It's was an exciting day, we were actually doing something 'touristy'. As part of our program, we get to visit the Les Waterfall located 10 mins bike ride from our place. Komung Eddie and his friend rocked up in the bikes and we both hopped on the back of the bikes.
It's a 2km walk up a slight incline alongside the irrigation channel through a forest of banana and jackfruit trees to the waterfall. It was quite tiring in the heat and considering we did not have any breakfast. Still, your heart rate will elevate by the time you reach the magnificent 40m tall waterfall. The walk was very hot and sweaty and I felt as though I was trekking - the hike took about 20 minutes. As we were passing by, we saw a lot of locals bathing in the crystal clear fresh water.
The 40 meter high waterfall has a perfect slope so the water from the river jumps from one rock to another before eventually hitting the bottom of the land more gently. When we finally arrived, we were enjoying the sensation of a natural massage of the water pounding on our heads, neck and back while trying to become one with the surroundings and listening to the great voice of the waterfall. We were no longer hot and sweaty but inside refreshed with the natural cool breeze and sprinkling water. It was just so splendid, it felt as though we are in a different part of Bondalem - a much cooler part. It's amazing how the temperature could change so dramatically. The water is crystal clear and very cold - a bath in there would be so refreshing but nor did Christina and I went for a dip - we weren't actually prepared for it.
As we were crossing the water hopping from one rock to another, Christina lost one of her thongs (flip flops) during the process. We couldn't stop laughing, it was hilarious. Thankfully, Komung Eddie's friend saved her thongs.
On our way back, we stopped by a little warung tucked amongst the jungle of trees that served cold drinks and fresh young coconuts. There was no way we were leaving without trying a fresh coconut - it was highly recommended by Komung Eddie. They soon brought out two massive coconuts for us and cut it open within a blink of an eye. The fresh juice was very nice. The next part was to eat the coconut meat, we used a part of the skin to scoop it. There wasn't much of the meat but it looked like jelly - literally white clear jelly. The taste of a young coconut is very different to other coconuts I've had; I was so stuffed from the juice, Komung Eddie finished the rest of my coconut. It was very nice and definitely quenched our thirsts.
We were starving when we got back, so I indulged into the yummy mi goreng and had a skyping session with my girls - Julz and Nancy. It was nice to finally see their faces again. I continued to work on my blog before making my way to school.
We had the D class, the older students. It was my first time meeting them as I have not had any Friday classes in the past two weeks. It was such a great and educational class for the students - also a challenge for myself to see how well I know Australia. I introduced myself to the class and they were so inquisitive about where I was from and started asking lots of questions about Australia. The cutest question asked by the only boy in the class was "Is Australia the shape of a Kangaroo?". It was the most adorable thing I've heard. We all giggled and I got up and drew Australia on the board, marking where I was from and the different states and capital cities. Today's class was more about conversational skills and this class had no dramas with conversing with us as they are at a high level of English. They mentioned that they will have their final exams quite soon and that all of them would love to continue studying in University. In the past weeks, Christina has been telling me that the D class is her absolute favourite class, now I can understand why. They were the sweetest students and it was so much fun having an Australian themed lesson. It was my first and last time meeting these students, so we took a nice group shot for memory. The students even requested to add me on Facebook which I find very sweet. After school, I had a 5:30pm appointment for the driver to pick me up and drive me to Kuta. I am partying one last time with Sofie and the crew before I leave Bali. This is my final weekend in Bali as my project is drawing near to an end. It was quite lonely driving up alone - No Julia or Christina. However, the driver kept tabs on me and kept asking if I was ok. The drive is never ok, especially when you're in a manual car. The roads are terrible in Bali.
We drove directly to the villa and it took a while to find as the driver had no clue where it was. We stopped by to ask the locals and were directed to the wrong villa. Apparently, there are 3 villas all with the same name within close proximity. Strange. We finally found it and I was cheering for joy as I was glad to be out of the car. I said goodbye to the driver and greeted Sofie, Patrik and Alex. Jan was in Lombok for the weekend and Matteo had already left for Australia a few days before. I've been telling Sofie that I'm craving for Japanese so we met with Luna (Italian Balinese girl we met) at a Japanese restaurant called Hana. I ordered the sushi mixed plate and we shared two bottles of yummy sake. It was a good dinner.
I mentioned that I had never tried arak (Balinese local spirit) so the first place they took me to was 'Twice Bar' - a very seedy bar. They explained that you go there just for the 'twice in paradise' drinks (arak mixed with orange juice) - cheap booze but you drink it outside on the streets. It was very nice and we drank those two bottles within minutes - it was rather bloating. Now I was craving for tequila shots.
We went to Greenbox and had a mojito each. This little place also gets quite crowded and everything in there is so green. We hung out there for awhile before making our way for some real shots - tequila.
Surfer was out next stop. Here we had a few rounds of tequila shots - woohoo. I also tried a straight arak shot (5 shots for 50,000 rupiahs ($5.30) - bargain). Arak is made from either fermented sap of coconut flowers, sugarcane, grain or fruit. The clear distillate may be blended, aged in wooden barrels or repeated distilled and filtered depending upon the taste and colour objectives. It tastes very similar to Vodka but maybe a little easier to down. The arak I had, had a vanilla after taste which is was very nice. Surfer was a cool place to hang out. They also play live music which I love.
Moving along through Surfer was Apache bar - a reggae bar. The reggae vibe is as real as it can get; dreadlocked enthusiasts chill out in this big island shack, with bamboo pillars and thatched roof. The bar is decked out in Rastafarian red, green, and yellow, with Marley's images all over. It is a very casual and laid back place with mostly Australian surfers in shorts and thongs (I've noticed this is the typical Bali party scene). There was also a live band playing so it was nice to chill out to the bar's reggae grooves. The catchy tunes were great. We met some girls and it happened to be one of their birthdays, Sofie the sweetie, bought her a drink.
Isabella had recommended that I must check out Bounty Discotheque as they have awesome massive birdcages where you can dance at. The club is massive with a great atmosphere and unique decoration of old legendary ship of HMS bounty. There are three main bars - Tavern Bar, Captain Bar and Harbour Bar. The lighting and sound system in at this place is just incredible and not to mention a huge dance floor where hundreds and hundreds of customers are busting their moves. One guy did a handstand on the podium - random but cool. More tequila shots :).
At the beginning of the night we said we will not go to Eikon , because they always go. But, look where we ended up - Eikon. I like Eikon. Cool place. Cool music. Cool people. I mean this is where I met Sofie, Alex and Patrik after all. Luna was suppose to meet up with us at the clubs, but we never heard from her. Anyway we ended up bumping into her at Eikon really late. It was a really good night and none of us got really drunk - which is good. My last partying night in Kuta was spent with awesome party people. Cheers to another great night.
Good night world.
XOXO
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