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Nusa Penida, Bali.

BALI TRIP! but this time focus pergi ke Nusa Penida.

Ticket flight.

I beli tiket flight di Expedia, melalui Skyscanner. I love skyscanner sebab boleh tengok flight mana yang ok ikut date yang kita nak pergi tu.

Pergi, naik Malindo Air

Balik, naik Air Asia.

I bought the ticket 2 or 3 minggu sebelum fly, so the price agak tinggi and takde menunjukkan harga akan turun. plus, time ni Malaysia ada cuti panjang Keputeraan Agung + Awal Muharram. RM800+ per pax. LOL.

*** TIPS JIMAT: Beli awal kalau you nak murah. sebab sebulan sebelum i beli ticket flight, the price was still around RM250 per pax, Air Asia.

Tukaran myr-rupiah, 0.289

Grab

Grab 71k daripada airport ke sanur
Daripada international arrival, kena berjalan ke domestic terminal, kebetulan ada buggy masa tu so naik buggy jelah. if not, jalan kaki will take 10min like that. driver akan inform di mana dia akan pickup, in our case di domestic departure.

Grab tidak di benarkan berurusan di airport sebab airport ada syarikat taxi nya sendiri, sebab taknak laa kacau periuk nasi taxi.

Why sanur?
Niat datang bali is because join Maybank Bali Marathon, di Gianyir. so location paling dekat untuk book bilik adalah di Sanur. lagipon esok akan naik boat ke Nusa Penida, jadi perfect location antara 2 tempat.

My 2nd Half Marathon. daripada segi masa, tak ada beza dengan last run. but super proud of myself sebab tak berjalan langsung. I jog all the way to the end. Nak kata berlari tu tak laaa, not that fit yet.

I trained 2 months for this, should have train lagi lama and harder. My 1st run di luar negara, Insyaallah more to come with this babe.

Back to Sanur, kalau datang Bali and tak ada niat untuk ke Nusa Penida, better you book somewhere else, sebab Sanur tak ada apa-apa sangat. I just think orang stay sini semata-mata untuk ke Nusa Penida sahaja.

Kalau datang dengan family, Kuta is ok. but crowded. I think Ubud adalah perfect untuk semua golongan, sama ada datang dengan keluarga ataupon kawan-kawan, vibe nya lain. cuma Ubud punya traffic jam dahsyat.

sewa motor sanur 70k, 10pm -10pm the next day.
minyak motor 25k full di stesen minyak.
daripada Sanur - Gianyir - Denpasar - Uluwatu, isi minyak sekali sahaja.
Kedai sewa motor tutup around 8pm

Uluwatu.

Ramai sangat orang tengok kecak dance time ni. a must thing to do kalau datang Bali.

After Uluwatu, terus balik Sanur and dinner at the famous, Mak Beng.

Nusa Penida

Fast Boat Sanur - Nusa Penida

Tiket foreigner 400k return per pax.
Bertolak pukul 1pm, fast boat under Sri Rejeki.
Balik 2.15pm daripada syarikat lain, El Ray but book under orang yang sama
Perjalanan mengambil masa dalam 30mins.

Our grab driver yang tolong carikan ticket boat. unfortunetly, kita tak dapat local rate. If you read on google / blog, orang akan cakap di hujung Jalan Hang Tuah, bawah-bawah khemah sebelah kiri boat untuk orang local, akan dapat harga ticket local. Sebelah kawasan khemah kanan, untuk foreigners. We did go to the left kawasan untuk local, but dapat harga foreigner juga. maybe it was not our lucky day masa tu :(

TIPS JIMAT:
maybe boleh try beli pakej daripada Malaysia siap-siap untuk ke Nusa Penida. biasanya, akan ada day trip sahaja. but day trip akan cover west Nusa Penida (broken beach + angel billabong + kelinking beach)

Tidak ada proper jetty, boat akan berada dalam kawasan air laut, but pekerja akan tolong angkatkan bag. no need to worry kalau bawa bag roda. akan masuk dalam air hingga ke paras lutut / peha, so please wear proper clothes.

IMPORTANT! Please please download offline google map siap-siap di Bali. sebab di Nusa Penida, ada chances takdapat line internet, kalau you sesat di mana-mana memang susah kang.

