We were so tired yesterday I couldn’t even write this entry- I just went straight to bed. Minh and I have been talking about the beach since Wednesday lol. So Pak Danu was gracious enough to take a group of us to Sanur beach in Denpasar, a less crowded beach that happened to be in front of the hyatt lol. Even cuter is that one of the musicians is from the Midwest and has never seen the beach until we took him! He was so happy it was lovely. The sand at that beach was pebble and crushed shells, and there was a. Huge bed of seaweed there so we were careful. Ubud has alot of trees and w’ere mostly under the pondok during the day so the intensity of the sun came as a surprise for us. Being in direct sunlight? No joke. Hope you bring sunscreen, bug spray, and that you enjoy sweating, a lot. We also went to a jewelry market and a clothes Market on our way back. Things here are relatively cheap but we seem to really spend often, so you need to be careful as a tourist. Also every village specialises in a different craft so you’ll want to bring money for that as you travel the island. Most of all, spend time learning to BARGAIN. I’m not good at that but I’m learning quickly. I’ve been haggled a few times so I’m trying to be more alert of the worth of what I’m spending and buying.
For example, go down to the delta (like a 7-11) and you’ll spend 12000 rp, (almost 1.70 usd) for the same box of cereal that sells at a side road store for 7000 rp (less than $1) which adds up! especially since the exchange rate changes every few hours at the money changing stores here. I haven’t seen any money changer that is close to the new york stock exchange listing (9135 to every dollar). So i’ve been losing money simply by going too late to the money changer.
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