Day 2
Got up in the morning and checked out from the hotel. The gangs looks totally different at night and in the morning..So I tried to find the main road (Legian) and start re orientating myself with the map I've got.. So asking around again at the places I wanted to stay specifically TunjungBali and GoraBeach ...both counters told me to come again at 12 as nobody had checked out yet. To my dismay I walked away from the hotels and decided to get breakfast. Went to Warung Indo off Gang Ronta...Food was cheap and good..had fruit juice for 6k and fried rice for 10k.. after breakfast I walk around poppies area to familiarize my self with this place so I wont feel lost. At about 11 plus wnet to the hotels again and was told no room.
Went to PalmGardenTamanNyiur at poppies 2 and ask...To my relief there IS a room available cos someone had just left...lucky me... The room and toilet was clean with a small tv provided as well as breakfast. All for just 150k.... As I was satisfied with the room condition I decided to stay here for the rest of my Bali days. Started unpacking a quick bath and off to my first shopping stop the Surf Factory Outlet.
I decided to walk there cos based on the map the place looked quite near and also I wanted to explore and 'feel' Bali..After a few wrong turns and 1hr later I managed to Billabg Fact.Out.(BFO). I'm sweating like crazy at the BFO. Rested for awhile then started hunting for items...This place is rather disappointing for me, clothes are not that cheap and quality questionable and not to my liking so did not get anything...so I started walking again towards SURF FACT.OUTLET(SFO)..It consist of two stores one with variety of brandsand the other one with all ripcl stuffs...price were acceptable with the kind of quality of the clothes and other stuff.. Bought a few stuff and decided to head back to hotel for a quick bath again.. Took a taxi back to poppies 2. Chit chatted with the driver,he told me that I've actually walked about 3km from poppies to this SFO..I just give a little smile and said that I just want to see the area....Once back had a quick bath and got ready for the next half of the day. Lunch at Warung Indo again
Next half of the day was to go kuta square and explore/shop around tuban area till Discovery Shopping mall. The market between kuta square and tuban provided a cheaper alternative to the bintang and I love bali T-shirts compared to the ones in poppies area. So if u are looking for the bintang shirts head there first. First price they tell u is much lower than in poppies area so u can get a better bargain....Dinner @ KFC (boring...haaha)
will keep u guys updated!