Expenses

sewa motor nusa penida - 80k per day
minyak dalam - 10-17k per liter, isi 2 kali

makanan bermula 20k sepinggan
minuman 10k

so, untuk 2 orang basically dalam RM50, 2d1n punya meal, di Nusa Penida.
50k - lunch
48k - dinner
80k - breakfast

* boleh jimat lagi untuk breakfast, but both of us prefer western breakfast, cappucino or latte wajib ada, hihi *

Toyapakeh adalah kawasan muslim but malam akan mati. tak ada orang lepak-lepas tepi pantai minum coffee. end up balik je tidur awal.

I booked Jose Stay, daripada booking.com. Pilih Jose Stay sebab ingatkan boat akan berhenti di pelabuhan depan homestay, rupa nya ada 2 jetty di situ. kena berjalan dalam 10-15min

REVIEW ON JOSE STAY:

- dekat dengan tempat makan halal.
- staff tolong cari kan motor.
- staff was ok lah, but not that friendly.
- nice room, bersih dan baru :)

Nusa Penida ni rupanya besar juga. from Toyapakeh to 1 point to another mengambil masa 1 jam lebih naik motor.

Petang tu ke Teletubies Hill then ke Atuh Beach. daripada jauh, nampak rumah pohon, the famous tree house. but di sebabkan datang lewat petang, so tak sempat ke Rumah Pohon.

ok heres the thing, kalau you baca google or blog orang, di Atuh Beach, orang akan suggest you turun ikut tangga kiri. bila you naik motor, ikut signboard, it will bring you to the tangga belah kanan. so, i tak pasti jalan mana yang dorang guna kan untuk ke tangga sebelah kiri.

bila you sampai tangga kanan, ada kena bayar parking and entry if tak silap. but di sebabkan kami sampai lewat, tak bayar apa-apa sebab tak ada orang jaga.

sebelum you sampai di kawasan parking, perlu turun curam yang sangat curam. kalau tak berani, better park jauh then jalan ke kawasan parking then ke entry point.

di kawasan parking, you boleh terus untuk ke Atuh Beach, atau sebelah kanan akan ada trail untuk ke Rumah Pohon. hati-hati, ada banyak kera kat sana.

** susah untuk i nak terangkan secara menulis haha, but i really hope you get the point. basically di kawasan ini ada Atuh Beach + Thousand Island + Rumah Pohon **

WARNING;
pukul 6 dah start gelap. kalau you stay Toyapakeh dan you ke Atuh beach, it is better you bertolak balik paling lewat dalam pukul 3 or 4 pm. sebab... jalan daripada atuh beach balik toyapakeh gelap gelita, tidak ada lampu! ada chances juga you kena kejar anjing.

kami keluar daripada kawasan Atuh Beach pukul 6 lebih. so dah start gelap. dengan jalan sempit gelap gelita kiri kanan hutan DAN KENA KEJAR ANJING... memang SCARY NAK MAMPUS.

Day 2

Pagi tu, terus ke Angel Billabong, sebab read on google it is best you pergi and sampai around 8am. masa sampai tu, memang tak ramai orang. So, boleh la tangkap pic puas-puas.

WARNING;
Jalan je Broken Beach / angel billabong paling teruk. Kalau you bawa motor, please berhati-hati. sebab ada bukit yang agak tinggi, sampai tak lepas nak naik motor. hampir jatuh juga :(
plus kalau tolak motor, ada chances juga motor akan mengelongsor balik ke bawah.

Broken beach dan Angel Billabong adalah dalam 1 kawasan yang sama
- entry 5k per pax
- parking 1k

daripada parking, jalan dalam 5min ke Broken Beach. datang awal, so memang tidak ada orang. then jalan turun ke bawah lagi, akan ke angle billabong. kebetulan masa tu, air pasang so tak boleh turun ke kolam bawah. ombak kuat sangat, sampai masuk ke dalam kolam. akan ada local jaga kawasan tu, so kalau you nak masuk illegal turun bawah ke kolam, dorang akan bunyi wisel.

Lepas tu, naik motor balik then ke Kelinking Beach. dalam 30min tak silap, akan sampai.

Kelinking Beach. masa datang, peak hour. 10-12noon. memang ramai and crowded and the path to go down tu macam traffic jam tak bergerak. from here, you can see banyak manta ray!

Akan ada local panjat pokok dan tangkap gambar daripada atas pokok, some will ask 100k for photos. luckily, orang yang tolong tangkapkan our pic ni tak caj apa-apa, just ask nicely and say thank you :)

Ubud.

