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Day 4
This day is Sea Sports day. Marco's last task for us is to hook us up with a dependable vendor, Tanjong Boeno at Nusa Dua beach, whom charged us IDR$300,000 per pax for 3 activities (Para-sailing, 
Jet Ski and Flying Fish). They also provide free transport to/from your hotel at that price. It was a perfect sunny day for beach activities. Before the activities, we need to sign a disclaimer form first though. 
We tried para-sailing first and it was an up-liting experience, literally. You get airborne to a height of 30 metres and get to appreciate the surrounding beaches. Darn, where's my camera? There is basically no control when lifted except during landing, when one is expected to watch the ground crew and pull either the left or right rope attached accordingly. We touch down without much difficulty and gets ushered for our 2nd activity, the Jet Ski. My partner 
wasn't too keen to ride the ski on her own, so she rode as my pillion and I get a whole 30 
minutes ride. This machine is like a wild horse on waves. It can easily outrun any boats on the beach. I believe I had skidded across 3 beaches and back in less than 5 minutes. Wheeee..Our final activity is the flying fish. According to the owners, this is one of their latest attraction (1 year in operation). Essentially, both you and your partner gets to lie down on a kite-shaped dingy and secure yourself to 2 ropes by the side. There is a trained personnel who will be attached to the dingy. It will then be dragged by a speed boat. After approaching a certain speed, the whole thing will lift off and sear through the sky, approximately 15 metres away from sea-level. The attached personnel's job is to counterbalance the raft so that it doesn't flipped and spin like a kite with a broken string. 
Also, it is part of his job description to scare you as you are landing down by rocking the dingy. It is almost noon time after all the activities. Its time to head back to hotel for shower/lunch. Before leaving our hotel, we made a reservation for Spa in the evening (a 2.5 hours exfoliation session costs us IDR$250,000 per pax). We had our lunch at Kunyit Bali, which is just a left stone's throw away from our hotel. Food is presentable. Taste wise is slightly above average. We spent the rest of our short hot afternoon exploring the Discovery Centre mall in Kuta area. You can find the usual retails (Giodano and Breadtalk can be found here), DVD shops, in this mall with their 
main house tenant being SOGO. Oh yes, Krispy Kreme, the famous U.S. doughnut shop can is located here. They can be found in almost 
every country but Singapore! We have heard a lot of reviews on their overly sweet sugar-rushed doughnuts, and we decide to give those a miss. Instead, we picked the less sweetened one. Even these are sweet to our taste buds. We also made our way to the local Matahari Supermarket which is a few streets down to purchase local coffee powder, which I have grown affinity towards during my few days stay here. Well well, look at how time flies. Its our Spa time so that is all for today. This is "The Traveller", signing out.
Jet Ski and Flying Fish). They also provide free transport to/from your hotel at that price. It was a perfect sunny day for beach activities. Before the activities, we need to sign a disclaimer form first though. 
We tried para-sailing first and it was an up-liting experience, literally. You get airborne to a height of 30 metres and get to appreciate the surrounding beaches. Darn, where's my camera? There is basically no control when lifted except during landing, when one is expected to watch the ground crew and pull either the left or right rope attached accordingly. We touch down without much difficulty and gets ushered for our 2nd activity, the Jet Ski. My partner 
wasn't too keen to ride the ski on her own, so she rode as my pillion and I get a whole 30 
minutes ride. This machine is like a wild horse on waves. It can easily outrun any boats on the beach. I believe I had skidded across 3 beaches and back in less than 5 minutes. Wheeee..Our final activity is the flying fish. According to the owners, this is one of their latest attraction (1 year in operation). Essentially, both you and your partner gets to lie down on a kite-shaped dingy and secure yourself to 2 ropes by the side. There is a trained personnel who will be attached to the dingy. It will then be dragged by a speed boat. After approaching a certain speed, the whole thing will lift off and sear through the sky, approximately 15 metres away from sea-level. The attached personnel's job is to counterbalance the raft so that it doesn't flipped and spin like a kite with a broken string. 
Also, it is part of his job description to scare you as you are landing down by rocking the dingy. It is almost noon time after all the activities. Its time to head back to hotel for shower/lunch. Before leaving our hotel, we made a reservation for Spa in the evening (a 2.5 hours exfoliation session costs us IDR$250,000 per pax). We had our lunch at Kunyit Bali, which is just a left stone's throw away from our hotel. Food is presentable. Taste wise is slightly above average. We spent the rest of our short hot afternoon exploring the Discovery Centre mall in Kuta area. You can find the usual retails (Giodano and Breadtalk can be found here), DVD shops, in this mall with their 
main house tenant being SOGO. Oh yes, Krispy Kreme, the famous U.S. doughnut shop can is located here. They can be found in almost 
every country but Singapore! We have heard a lot of reviews on their overly sweet sugar-rushed doughnuts, and we decide to give those a miss. Instead, we picked the less sweetened one. Even these are sweet to our taste buds. We also made our way to the local Matahari Supermarket which is a few streets down to purchase local coffee powder, which I have grown affinity towards during my few days stay here. Well well, look at how time flies. Its our Spa time so that is all for today. This is "The Traveller", signing out.
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