BALI JOURNAL

April 3rd 2014

I went to Bali with #32015. There was a school event named Tur Budaya (Culture Trip). We gathered at Bandung Train Station at 5.00 pm. We travelled with train from Bandung to Surabaya. We departed with a train named "Turangga" at 8.00 pm. I sat with Faishal in train. Before the train departed, I took a picture with XI IPA 4.

April 4th 2014

After the train departed, we were given fried rice for dinner. After 12 hours, finally we arrived at Gubeng Station (Surabaya) at 8.00 am. We use some buses to continue our trip. In the bus we played some songs and sang together. We stopped in Probolinggo at 12.00 pm. We were having some lunch, taking a bath, and pray. Then, we continued our trip to Katapang Harbour in Banyuwangi. We took a ferry to Gilimanuk Harbour in Bali at 9.00 pm. After an hour on ferry, we arrived at Gilimanuk Harbour and continued our trip to Hotel Nirmala in Denpasar, Bali. It took 4 hours to the hotel, we arrived at 2.00 am. We took a rest in the hotel after very tiring journey.

April 5th 2014

We went to Tanjung Benoa. It was a place where we can play some watersports. We arrived there at 9.00 pm. After 3 hours, we gathered at beach to had some lunch and changed our shirts with 'Turbud' shirt. Then, we continued our trip to Pujamandala. It was a place that we can see 5 majority religions in Indonesia having their holy sites for praying. There was only one place like this in Indonesia. It shows us that tolerance is living among Bali's people. After that, we went to GWK (Garuda Wisnu Kencana). It is complex of statue that if all the statues is finished, it will be the highest statue in the world. It is located in the Jimbaran Hills, so we can see the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport and Denpasar City from there. In that place, there is a holy water source. Some people believe that if we drink the water, our wish will came true. The 'GWK' project is have been long suspended because the financial crisis in 1998. But now, in some places there, the project continued again. After seeing the statue, we played a game. The goal is to finding all clues and guessing what is that thing. Our class won the game and we got some prizes. Then, we took some pictures together. After that, we continued to Jimbaran Bay for dinner. We saw our friends performance there and we danced and jumped together while enjoying the song. After 2 hours, we went to the hotel to having some rest.

April 6th 2014

The second day, we went to Penglipuran Cultural Village. There we can see the ancient and Bali's traditional village. There are 2 different culture that lived in Bali, Bali Aga (known as old Bali) that lived only in some places like Penglipuran and Trunyan, and the others people called it 'Bali Majapahit'. Except Bali Aga people, we having a close relationship with Java People because we are the remainders from Majapahit Kingdom. After that, we went to Kintamani Restaurant. Before having a lunch and pray there, my class took some pictures together. After lunch, we went to Sukowati. Sukowati was the one of traditional market in Bali which sold a lot of art craft, clothes, foods, with cheap prices. I bought a pants in Sukowati and went back to the bus. After that, we went back to the hotel and prepared for 'Makrab' (Malam Keakraban) Event in the hotel's convention center. We saw some performances from our friends, '#32015 Movie', and '#32015 Award' there.

April 7th 2014

The last day, we went to Pandawa Beach. But, on the way there, we had an accident. Our bus crashed with a motorbike. Then, we stopped the bus in gas station and joined with another bus to get there. Pandawa Beach is a new beach that previously blocked by hills. There we had tug of war game. We won the game again and got some money for prize. After that, we headed to Krisna. Krisna is a famous shopping store in Bali. I bought a 'barong' shirt and went back to the bus. Some of my friends want to go to Kuta Beach, but we must ride an elf to get there. So we ride an elf to Kuta Beach. At Kuta, we taking a walk at Legian Street. After an hour, we directly went to I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport. We departed with Air Asia plane at 5.30 pm and arrived in Bandung at 7.00 pm. It was a very amazing trip. There were many unforgettable moments in Bali.