Stayed at Ubud Market Hostel. harga booking.com lain daripada harga walk in.
harga booking.com - 50k
harga walk in 40k per pax.
dalam website ada tulis include breakfast, but tak nampak breakfast nya.

we prefer our lattes lagi, haha so hipstur cafe for breakfast will cost you around 130-155k = RM40 (croissant + caramel macchiato + tuna sandwich + cappuccino)
tulis nama coffee pon dah buat i drooling sekarang ini. nyum.

REVIEW ON UBUD MARKET HOSTEL:

- had some issue on the rate masa check in with the staff. but the next day, we both are ok with it.
- katil agak berbau
- toilet tersumbat, major turn off
- toilet ada tingkap sangat besar, orang mandi pasti nampak dari luar.
- aircon sangat slow, set it at 16' pon still macam temperature 23'

advantage duduk hostel is that you mix with other travellers. sempat la juga make new friend. and the loction sangat strategic, betul-betul dalam ubud market.

our plan on last day kat Bali was to go to Tanah Lot. but penat and kena cari baju kat Ubud Market, so decided duduk jelah kat Ubud. Lagipon dah pernah pergi Tanah Lot, so now worries.

Expenses in Ubud.

Lunch di Halal Ubud burger, 40k each (mushroom and cheese burger)
Rattan bag bermula 50k ke atas, for basic bag.
Baju bali 40k ke atas

* boleh try minta discount lagi but I NI TAK RETI NEGO-NEGO NI LOL* nasib la i ada travel mate yang pandai nego, dia tolong nego kan. hihi.

Airport Transfer

Daripada Ubud ke airport mengambil masa 2 jam.
Taxi tak di benarkan masuk Ubud sebab nak jaga periuk nasi taxi driver dalam daerah Ubud, so they can only pick up kat tepi jalan / kedai makan. tidak di benar kan mengambil di hotel.

Caj Grab - 250k, dalam apps 188k. but dorang akan minta lebih atas alasan traffic jam. some will ask untuk tambahkan 50k, or bayar 300k terus.

Anyways, kebetulan driver grab yang hantarkan ke airport tu muslim. if want to use his service, boleh la contact dia, Munthe. +62 821 450 88791 / IG @munthe_323

sesuai untuk yang travel nak driver muslim sebab senang bawa ke kedai makan halal, plus dia muda, surely will have fun, hehe

summary;

8 Sept - Sanur, Bali
9 Sept - Gianyir, Maybank Marathon + Uluwatu
10 Sept - Atuh Beach + Thousand Island, Nusa Penida
11 Sept - Broken Beach + Angel Billabong + Kelinking Beach
11-12 Sept - Ubud

thats all, hope berinformasi cause thats the point of me writing all this. if tak faham, can whatsapp me number on the right of this blog!! LOVE TO HELP MORE!! xoxo

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aqaba

JORDAN TRIP: Glass Boat Ride in Aqaba.

Aqaba. Selepas Petra then Wadi Rum, we straight shoot to Aqaba, overnight di sini. Sampai waktu malam, then had our dinner. Dinner in Aqaba will cost around 22 JD for a family, of 6 pax. Disebabkan Aqaba ini kawasan laut, so ada la supply ikan and other seafood.

I on the other hand, sakit pula malam tu. I just couldn't take the heat masa kat Petra, so kepala sakit sangat, i was too weak and muntah-muntah, and perut pula sensitive. so, tak ada laa gambar of our dinner. Pictures of our hotel room, will be in another post :)

The morning after, we took a boat ride sightseeing. Price is 30 Dinar selepas tawar menawar, for 1 hour ride. Air laut sangat jernih, but too bad dorang tak ada majlis perbandaran agaknya. so the place agak tak terurus. sayang sebab tempat cantik, air jernih cuma kawasan tak terurus.

this is the type of boat kami naik. Glass Boat, ada see thru at the bottom.

1st, akan bawa you tengok ikan and corals. tak banyak but boleh lah.

2nd, Jordan berjiran dengan Israel so basically you can see Israel from here. Jordan pernah berperang dengan Israel dulu, jadi ada peninggalan kapal perang di bawah dasar laut. They will take you to the abandoned kereta kebal and you can see clearly from the glass bottom boat you tu.

