Chronicles :
Day 3, 12/6, Wed :
We had arranged with Pande (our tour guide) for our complimentary half day tour this morning. Were supposed to meet him at 9am at the hotel lobby. We woke up late and had to ask him to wait for us while we had a hasty breakfast. Managed to start our day tour at 9:15am.

We went sightseeing and visit monuments and temples. Men and women likewise have to wear sarongs to cover their legs before entering the temples. Women who were menstrating were forbidden to enter the sacred grounds. So I had to stay outside while he went in to take a look and to take photos to show to me.

We also the batik printing "factory" and a wood carving "factory". We were not interested in any of those items so we did not buy any, much to the disappointment of the sales staff and our tour guide, i think.

We asked to spend the 2nd half of the day visiting the volcanoes in Bali. For US$20, we were taken up the mountain to view the volcanoes. The temperature up there was fantastic! The sun was hot but the air was cool and the wind was like full-blast air-con. It was nice to cuddle in the cold wind. We took some pictures and you can view there here. We had a buffet lunch at one of the restaurants in the mountains. Not exactly fantastic food but the coffee was really good. There were many peddlers trying to sell us all sorts of things like bracelets, t-shirts and keychains. We had to tell them "no, thanks" quite a few times before they gave up. Some of the peddlers were even children. There was a woman who offered her entire bunch of keychains at RP10,000. That's only S$2.00! But then I though, what can I do with so many keychains?

We had a traditional massage back at our hotel after the tours. It was soothing and pretty relaxing. Had a fantastic lobster and giant prawn dinner for a whopping RP444,475 and then we went back to the hotel to rest. We planned and confimed a snorkelling trip the next day back at our hotel. It was exciting to know that another day of adventure awaits us. I happily packed our little bag of barang barang for the snorkelling trip. We were not sure if we needed to bring towels, but we decided to just take oe of the pool towels with us. Illegal, I think, but....who knows? and....who cares?