Woke up, had breakfast at Masa Inn then walked towards Legian Street. Sure looks different in daytime. Walked past endless shops and pubs, lots of traffic = noise + air pollution, lots of touters. I think being Asians has its advantages — some of the touters don’t even bother greeting us or look at us.
After an hour, we headed for the beach. Walked from Legian to Kuta beach, slippers off, feet in the soft sand and waves. Lots of people sunbathing, surfer dudes and chicks around, some of them not very good at surfing, heh. It was lovely except that I didn’t put on any sunblock, something I’d regret later.
Walked all the way back to Kuta, went past Hard Rock Hotel etc, saw a Starbucks next to the Hard Rock shop. Of course must go in!
SMS-ed some friends, “Am at Starbucks, Kuta. Heheh.” They replied:
ShaolinTiger: Lol so typical. Coffee there nicer or not?
KY: Haha I hope you are not bored of FA? Have lots of fun and remember to eat pork!
Horng: You are so sick, Suan. Need to go to Starbucks rehabilitation centre if there is any.
Gier: Am sure you’re bored and unhepi and would rather be in PJ at your desk, working and bringing me my Pepsi Max. Well, padan muka! I have no kesian for you. Bitch.
After an iced tea, a sandwich and a hand-drawn map of Kuta by the barista, we went on our way to Kuta Square, more random stalls and back to Legian Street. While FA was buying some chopsticks thingy that she ties her hair with, I was very entertained by a little kid sitting at the steps of the stall next door. Basically made him jump and wiggle and constantly shake his head and all that stuff you do with kids.
Ah Seng greatly recommended Ku De Ta to catch some beers and the sunset, so we thought we’d walk to the place. Problem is, we underestimated the distance. We were at the beginning of Legian Street and Ku De Ta is in Seminyak. After a couple of hours, we decided to ask for directions. The shopkeeper said that it was too far away and we must take a taxi there. So we did and it was Rp30,000 (RM11) most well-spent.
Ku De Ta was definitely one of the highlights of our trip. Ambiance was lovely, beautiful and relaxing. We managed to get a corner seat overlooking the beach/ horizon. Clouds marred the sunset, but it was still rather awesome. At least it didn’t rain. Next time you are in Bali, you should really go to Ku De Ta — 4pm onwards then sit back and relax with beer and food.
Prices are slightly above mid-range but that’s to be expected. A small bottle of Bintang costs Rp22,000 (RM7.xx), cocktails and spirits are more expensive. We ordered a Porkys pizza (Rp95,000 = RM32.50) and grilled pork ribs (Rp90,000 = RM31) to share, and knocked back a few beers between us. The Porkys pizza was the MOST DELICIOUS PIZZA I’D EVER HAD ZOMG! Words can’t begin to describe how awesome the pizza was, so you’ll have to find it out yourself. Ribs was juicy, tender and succulent, om nom nom nom nom.
Ku De Ta was truly an incredible experience. I want to cry thinking about it because I want to go back!!! Two girls next to us were from California: one was staying a month and the other was already in Bali for 2 months. Bestnyer boleh berholiday lama-lama.
We stayed until 7+ pm, then decided to head back to our hotel. After all we had to wake up (damn) early the following morning for our mountain trekking adventure. Walked barefooted along the beach from Seminyak to Legian, very lovely. At Legian we decided (more me than FA) that we were too tired to walk back to Kuta, so we walked towards the promenade (where we’d began our mid-noon walk from Legian to Kuta beach). Got two motorcyclists to take us back to our hotel for Rp30,000 (RM11). Was quite worth it because the ride was fun as they went rather fast, into small lanes, endangering tourists and animals alike.
*Complete Flickr set of Bali, May 2009 here, including photos not published on blog.
A beautiful sunset with beer AND pork, hard to beat.
mmmmm pork pizza.
suanie, you libellious slanderour. i sent no such thing. if i recall correctly, i txt-ed back as so:
Hope you enjoys yourself! Have fun, don’t forget to see the sunsets and take pictures for those of us stuck in poor pj!
Lidat.
ST: amazing, amazing! now u have to go already!
FA: yummy 😀
gier: that’s why i’ve been keeping the sms that you REALLY sent as proof 😛
Now I’m really curious about the sms that gier sent
Gier: I saw the sms, you liar.
..but did YOU try to surf???
AT: i wouldn’t lie, unlike some pepsi max-loving gier i could mention 😀
FA: heh
suertes: of course not. i leave my inability to surf to other incompetent surfers 😛
glad you guys went to Kudeta! super best ya!
The sunset very nice…. beautiful and romantic…. 🙂
ku de taaaa omfg. my mouth is watering just thinking abt the RIBS. THE RIBSSSSS.
i like the kid’s giraffe pants
did u go surfing!
Aiyoh!! I miss my trip there liao… Oooh… I absolutely love Kudeta! We went there in the evening when the sun was just setting and was sprawled right on the red “bed” sofas…till late at night… would have been the most romatic moment… until a naked guy chose right at that very moment to walk in his full glory right down to the edge of the water… sigh…
Enjoyed it nevertheless!!! BABI GULING!!!!!!! 😀
aiyoh, why i never made it to kudeta during my 10 day trip earlier this year!!!! why why why?????? u pls go ask ur brother in law. if he says it’s because i was the one who planned the trip, then u tell him, “ya, so kudeta woulda been ur big contribution!!!” am i making any sense? it’s too early in the morning… zzzzz
making me wan to go there NOW.
ah seng: it was super awesome! thanks for telling us we must must must go 😀
kit kat: it was overall a nice ambiance 😀
pinkpau: z0mg i want ze pork pizza! we were craving it for days! no surfing, no swimming heheh
kenny: yah the bed sofas were GREAT! just lie down look at skies and enjoy the breeze. i could do this forever 😀 i wouldn’t mind the naked dude part hahahaha just close your eyes lah 😛 or take photos
LT: but you went to a lot of nice places oO
horng: do it!
eee, bestnya! For me a must-visit-place would be McDonalds! You’re truly a Starbucks-addict!
I already went there twice and is still looking forward to going back. Damn jealous of the gwai los who usually stay for a minimum of 1 month(I got LOL’ed at when I told a guy I was there for only 4 days)
I didn’t use sunblock when I was there and it was fine?(Tried to get a bit of tanning done but ended up looking flush) And the looking Asian part was not an advantage in the sense that they keep on yelling KONICHIWA OHAIYO to me and trying to sell me souvenirs 50 times the original price.
BABI GULING bitches! Cheap beer!! Hot guys!! Bali= 150% satisfied
eiling: we went to mcdonalds also! hahahha just thought it’d be fun to visit starbucks everywhere i go 😛 sort of like a meme 😛
Z: i want to go back also! yeah the dudes staying in the next room at our hotel was like, huh only 4 days!! mch tau la duit dia orang besar.. 😛 i burn easily so i need sunblock. else would be uncomfortable. maybe you look more japanese la.. cos all we got was, MALAYSIA? SINGAPORE? NI HAO?? hahahah then we yell back at them in BM . kau tim, everyone kawan
Suanie: I thought it was HAO NI?!?!?! 😛
where is kudeta located at? which part?
FA: that was only that one dude who howled hysterically when i corrected him! the rest were pretty accurate
sim: ku de ta is in seminyak. if you stay in kuta or legian, might as well get a taxi to drop you off there. everyone knows it 😀
omg the pork is making me HUNGERRRRIIII