3rd, akan lalu kawasan locals mandi laut. all these adalah 1 pantai yang sama.

4th, akan lalu tempat yacht.

5th, akan lalu hadapan hotel-hotel mewah and tempat penginapan king of Jordan. (1 of istana dia la kot)

6th, strolling through the open ocean, sambil tengok dari jauh Israel. boleh nampak polis Israel jaga perairan dorang. ada nampak juga HUGE Israel flag dari jauh.

Thats all, then balik ke pantai.

pokok kurma.

I plan to combined this post with another post but too much picture. stay tuned for my next post of Karak Castle! thank you for reading. Good Night! xoxo

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desert

JORDAN TRIP: WADI RUM

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha!

continuing back on Jordan post, next stop after Petra, is Wadi Rum. Wadi Rum ni kawasan padang pasir. I tak pernah pergi Dubai so, tak dapat nak compare padang pasir sana with this padang pasir.

Yang i tahu, ada banyak Wadi di sini and one of it is Wadi Rum. Another Wadi you can go, ada hike and main air, but we didnt go that one sebab ada parents. I dont think they will enjoy hiking semua tu. plus harga pon berlainan.

For Wadi Rum, price is 35 Dinar per jeep, kami ber-enam. We were told ada lebih kurang 20 tempat pit stop di sini but we only go 5 stop sahaja. Last time we came 4 years ago, we were brought to different pit stop berbanding kali ini. So dapatlah merasa tempat berbeza.

Once you enter pagar entrance Wadi Rum, perlu turun kereta dan register + beli ticket di counter. kena pay around 10 JD untuk 6 pax kalau tidak silap. then naik balik kereta, pergi kawasan car park sebuah perkampungan where you will naik their jeep.

above picture is our 1st pitstop. kawasan naik unta. ada khemah di sini where the local people here sell stuff. and minum chai = teh. naik unta will cost you 5 Dinar per ride.

antara Petra and Wadi Rum, from my point of view, it is better you naik unta di Petra. sebab lebih cantik nampak permandangan Petra and ada hala tuju. but if naik unta di sini, basically you just pusing2 sekitar kawasan atas ini sahaja. tak adventurous langsung.

2nd stop is sand dune. Di sini akan ada khemah where you can rent sled (sand board) for 35 Diner per board. mind you that 35 dinar is agak expensive for me, so i actually brought my own sled yang i beli di Daiso RM5 je lol.

does it work?? NOOOO. i tak pasti lah jenis sled apa yang berfungsi untuk pasir kat sini but both my sled and the rent board tak bergerak pon. ini hasil pemandangan i tengok ada 3 tourist yang sewa the board here, tak bergerak langsung. melayang duit, kesian. :(

I have tried yang Perth punya, di Lancelin. Pasir kat sini dan pasir di Lancelin tak ada la beza sangat. board yang di gunakan pon sama sahaja. cuma tak pasti la kenapa di sini, board nya tak bergerak, tersekat dalam pasir. if di Lancelin, once you naik push a bit memang laju je turun.

* this sled i bought at daiso *

crdt pic ture: peipeihaohao.com

I read somewhere, someone calls it 'Mars on Earth' or even 'Vally of the Moon'. sebab nampak color merah je. This is on top of the sand dune. penat nak naik sebab pasir nya halus sangat, so kaki terbenam masa berjalan. but the view is priceless!

3rd stop, tak pasti apa nama nya ni. sebab masa ni dah start penat. ada air mata air inside this place.

sebab cuasa panas and terlalu kering, this is the only air that is left. this is the air mata air tuu.

4th stop, Burdah Rock Bridge. daripada jauh, nampak the bridge. around 5-10mins easy hike atas.

the beautiful sun!

5th stop, ada tinggalan ukiran zaman dulu-dulu. It is said ada tinggalan harta karun / emas kat sini, and local people ada gali to find it. fresh lagi galian.

our old jeep! macam nak roboh jeep nya but still boleh berjalan ;)

on the way back to the car pack.

Thats all for Wadi Rum! hope you enjoy reading. I just got back from Batam yesterday and insyaallah will do a post on it soooon after this. xoxo

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Jordan

JORDAN TRIP: PETRA

Petra! so excited to start on this,,, so here we go.

Kawasan Petra ini besar. But still, if you are fit enough, it is walkable. Lagi-lagi, kalau you are the type yang suka bangunan bersejarah, then it will be fun. Disebabkan i have been here before, so we decided to stay here half a day sahaja, then to Wadi Rum. from 7am - 12noon.

