Finally had a good sleep and have a relaxing day. Gonna check out from Rhadana hotel and head to Ubud ! Since it was a free morning, I had the chance to explore the hotel a little. To my surprise, they have a gym upstairs =D
Meeting room on the 5th floor
Stop no. 1 : Urban styles cafe
Fees: 86k. Considerably cheap for a hotel cafe
Lunch was at a nearby restaurant, within walking distance from Hotel Rhadana
Reasonable pricing, much to my surprise
Simple looking but cosy cafe
One of the best food in Bali i had for the past few days. Seriously....it's not that this one is awesome, but the previous ones.....
Total cost: 86k IDR
Bought some water at at nearby mart. Water from the hotel tasted yucky. So we ended up buying for mineral water. In fact, we have been drinking this water since arrival in Bali. Did you know if Nestle produced mineral water? This is new to me haha...
There were a few options to get to Ubud from Kuta.
- Hire a driver. Pak Yanto charged us 300k for the one way trip
- Grab - 165k, to be paid in cash
- Bus. It seems that there is a shuttle bus the travels from Kuta to Ubud and vice versa. 80k per trip.
Hence, the choice was obvious. In no time. the Grab driver picked us up from the hotel and we were on the way to Pumpkin village villa. According to the Grab driver that picked us up from the airport, there are many drivers from Kuta to Ubud, but not the other way round
Stop no. 2 : Pumpkin village villa, Ubud
Look at the azure sky, and the big garden that greeted us during check in
Hotel lobby which is simple yet elegant. Pumpkin village villa is a row of villa in the outskirts of Ubud. I opted for this villa as we planned to spend the last couple of days in Bali in style.
Our own villa. All to ourselves! Picture speaks more than words, so here you go
We only informed them that we are coming for honeymoon, but the set up was out of expectation
Booking.com gave it a 9.4
I'll give it a 10!
It was only 230pm when we checked in and settled down. There was a whole lot of afternoon time to spend in Ubud. Ubud being a small town has many attractions. We were extremely lucky that the villa actually had motorbikes for rent! I was still wondering where to rent a bike.
Ubud city centre revolves around monkey forest area. If you think it sounds like a village, you are definitely wrong. It is actually a small town that is SO SO westernised. 90% of the people i see are whiteman. And the shops there are customised to serve westerners. They can speak good English! Good compared to the average Indonesians I mean. We headed for a massage session by trying out the Balinese traditional massage
Stop no. 3 : Balinese traditional massage
90k IDR for a 60 minute massage. Pumpkin village villa charges 180k for the similar therapy. You can find many of these parlours along the streets. Some as cheap as 80k per hour
Stop no. 4 : Dinner at watercress cafe
Fees: 454k , considered moderately expensive
A simple search on google will show you very good reviews on this restaurant. Keeping in mind the number of western cafes on parade on this street, standing out from them all definitely needs some effort. We were lucky to be able to order our cocktail during the happy hour 5-7pm, which promises a buy 1 free 1 cocktail!
The not so obvious signboard. Watch out not to miss it. They also serve nice breakfast but I didn't get the chance to enjoy it.
Dinner menu. It is pricey but when you look at the food....
BBQ pork ribs. Tender and juicy which tasted a little sweet. 160k IDR
Line caught sashimi grade tuna. 120k IDR
A last glimpse of the cafe before heading back to our villa
Total Cost: 455k IDR
Lights out, coz tomorrow is Nusa Penida trip !!
