Bali Trip (25-29 Aug 09) Day 1

从巴厘岛回来已经一个星期了。五天四夜的行程不长不短，恰好！

抵达 Ngurah Rai机场已经一点了。约十分钟就抵达 Kuta，check in Kuta Inn （超烂的住宿）就往Bamboo Corner 医肚子了。

这次的行程请了当地司机，行程就由我们策划。用司机三天半，共 1.1millions Rp。

第一站：Bajra Sandhi Monument
巨型石雕纪念塔，亦称“巴厘岛人民抗争纪念塔”，宏伟高大。塔顶可鸟瞰整个Denpasar。纪念馆里有以人像塑像的透视手法讲述了巴厘岛的历史。






第二站：Tanah Lot （海神庙）

约一个小时的车程就抵达了。

到达海神庙 时，烈日当空，还是人山人海，好多游客！今天我们可以看到美丽的日落了！

六点半太阳就下完山了！自从三年前没在邦各岛工作后就没看日落了，真怀念那时的日子！







再回 Kuta将近八点了。我们直接在 Warung 96 吃晚餐，在Kuta区走走再到 Bomb Monument。Bomb Monument是专门为纪念2002年202名爆炸遇难者而建的,全部遇难者的姓名被镌刻在纪念碑上，遇难者大多数为澳洲人。





我这附近买了gelato ice cream作今晚的宵夜！


期待着明天的旅程。。。。

太平记- 美食

距离上一次到太平已靠近两年了。大街没什么改变，只是开了Tesco, Giant 和Taiping Central。之前在网上找了太平美食，再加上阿辉是本地人，交通当然不是问题。

第一站：白龄茶餐室
海鲜粥（RM7）一人份


好吃！有鲜虾有鱼片。但在这个小地方一碗粥这个价钱我觉得有点小贵。

第二站：联通茶室
面包蛋 2+2 （RM2.40）
鲜榨桔子水 （RM1.50）





2+2 的意思是两片面包加两粒鸡蛋。面包蛋的卖相不是很好看，但吃起来不错！如果是农村鸡蛋就更好了。这茶餐室是halal的，也有马来人和印度人在这里吃早餐。

第三站：有利茶餐室
炸鸡扒 （RM6.50）一人份
只是普通的炸鸡扒。吃完后我们就走路去斜对角吃cendol.



第四站：Restoren Ansari Famous Cendol





记得N年前第一次和大学好友来太平Ghee Sin 就是带我们来这里吃cendol和pasembur。老板上过报纸！口碑应该很好吧！我们太迟来，cendol pulut 已经完了，pasembur的档口也关了，所以只叫了两碗cendol biasa。


过后阿辉的爸爸告诉我们另一间Bismillah的cendol会比较好吃。

其实还有很多找到的美食但几天的时间没办法一一尝完，就留到下一次吧！后会有期！

Caravanserai in Turkey

A “caravanserai”, was a roadside inn built to shelter travelers, goods and animals along ancient routes and was especially known to be linked with the trade routes along the former Silk Roads. We were still able to find caravanserai in Turkey. Some were modified to be restaurants, museum or hotels. We visited one caravanserai restaurant for lunch.




Pizza making at the kitchen. Pizza in Turkey quite thin and crispy.

Turkish Cuisine

We did not able to capture too many food photo in Turkey. When we realized to take photo the food almost finished le!

Since we don’t take beef, along our stay in Turkey we only eat chicken or fish. Actually pork is not illegal in Turkey but is still very hard to find.

Basically our breakfast was taken in the hotel with western buffet style. There were various types of cheese, bread and salad. Bread is omnipresent in Turkey. Any given meal would be presents with a basket of bread and soup followed by salad and finally main course. As if we were in Europe taking meal, haha!


Various types of cheese



Previously I thought kebab was only referred to meat shaved from a rotating spit as what we always see in pasar malam. After few days in Turkey, I asked our tour guide why we never had the chance to eat kebab, he laughed and explained to me that there are many types of kebab. Kebab is a general term for the grilled meat in various forms, including the famous one, grilled meat which is shaved from a rotating spit, skewered meat and some other forms of grilled meat. I see! All the way I thought only 1 type of kebab!

To me, majority desserts in Turkey are too sweet! Famous dishes such as Baklava (a layered pastry of finely ground nuts soaked in honey and spice, Lokum (gummy delight of rosewater and sugar) and many others which I couldn’t recall their names.

Flight to Bali

Last 2 days Hooi received a sms from Airasia that our flight to Bali on 25 Aug 09 depart at 10am has been postponed to 4pm while our flight back from Bali has been changed too without any notice to us. We were so disappointed that we lost almost 1 day in Bali. Meaning that we go to bali 5 days, stay there 4 night but only travel there 3 full days. After telling my friend, Adeline about our case, she told me must call and clarify with Airasia what is the reason of the changes in flight time and told me whether can get anything from Airasia to pacify us. No harm give a try! At first i was thinking that budget airline sure will just ignore us!I agree with her too we should at least give a call to Airasia to clarify.

I told Hooi we should call Airasia. He did call and is really work! He told the Airasia's operator that the changes of time to and fro has caused inconvenient to us. To our surprise, we never thought that they are willing to change the flight back to 10am again and back from Bali at 1pm in the afternoon.

We are quite satified. However, is it that easy that change the time without any additional charge? Will it be the case where we reach to the airport that time but no seat for us? I am still a bit puzzle! Is it the process too smooth until unbelievable?

Bosphorus River Cruise - Day 9

We used ferryboat as the Bosphorus River Cruise . I had to say that the scenery along Bosphorus River was fantastic! It was an approximately 1 1/2 hours cruise.

Initially we still hesitated whether to take the Cruise because it was an optional tour. Kun used to recommended the cruise is a must-go spot in my blog. So we finally decided to go for the Cruise and it wasn't disappointed us!

Along the shoreline, we are able to see the beautiful mosque included Tokapi Palace, decadent villas which are now become the most expensive villa in Turkey, the suspended Bosporus Bridge, some fishing boats, yachts, huge cargo ships and tankers.