I get of the airplane and after standing in multiple voucher/ visa/ passport control queues I've finally made it out of the airport. The humid air hits me in the face when I get out the chilly airport and almost fall into the arms of approximately a thousand yelling taxi drivers. The offers start from 25 USD but luckily I know I'm not supposed to pay more than 95.000 IDR (9.56 USD) so I smile, shake my head and walk though the crowd. 3 guys follow me and the price goes down to 15 USD, I offer 90.000 IDR and keep on walking when one of the guys says he'll take me to my hostel. So we start walking to the car which is parked on the other side of the parking lot.
We hop in and leave the airport behind. The driver is talking on the phone in Bahasa Indonesia, sounds like the wife is calling and they're making dinner plans or something. I stare out of the window and see kids on the street making backflips and all kinds of crazy street fighter moves. In the middle of the phone call the guy points out different things and explains in English: "a new statue, Balinese culture" etc. He hangs up the phone and starts asking if I'm here for the first time & what my travel plans are etc, the usual story. We have a nice conversation on the way from Ngurah Rai airport to Sanur. He drops me off in a small, dark alley and tells me to keep on walking until I come to the hostel. He helps me put on my backpack and pats me on the shoulder saying: "Welcome to Bali, Emma. Have an amazing summer", smiles and drives off.
I walk in the dark to the hostel and find a couple of people chilling by the pool and having beers. I check in and sneak into the room, trying to wake up the guy sleeping in the bed on the opposite side of the room. I unpack my bags, go take a shower and join the people at the table for a little chat... and end up staying up until 3:30am and having a couple beers with them. After that I sneaked back into the room and fell asleep before my head hit the pillow(:
First day in Bali
I wake up around 11:30am and peek out of my door. The sun is shining, a few people are laying around the place reading, watching tv or just chatting. I put a bikini on and jump into the pool! I can't stop smiling and almost get a mouthful of pool water in. After a shower I jug some instant coffee and head to the dive shop. I meet Simon who is a darling and agree to meet him tomorrow morning at the shop to get things started. I'll do my Nitrox course tomorrow and day after tomorrow I take a day trip to Tulamben, North of Bali, and get to dive the World War 2 USAT Liberty wreck! Stoked(:
After the dive shop I walked the long way to the beach just to see what's going on in the area. Sanur doesn't have a lot of clubs or anything but instead it has a lot of winding little roads with cracked pavements, dirty stray dogs, honking scooters, a lot of little restaurants, shops and massage places. The beach is not perfect but it's still nice: watching the kite surfers do their thing is a blast! I'm just really excited to go explore the ocean floor soon(:
Chilling at the hostel now, having a beer and chatting with people, sharing stories and enjoying the warm, humid SE Asian night with fellow travellers, geckos and a couple of little rats hiding in the corners.
Over and out,
Emma
<3
We hop in and leave the airport behind. The driver is talking on the phone in Bahasa Indonesia, sounds like the wife is calling and they're making dinner plans or something. I stare out of the window and see kids on the street making backflips and all kinds of crazy street fighter moves. In the middle of the phone call the guy points out different things and explains in English: "a new statue, Balinese culture" etc. He hangs up the phone and starts asking if I'm here for the first time & what my travel plans are etc, the usual story. We have a nice conversation on the way from Ngurah Rai airport to Sanur. He drops me off in a small, dark alley and tells me to keep on walking until I come to the hostel. He helps me put on my backpack and pats me on the shoulder saying: "Welcome to Bali, Emma. Have an amazing summer", smiles and drives off.
I walk in the dark to the hostel and find a couple of people chilling by the pool and having beers. I check in and sneak into the room, trying to wake up the guy sleeping in the bed on the opposite side of the room. I unpack my bags, go take a shower and join the people at the table for a little chat... and end up staying up until 3:30am and having a couple beers with them. After that I sneaked back into the room and fell asleep before my head hit the pillow(:
First day in Bali
I wake up around 11:30am and peek out of my door. The sun is shining, a few people are laying around the place reading, watching tv or just chatting. I put a bikini on and jump into the pool! I can't stop smiling and almost get a mouthful of pool water in. After a shower I jug some instant coffee and head to the dive shop. I meet Simon who is a darling and agree to meet him tomorrow morning at the shop to get things started. I'll do my Nitrox course tomorrow and day after tomorrow I take a day trip to Tulamben, North of Bali, and get to dive the World War 2 USAT Liberty wreck! Stoked(:
After the dive shop I walked the long way to the beach just to see what's going on in the area. Sanur doesn't have a lot of clubs or anything but instead it has a lot of winding little roads with cracked pavements, dirty stray dogs, honking scooters, a lot of little restaurants, shops and massage places. The beach is not perfect but it's still nice: watching the kite surfers do their thing is a blast! I'm just really excited to go explore the ocean floor soon(:
Chilling at the hostel now, having a beer and chatting with people, sharing stories and enjoying the warm, humid SE Asian night with fellow travellers, geckos and a couple of little rats hiding in the corners.
Over and out,
Emma
<3
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