CERTAIN EXPERIENCES IN LIFE ARE SUCH THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO PUT DOWN IN WORDS. THAT IS THE EXACT STATE I FIND MYSELF IN,WHEN I AM STARTING TO WRITE ABOUT MY RECENT TRIP TO BALI.
BALI, AS WE ALL KNOW IS A VERY FAMOUS ISLAND IN INDONESIA KNOWN FOR ITS BEACHES , RICE PADDIES, TEMPLES AND CORAL REEFS. IT TOOK ME ABOUT 9 HOURS AND 40 MINUTES TO REACH BALI FROM INDIA. AS WE WERE MOVING TOWARDS ‘W RESORT’, THE PLACE THAT WAS GOING TO BE HOME FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, I COULDN’T CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT AND HELP MYSELF FROM ALREADY STARTING TO MAKE A LIST OF ALL THE PLACES I WANTED TO VISIT!
ON ARRIVING AT THE RESORT; I REALISED HOW MUCH I ENJOYED THE RELAXING AURA OF THE BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED SPACES AND THE WARMTH OF THE PEOPLE THAT SURROUNDED US, THAT MADE IT SO DIFFICULT FOR ME TO LEAVE THE RESORT IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY VISIT THE REST OF BALI.
LETS BEGIN WITH WHAT I WAS MOST EXCITED ABOUT - THE BALI SWING.
BALI SWING LOCATED IN UBUD, BEING ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTING TOURIST PLACES OF BALI, AND WHY NOT?!. THIS IS BASICALLY A SWING LOCATED IN THE MIDST OF LUSTROUS GREEN AND ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS COFFEE PLANTATIONS. INITIALLY I WAS REALLY SCARED AS PEOPLE WHO WENT BEFORE ME WERE SCREAMING WHILE SWINGING BUT I WAS MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE I WAS ABOUT TO HAVE, WITH BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH! AS I SET FOR THE SWING I COULD FEEL THE WIND BRUSHING THROUGH MY FACE, IT WAS ONE MOST HEARTFELT EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE.
FROM ABOVE, I COULDN’T HELP BUT NOTICE THE COFFEE PLANTATIONS BELOW, - ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES TO VISIT IN BALI. WHEREIN THEY EDUCATE YOU ABOUT COFFEE PLANTATIONS LIKE SOWING, HARVESTING, AND COFFEE MAKING. THE LUSTROUS GREEN BUSHES AND COFFEE PLANTS ARE ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. IT IS A THRILL TO WALK THROUGH THE COFFEE PLANTATIONS. THE PLEASANT WEATHER ADDED TO MY OVERALL EXPERIENCE! WE THEN SAT TO TASTE THE VARIETIES OF COFFEE WITH AN AMAZING VIEW OF THE ENTIRE COFFEE PLANTATION STRETCH . THERE I GOT TO KNOW ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT TYPES OF COFFEE’S , EACH ONE WITH A VARIED AND AUTHENTIC TASTE.
I MUST SAY THAT ALTHOUGH I’M NOT FOND OF COFFEE, THAT CUP OF COFFEE WAS SO FRESH TO TASTE AND AS I SAT THERE SIPPING THE HOT COFFEE AND GAZING AT THE NATURE, WONDERING HOW THERE IS SO MUCH BEAUTY IN THE WORLD. IT WAS SO PEACEFUL RIGHT THERE!!
AND IF YOU THOUGHT THAT COFFEE FEILDS WERE IT ALL; YOU WERE WRONG! BALI HAD SOME MORE TREASURES IN STORE FOR US. YOU CANT GO TO BALI AND NOT VISIT THE RICE TERRACES. THE BEAUTY HERE, LIES WITHIN THE GIGANTIC STEPPED RICE FIELDS .YOU COULD STARE AT THE TERRACES AND MARVEL AT THE UNIQUE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.YOU CAN GO FOR A WALK ON THE TERRACES AS WELL! THE WALK IS FREE BUT THE LOCALS DO REQUEST DONATIONS FOR THE FARMERS.THE WALK IS NOT EASY AS IT SEEMS BUT IT IS WORTH THE HIKE. THIS EXPERIENCE WAS ONE OF A KIND!
YOU THINK SCENIC BEAUTY IS ONLY PEACEFUL THEN YOU HAVEN’T VISITED THE KUTA BEACH. YOU CAN SAY THIS IS BALI’S CHOWPATTY, ALTHOUGH IT IS CROWDED YOU ENJOY THE CHOAS THE PEOPLE AND THE WAVES CREATE IN THIS PLACE!
BALI SAFARI AND MARINE PARK - WE ALSO HAD A FUN DAY OUT, VISITING THE LARGEST AND MOST VISITED ANIMAL THEME PARKS OF BALI. THE SAFARI JOURNEY TAKES US THROUGH THE MANMADE HABITATS OF INDONESIA, INDIA AND AFRICA ON MODIFIED SAFARI TRAMS, GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN INTIMATE MOMENT WITH THE WILDLIFE. MY MOST CHERISHED WAS THE ZEBRA. THE TIGER IN ALL ITS GLORY AND AND THE GIRAFFE IN ALL ITS GRACE AND BEAUTY WAS REMARKABLE TO WITNESS. OH! I WISH I COULD STAY THERE ALL DAY LONG!!
THERE IS SO MUCH YOU LEARN AS YOU TRAVEL, I’D SAY, YOU GROW!! YOU TAKE A LITTLE OF ALL THOSE EXOTIC EXPERIENCES, WRAP THEM IN YOUR BUNDLE OF MOST CHERISHED MEMORIES, AND IT CHANGES YOU. YOU SEE THE BEYOND; BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THIS LIFE THAN WHAT WE LIVE. IT PROBABLY TEACHES YOU HOW TO LIVE! YOU’VE NOT LIVED AT ALL MY FRIEND, IF YOU HAVEN’T TRAVELLED.
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