A trip to Bali (Day 2)! = New Year's Eve

DAY 2

So, on the second day of our stay in Bali, we had a full day of walking experience. We didn’t rent any car. We were determined to leave our foot marks in every street we can find in Bali.

Since our hotel was in Legian, we targeted ourselves to reach Seminyak, especially Seminyak Square, just by walking.

First of all, we had to reach The Haven Hotel as a sign that we’re entering the Seminyak area. Then it would take about 30 minutes of walking to reach Seminyak Square from The Haven Hotel.

After we passed a one third of the journey, we saw Made’s Warung and decided to take a break. It was already 12.30.

Made’s Warung Seminyak

 We actually had visited Made’s Warung that located in Legian (see my previous post about the first day of holiday in Bali) the day before. But visiting the Made’s Warung that located in Seminyak is also a must because this restaurant is bigger and more popular compared with the one that located in Legian. However, I found out that the price is a little bit more expensive. But just a liitle bit ^_^

We ordered Gado-Gado which I really liked it and recommend it. It tasted a little bit different and sweeter compared with the Gado-Gado I actually eat in Jakarta. But if you don’t like saffron that much, maybe you would not like the Gado-Gado of Made’s Warung as much as I did. Yes, my mom said that it has a strong flavor of saffron.

I was also enjoying a refreshing coconut water and strawberry juice.

Made's Warung in Seminyak

After we were fueled, we continued our journey to Seminyak Square. In our way, we were able to see and visit some intriguing stores that located alongside the street. We even found this astonishing store that sold unique recycled products. It was amazing to see such an environmentally friendly wonderful crafts.

Seminyak Square

After a long fun walking that however might make me cannot feel my legs, we finally reached our destination that was Seminyak Square! The Seminyak Square was located near Seminyak Village, so we also visited it. I felt that Seminyak Village has the atmosphere of luxurious mall, while the Seminyak Square was tend to be a modest mall. But it is important to be noted that Seminyak Square had several comfortable family restaurants. We ate thin-crust pizza in The Braga Cafe, one of the restaurants.

The yummy pizza!

Walking on the beach.

After we completed our ‘mission’ which was reaching Seminyak Square, we decided to go back to our ‘base camp’ which was Legian. But if we follow the same path when we went to Seminyak Square, it would be a boring walking. So, we tried to find another route to reach either Legian or Kuta.

We decided to go to the beach that located near the Seminyak Square, and then just ‘walk on the beach’ for about 1 hour until we reached Kuta beach. It was a memorable experience and worth-to-try because during our walking on the beach, we were able to see various remarkable views.  On my left, there were different hotels and unique restaurants & bar. While on my right, there was wonderful scene of beach.

in front of me

On the leftside

 We were also able to see beautiful sunset.

Sunset in Kuta Beach

Beachwalk

Afterward, it was already evening, and we decided to go to Beachwalk. It was a New Year’s Eve, so it was very crowded. The street was filled up by people wearing flashing LED headbands and blowing trumpet excitedly.

We were having our New Year’s Eve dinner in Sushi Tei, a Japanese restaurant, which we got a free plate of sushi because my mom had had her birthday the day before. I also bought a patterned shirt on sale in Stradivarius.

It was 10pm at that time and we decided to go back to our hotel to have some rest after a tiring but fun one-day walking. We gathered in the hotel, doing a fellowship together as a family. We joyfully waited for a new year with gratitude =)