Bali

Recenlty we made a visit to Bali to celebrate my 30^th.  It was our first visit to Bali since we got married. Bali… What can I say about Bali? Everyone knows Bali, or most people I know, knows Bali or have been to Bali. Bali is beautiful, fun, exciting, and cultural. I myself have been to Bali for so many times and I’m always very happy to comeback to Bali. But, there’s a little part of me is still a little sad seeing Bali now. I remember when I went there for the first time about 15 years a go, I was in love. It was love at the first sight. Everything was still so natural, quiet, no traffic for sure! Less tourists, and Ubud still had a cool weather. It was still feel very mystical, but now everything has changed into a big huge commercial tourists site. But of all the craziness are going on in Bali now, the one great thing about Bali is that the Balinese people are still very strongly believe in their religion and traditions. The same view I saw 15 years ago, people still giving offerings on the roads, cars, shops, etc.  So, I’m still glad to see that.This is probably why people still keep coming to Bali even after the Bali bombing incidents. But I must say, being a major tourist attraction though, it sure opened up other good things too. There are more job offers to locals, better road and better public service such as hospitals, etc. As if it wasn’t because of all of the tourists, there won’t be things and stuff to do/to go as we can see now. Cool and hip shops and restaurant, bars with amazing views, beautiful hotels, or cool cafes where you can hang out. Which is exactly what we did on our last trip to Bali. We went to the places that some people have been brag about and we haven't been. We went to Rock bar Ayana, which is a bar on the rocks on a cliff with breathtaking view, and we went to Potato Head, which was nice, and a few others. I’m sure there are plenty of other cool places we could go, but it was enough and we enjoyed it very much. Our hotels were perfect! Both have an outdoor shower (which I think is pretty cool!) surrounded with lush tropical garden, beautiful swimming pools, and friendly staffs! We did a little outdoorsy stuff; we went rafting in Ayung river, though it was slow but still nice. We got to swim in the river, which was my favorite part of the rafting. On the night of my birthday we went to a gay bar in Seminyak and there was a drag queen show. It was fun until a guy tried to harass my husband. Overall, it was a lovely beautiful 30^th birthday celebration, turns out turning 30 isn’t so bad and turning 30 in Bali isn’t too bad either J