around the lake. It's a bit small than the Lake I often visited (Lake Toba in North Sumatra), so I'm not too excited. Anyway, since there wasn't much to do there, we asked the local and decided to go to see the waterfall. It's beautiful and there are 3 waterfalls. You can even play Tarzan!! That was fun XD

The next day, we went to Tanjung Benoa. It's famous for the watersports: tourist diving, parasailing, flying fish, etc. Love the games! It was raining though so the dive wasn't as good as usual (the local said). After half a day playing, we went to GWK (Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park). I found this the MOST enjoyable from all the trip!! The place was surrounded by high cliff. There are lots of big statues! And they're building the biggest statue in the world (the announcer said it's going to be bigger than Liberty Statue!!). The best part of this place...are the dances! They make me shivered in awe! It was awesome...really nice!
The last trip of the day was a trip to Tanah Lot. It's famous for the temple underwater and great sunset.

Well, the last day's full of sweat and boredom because we went back to the hot place! I hate heat :(

If you ask me if I want to go back or not, I'll say yes if you give me free tickets. And I don't want to go to the beaches! But if you're a surfer or diver, I recommend it! Just beware of the monkey! I officially monkey-hater now :(

[Angel~]

Aww, those poor monkeys... Hahaha, sorry. When I was in Spain it happened to a friend of mine too. She didn't go to the hospital, even though I urged her to... 

[yen_claire]

I cried for days after, afraid that monkey was infected. I got paranoid, always trying to take a bath every single time to make sure I don't catch the disease. It's said that rabies infected is hydrophobia. I make sure I don't droll...duh, I even try not to swallow too much (over excrete saliva is also one symptom). It's been 20 days since...and I'm still here, so I guess I'm clean 

I still have to take the last shot of vaccine though...

[Angel~]

Well, it's good that you don't seem to be infected!!! Happy ending after all.

[yen_claire]

Yeah!! If not, trancendy will probably have to search for a new editor for NY...for rabies infected  Is said to have 99,99% death rate 

[Angel~]

I'm sure you'll be fine :)