It is open at 6am. we arrived at 7am to have breakfast 1st but tak ada kedai yang buka lagi. if want to go here early, please make sure you eat somewhere first. Kebanyakkan kedai di Jordan buka pukul 10 or 11am ke atas. Breakfast di hotel will cost you around 25 JD per pax. tak berbaloi, seriously. sebab ada roti dan omelette gitu sahaja.

Accomodation? we avoid staying here sebab nak jimat cost. ada banyak hotel di sini. hotel paling depan sekali di entrance adalah the famous, Movenpick. Kami datang terus daripada Irbid, then Wadi Rum, then balik tidur di Amman.

For 1st timer, i suggest you untuk spend 1 day here. Supaya you dapat jalan slow-slow, menikmati every bangunan yang ada kat situ.

Warn you, untuk i yang muda ini pon, i rasa penat untuk berjalan and tak mampu nak pergi semua bangunan, apa lagi untuk hike. so if you are going with your parents or ada warga emas / kanak- kanak, can just go to the famous Treasury sahaja.

1- Price

Mahal gila. 50 JD per pax = dalam RM350 seorang. heh. if you are a student here, price is only 1 JD sahaja. There was once mat salleh complain about how expensive everything is in Jordan. kalau dia pon terasa mahal, apatah lagi Malaysian dengan duit kita yang rendah ni.

From the entrance, you will walk to the entrance of the Siq. maybe dalam 20 minutes like that, termasuk bergambar. pergi tak terasa jauh, but once you balik, you will feel the kepenatan. but dont worry, ada kuda kalau you tak larat nak balik berjalan.

I di fahamkan harga kuda sudah termasuk dalam harga tiket. but they will ask still for money (tips, i think). i was ask 3 JD.

2- What to wear

If you are going in summer, di nasihatkan pakai kasut. sebab berdebu. dah nama pon padang pasir. i pakai sandle RM5 je sebab budget lari masa datang sini so i dont have the money to buy anything haha. recycle balik apa yang ada, pakai baju lama.

wear loose clothes supaya selesa. dengan keadaan cuaca yang panas, badan akan melekit. DONT FORGET TOPI! :)

The path through the Siq. Peak time is in the afternoon where all the tour bus datang. I would say, berjalan dalam 20 minutes juga. you will pass banyak kereta kuda here.

pass the Siq, then tadaaaa...... you will see the famous treasury!

Tidak boleh masuk ke dalam nya. ada tulis NO ENTRY kecil kat bawah tu. and ada guard menjaga.

3- Lookout point of the Treasury.

I was really eager to go up here but memang tak mampu nak naik. it was summer at that time, it was hot and i was very tired. nak berjalan from point to point pon tak mampu, apatah lagi mahu hike.

but just let me tell you this, there are 2 trail to go here. The official trail will take about 1-2 hours. Permulaan trail nya adalah di entrance Petra sebelum masuk the Siq. akan ada tour guide approach you untuk ke sini. can declined nicely if you dont want :)

maksudnya, pergi tu, you will skip passage through the Siq.

dalam official pamphlet sudah tertulis, you NEED a tour guide to go up here. tak boleh simply pergi sendiri. BUT BUT i read somewhere on google, you can go up there without a tour guide, cuma trail mana tu i tak pasti.

The 2nd trail, is the short-cut trail, which i di fahamkan mengambil masa 30mins sahaja. but just by looking at it, it LOOKS DANGEROUS.

crdt: caribbeansnowflake

picture below is the short-cut way to go to the lookout point.

From the Treasury, you will walk further to the theatre.

This is opposite of the theatre. if berkemampuan, boleh hike up there.

4- Tempat makan

Ada few cafes here. but i bet harga nya pasti mahal. tak pergi survey pula harga sebab memang tak ada niat untuk makan or minum di sini. bawa bekal dalam bag sahaja.

but you can stop, and minum teh sekejap kalau nak berehat.

Then you akan berjalan lagi, ke Colonnaded streets. Hujung sekali you akan sampai di permulaan Monastery. To get to the Monastery, you will hike 800+ steps kot kalau tak silap. might take 1-2 hours.

or simply, naik donkey sahaja.

we, of course tak naik sebab terlalu penat, dengan cuaca sangat la panas.