Today we hopped into Koni’s car to go back to Legian. We said goodbye to everyone then went on our trip. We first stopped at the rice terraces and walked into the rice patties to the other side of the terraces.

There were cows everywhere. Some doing work and some just resting.

On our way to the temple we had to drive on a set of windy roads. When we stopped to look at a different angle of the rice field I threw up into the rice. Except I was at least 5 feet above it. I had to drink and rinse my mouth out with water multiple times. We got back into the car and drove to get some lunch at a place that sells only things made with tofu. I got the tofu gimbal. It has some kind of shrimp cracker, rice, tofu, egg, and a really good peanut sauce with cabbage.

We found out from there the drive 2 hours to Legian. So we drove to the silver factory because when we get home my mom will open a shop. The silver factory was really cool. If my mom found a stone or pendant or any silver thing we would take it out and set in on the table. Tomorrow my mom will go for a few hours to choose the ones she wants. We’ll stay at home with dad. At the silver factory we decided just to stay in Ubud the last two nights in Bali. Tomorrow Koni will drive mom to the silver factory, drive to legian and get our stuff, come back, then pick up mom. Good plan. Tomorrow it’s supposed to rain.

Today we went rafting in Ubud. I always liked to raft so we all chose rafting to do. We drove up to Agung river then put on our helmets and life jackets then hopped into the boat. Rafting went for 2 hours. It was fun. We went down big rapids and stopped at many places to swim. We stopped at waterfalls and jumped off rocks. One place we stopped had many carvings in the wall called the story of Bali. It was really cool. You can climb up it too. I went the highest and so did my dad. At the end we ate a buffet that the rafting people made for us. The food was average but we still had fun.

Today dad, mom, Hana, and I woke up at 2:00 am to hike up Gunung Batur, a famous mountain in Indonesia. We got into Koni’s car and drove for an hour to the mountain. We drove into the crater but then we climbed the mountain inside the crater. It was freezing outside and we didn’t bring much to cover up with. I wore my shorts, skinny strap shirt, dad’s shirt, and a sarong. Although, as soon as we started walking up all the clothes started to come off. We brought chocolate, peanuts, iced Nescafe, and lots of water. Since we were inside the crater we were shielded by the wind. We all knew though that when we got to the top we were going to get cold.

It was about 5:00 am when we reached the top of Gunung Batur. It was REALLY cold. My hands were numb. So we asked our guide, G’day, to heat our Nescafe up for us. When we got our Nescafe back we grabbed them and our hands went back to normal finally. But when we drank it all down are hands were once again frozen solid. For the breakfast they gave us boiled eggs and banana sandwiches. Then we hiked all the way back down a different way to go see the hot springs. I liked going down better. You could put your hand in front of some holes and they will get steamy and warm. The holes are openings in the volcano.

When we reached the bottom we jumped into Koni’s car and went all the way back to Swasti. I think we are going to rest know.

Today we went rafting in Ubud. I always liked to raft so we all chose rafting to do. We drove up to Agung river then put on our helmets and life jackets then hopped into the boat. Rafting went for 2 hours. It was fun. We went down big rapids and stopped at many places to swim. We stopped at waterfalls and jumped off rocks. One place we stopped had many carvings in the wall called the story of Bali. It was really cool. You can climb up it too. I went the highest and so did my dad. At the end we ate a buffet that the rafting people made for us. The food was average but we still had fun.

Nusa

Today we arrived in Nusa Lambogan. We are going to stay at

Tamirind Resort. The water is really clear and the sand is really white. I like it

already. We reached Tamirind and played in the pool all day. I have a feeling

that that’s all we will do for the next few day we will spend here in Nusa.

Today we explored the Island. My dad and I walked around the

villages and went to Coconut Bay just to see. We didn’t swim but when we

got back to the Resort we all went to swim in the pool. It was pretty hot out

there so we had fun. My dad jumped into the pool with me on his shoulders

too.

My dad went to see a pig get slaughtered for a ceremony. It was

sad. So Hana and I stayed in the room and got ready to leave Nusa. When we

walked into town we checked in our bags and got on the boat. When we got

to Bali again our driver that would take us back to Ubud, Koni, took us to

hotel. Swasti is a really nice hotel and is French. I think we are staying for a

long time.

Singapore

We flew Air Asia to Singapore. It was a good flight. The airport was so nice. My dad Said many people think it’s the nicest airport in the world. Now it’s my favoriteJ. Instead of escalators they are flat and they still move up and down. They have fountains and lights everywhere in the airport.

We took a cab to our hotel. It is called the Classique Hotel. It wasn’t really

ruffing it.

Singapore was really cool. We had Indian food for dinner and

Chinese too. It was all good. I liked Singapore.

When we got to Bali Indonesia there was a power out in the airport.

Well, welcome to indo!

We are staying at the hibiscus house in Ubud. It’s really nice. The

pictures are good. We were at a café when we ran into some old friends

Vicky and Greg. We ate dinner with them and swam in the pool. It was really

funJ.

Today we woke up at 6:00 am for breakfast. We had noodles this time. We usually get a western breakfast which I don’t like but today we got fried noodle which tasted much better.

After breakfast we took the public bus to Miri city again. It was insane hot today, and crazy bright too. We were sweating even on the bus. When we got off at Miri city we went to see Amanda again so my dad could pay the rest of the money for our trip to Mulu. We weren’t at Amanda’s long so afterward we went bowling at Bintang Plaza’s, Mega Lanes. It was really fun I lost the first round then got so close to winning the second round but I ended up in third place again. Mom didn’t bowl. Dad kept trying to explain how to bowl well, but I always got nothing. Then, mom came up showed me how and I started to catch up to everyone else.

After bowling we went to Pizza Hut for lunch. During Ramadan children under twelve only have to do half day. So Mom, Hana, and I ate while dad suffered. Mom didn’t go the whole way. Dad is still going pretty strong. We didn’t eat all our food so we saved ours for later.

Outside the Mall the air temp. is really different. We all said wow when we got outside. We walked to the liquor store on our walk back so Hana and I can make mom and dad Gin and Tonics at the hotel. We took the public bus back to he hotel and made mom a Gin and Tonic while dad went downstairs to talk to Assame and Raymond about the trip to the longhouse.



We danced around and served mom for awhile. She’s already had three and has to have another. It’s only fair she has them in twos so that Hana and I both get an equal amount of turns. Now it’s fifty/ fifty for the longhouse because we were going to make my dad a surprise birthday party if we didn’t go. I vote no longhouse so that we can go to the water park tomorrow because we didn’t go today and it will be open tomorrow.