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Saturday 30 July 2011

Bali: Eat, Spa and Play

Today is a day of pampering for us. :) We had our breakfast at 8am. We had American, International and Indonesian breakfast. As usual, our American and International breakfast came with juice, fruit salad, cereal/muesli, yogurt, toast, jam, eggs, and coffee/tea. The Indonesian chicken porridge breakfast, not only looked good, tasted good too. :)

French toast

Poached eggs with hollandaise sauce and salad

Scrambled eggs with mushroom and baby potatoes

Indonesian chicken porridge

We had an hour to spare before our spa treatment at 10am, Ranadi Spa. We decided to go the shops near our Ranadi Villas. We spent most of our 1 hour at the first shop we entered lol. I bought 3 items from the shop because the dress style is just so me lol. I am done with shopping for myself lol. :)

At 10am, we went for our spa treatments. I took up the 2.5 hours Ranadi Traditional Spa package that included an hour Balinese traditional spa, exfoliating lulur scrub, traditional facial, flower bath and a healthy beverage. I had a couple's treatment room all to myself lol. The spa treatment was really great - my muscles felt relaxed and my skin felt clean, smooth and soft. My friend said I looked radiant after the spa treatment. :) There was also afternoon tea provided with each spa treatment.

Ranadi Spa couple's treatment room

Semi-outdoor shower and bathtub

My flower bath and the ginger tea for me to sip when I am in the bath

Afternoon tea: Indonesian cakes and iced lemon tea

Our guide, Susila came at 1pm and sent us to Seminyak Square for some shopping. I bought another dress for myself and clothes for my girls lol. We set off for Rock Bar, Ayana Resort and Spa Bali at 3pm. The Rock Bar opens at 4pm and it is one of the more popular bars around in Bali so we needed to queue to get in. We arrived at 4pm and there was a queue already forming. At least there were only 10-15 people in front of us. By 4.20pm, our group took the elevator/lift down to the Rock Bar and got a table with a view.

Some photos from the cliff top while waiting to get down to the Rock Bar



The travellator/ lift that will bring us down to the Rock Bar

Us in the queue

The Rock Bar as we are travelling down to it


The coastline on either side of the Rock Bar


We ordered some finger food and drinks and chit-chatted while waiting for the sunset. As it was really hot, we asked for huge umbrellas to shade ourselves from the sun. :P

Summer Rolls (Rp55,000): rice noodles, mango and mint, plum sauce; Rock Lobster Spring Rolls with Tamarind glaze (Rp90,000); Calamari Fritti with spicy tomato sauce (Rp80,000); Beef Chorizo Corn Dogs with sun-dried tomato hollandaise (Rp65,000)

Orient Spices Fried Chicken Wing with pickled cucumber and soy chilli sauce (Rp60,000)

Potato Wedge, Curly Fries and Pita Chips with herbed olive oil and spiced dukkah (Rp50,000)




The sunset was once again beautiful and breath-taking. Going to the Rock Bar was a fun experience. We left around 6.40pm and there was a long queue to get into/ down to the Rock Bar lol.







Photo before we left the Rock Bar

We stopped at two factory outlets on the way back to our villa. But most of us didn't buy anything as the prices still seemed quite expensive despite being factory outlet. :( For dinner, it was a simple affair. We packed Nasi Goreng, Rendang Mutton, and Fried Chicken back to our villa. We also ordered room service: Mee Soto and Fried Tohu lol. Although dinner was simple, it was filling. :)

After dinner, we started to pack our luggage because it is our last night in Bali. I think we overbought the peanuts lol. :P

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