Day 2: Pura Taman Ayun and Wild Hog

Pura Taman Ayun

Address: Jalan Ayodya, Mengwi, Kabupaten Badung, Bali, Indonesia

There are soooo many temples in Bali. Every corner that you turn into, there's one temple there. But, of course.....as tourists we had to visit the few famous ones. 

Pura Taman Ayun is one of the popular ones with many tourists. 

When I was there, there were many tourists, mostly japanese tourists with their private local tour guide who speaks very good japanese!

Ah~ such good weather when we were there!

We spotted a lot of these along the streets of Bali. Not sure what they're called but they really decorated the streets beautifully.

Apparently when we were there, there was a huge festival in a day or 2 so they were busy with the preparations.

For dinner, cousin brought us to the Wild Hog which serves very good pork ribs!

Address: Jalan Batubelig No. 41, Kuta Utara, Kabupaten Badung, Bali, Indonesia

Looks good and tastes great! They were super juicy~

I ordered a plate of nachos which were meh......

They have really interesting decorations there.

After dinner, we headed home and it was time for another swim in the beautiful pool~ <3

And what a way to end an amazing day.......HARRY POTTER on TV~!!!! hahaha......best ever!

Day 2: Ubud

After lunch on Day 2, we visited Ubud.

As you can see, this is what Ubud is famous for!

Terraced rice fields~!

It's pretty steep and not easy to climb up and down the hill....

So we gave up and sat down in one of the stalls to enjoy some coconuts while waiting for cousin and an aunt who have decided to take up the challenge~

Yup, no regrets~ at least we still get the nice view~

MBL HQ Bandar Sunway

Perfect for a lazy Sunday~

My favourite!!! 

Portobello mushroom chips~ 

Thick, juicy, crunchy and goes amazingly well with the sauce provided.

Along with that~ some juicy and delicious burgers!! :D

Happy Days~

Sushi Tei

Comfort food again at Sushi Tei, and this time it's katsu curry~!!!

I recently watched a documentary on how to eat curry "beautifully" and was tempted to try it out myself.

The key is to eat from the middle and keep pushing the rice towards the curry so that in the end, you end up with a clean plate that does not have much curry residue on it! And IT WORKS~!!!

Amazing villa in Uluwatu, Bali

We stayed at this amazing villa for our trip thanks to my cousin~

Enter the main door and you will pass by 2 rooms on the left and this flight of stairs up.

There, you'll pass by another 2 rooms on the left and another of further up, on the right. Here's a view of the pool taken from the porch of the highest room.

I was sooo excited when I saw the pool, that I went for a midnight swim under the stars! Best feeling ever as I've never swam at night before. :D

Inside the room~ 

Ah.....so resort like~

Early in the morning and the moon is still up

The view......we're so high up!

Here's a view of the porch from the room

You get a nice view of the pool and the entire villa

Down from the infinity pool is a little garden where you can lay and read some books

After my morning swim, I am greeted with this!

View from the dining table

This is the living room where we chill at night

The kitchen~

This is the best place for taking pictures!

I just had to be in it! hahaha....

Picture of the living and dining area from the porch

Hello everyone~ picture time!

Just chill and enjoy the scenery

It's sort of like our usual morning routine.

Wake up, swim, shower, breakfast, TV time and off we go~

The main entrance to the villa

When you enter through the door, an elephant greets you.

Happy mummy & daddy~

More places to chill at, this is the porch of the first room from the entrance.

A pic of the view right outside the villa

Absolutely love this place. 

Wish I could have another opportunity to stay in a villa like this next time! 

:)

Harumaki

Mum's home-made friend spring rolls are the BEST!!!!

Love them so much! I can eat about 8 in one setting~!! :D

Sushi Zanmai

Time for some sushi again~ to help relieve the mid week stress. It's been a long time since my last visit. The newly renovated outlet at Sunway Pyramid sits more customers near their conveyor belt now.

Tamago mentai is like the comfort sushi~

Mini sushi rolls with katsuobushi, topped with hotate

Ebidon

Mini salmon sushi

Soft shell crab maki :)

Yup, sushi for stress relieving. hahaha....~ every time I have sushi, I remember what ST san said," It's very fattening! It's full of rice!"