Last January, I turned 28. Six months later, I still don't feel like I'm 28. Sometimes, I forget how old I am, I have to manually calculate my age... 2015-1987= X. For real. I'm actually old enough to forget my own age. Does this happen to everyone? When I was a child, I felt 28 was legit adult age. The age of my titos and titas. The age my parents had their 3rd (I think) child. And yet here I am, at 28, not quite feeling the whole adult thing yet. Um, maybe in a couple more years? ;)Anyway, as birthdays go, Eliel and I don't usually do gifts or fancy dinners. We prefer to just spend time together. Last year, on my birthday, we had a spontaneous trip to Baguio. This year, we were better prepared and booked ourselves tickets to Bali. (See the pattern? For two consecutive years, I've spent my birthdays in places that start with the letter B. Where to go next year?)
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Our itinerary
We intentionally kept our itinerary flexible. What we enjoy about traveling as a couple is that it's not as rigid as compared to traveling with a huge group. Because it's just the two of us, we can easily change plans as we go, and we can make spur of the moment decisions without worrying about how everyone feels.
We had 3 full days to explore Bali, so we made our plans as simple as possible, only going to the places we really wanted to visit. I think that it's way better to spend time in a few places you're particularly interested in, rather than hurriedly going from one place to another just to make sure you get a photo at each and every tourist spot. But that's just me. Others actually enjoy the "Amazing Race" feel. To each his own, right?
With our limited time, here's where we went:
Day 1:
Arrival at Bali
Tanah Lot
Kuta / Seminyak Beach
Day 2:
Ubud Tour: Monkey Forest, Royal Temple, Ibu Oka lunch, Tirta Empul, Coffee Plantation
Dinner at Jimbaran Bay
Day 3:
Balangan Beach
Uluwatu Temple
Day 4:
Early morning departure
