Thursday, September 3, 2009

Bali Baby!!!

Ah… Bali.

It was an excellent trip, even though it had a bit of a rocky beginning.
It all started off with a plane delay. A flight that was supposed to leave at 6:30pm ended up leaving closer to 8:45, and so we were stuck in the airport fidgeting around and getting annoyed.

Except for Michelle and Caryn, of course, who didn’t seem to grasp the concept that the bouncy castle near the immigration gate was for CHILDREN only!!! 
Ahh you should have seen them, running and doing obstacle courses like a pair of six-year-olds.

Then again, I probably shouldn’t complain, since they won enough $10 vouchers from the staff there to buy us a free liter bottle of Grey Goose at Duty Free.

After getting off the plane in Bali, we took what seemed like a two-hour ride to our villa. The ride took less than half that, but how else are you going to feel when you’re antsy to party after the flight delay!
First of all, I’d like to say that the place we stayed at, Villa Wirasan, was a lovely little place with lots of space and a nice little pool to wake up in. Mind you, the pool was FREEZING, so there was no way you could jump in there and still be sleepy.

However, the big problem with the villa was that it was in the middle of fucking nowhere, and you had to take a 10 minute ride through an uneven dirt road to get inside, which made for several problems with taxis. We had to tip every cab driver we rode with because that damn road did tons of damage to their cars.

Anyways... As soon as we dropped our shit off, we went straight to partying, which was FUN!
We wandered around until we hit a place called Bounty, and that’s when the party really began to escalate.

After drinking fish bowls full of liquor, plus some sort of “Jungle Juice” (the contents of which I’d rather not find out about), we ended up incredibly blind. Well, not blind enough to miss Caryn and some of our other friends dancing in a cage onstage. Seriously… Caryn has no shame.
That’s why we get along so well!!!

Drinking a whole bunch of tequila in between fish bowls also didn’t stop me from noticing how many hot girls were around. Being a fan of studying human behavior, I also couldn’t help but notice just how much more free-spirited people are when they’re on holiday. Being thousands of miles away from home has a way of shutting off people’s inhibitions!
At some point Bounty closed, and that’s when we had the longest cab ride of our lives.
Let me tell you something, you do NOT want to be in a taxi home in a foreign country with Michelle passed out to your right and Caryn almost headbutting the cab driver while her comatose body was flailing around. Seeing as I hadn’t been to Bali in over a decade, all of Caryn’s “I know this place like the back of my hand” boasting would have been really fucking useful when it came to finding the villa!!!

The second day started off pretty well, with me having to make ten people a giant batch of fried instant noodles while hung over. Thank god for that cold pool, that was legendary. A swig of Grey Goose to rid myself of the metallic taste in my mouth was another boon from the heavens.

At around 1pm, we went to eat lunch at a place called Hu’u Bar, which is a restaurant/club owned by a Singaporean named Sean Lee. He turned out to be a friend of Caryn’s, and I must say they gave us top notch service.

Their chef, Phillip Mimbini, offered to serve us “family style”, which simply meant that instead of ordering individual dishes, everyone got a little taste of most of the things on the menu, and we could ask for more of the dishes that we liked.

Man, what a great suggestion. The food was plentiful, with tons of beef rendang, roast pork, coconut rice, fish and all sorts of other great dishes. Even with ten of us eating (well nine, since Arpan’s pansy ass couldn’t deal with the hangover), we never had to ask for more food! Except for rice that is, which I might have had three plates of.

After that massive lunch, the girls went to the beach, while us boys all went back to the villa. Arpan passed out as soon as he got to the villa, in one of the great daybeds they had outside. Mike went to go get some sun, and I tried to sleep, which didn’t work out too well.

Then… after a couple of drinks at the villa, we ended up eating at Sarong, another world-class restaurant where we were served a smorgasbord of delectable Asian dishes, ranging from Chinese, Malaysian, and Indian food. You wouldn’t be able to find a feast like that for $50 anywhere in Singapore, and it was one of the highlights of the trip. Their manager, Din Hakim, was even nice enough to give us a whole bunch of free samplers on top of our meal.

However, all that eating compounded with my fatigue meant that I would not last long.

We went back to Hu’u Bar afterwards to enjoy one of their big parties, and while the music was bumping nothing was going to stop me from getting sleepy. After about an hour there, half of us went back to the Villa, where it was snooze town from there.

The third day ended up being the best, and after another morning of cooking instant noodles (plus sausages, eggs and bread this time), everyone got ready to head to Ku De Ta, where they were having a massive bikini party. There were THOUSANDS of people there, and everyone was having a wonderful time. Hell, they even had a magician who tried to hypnotize me.
Laying in the sun all day, beer in hand, beautiful women everywhere. That perfectly describes my Sunday afternoon. Champagne and vodka followed later, and the sea of bombshells walking around never emptied… If only every day could be a holiday.

P.S: The fucking party was so big they had to hire a fucking HELICOPTER to get a bird's eye view of the crowd!!!
A FUCKING CHOPPER!!!

1 comment:

  1. Screw this man, I'm at work! Why!!!!! Can't wait till we party it up

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