Sunday, July 24, 2011

Saturday and Sunday

Saturday was still a work day for me, but we did finish early, at about 3:30 for the day, and Sunday was a rest day, so i took a taxi over to Kuta (the main tourist area near the airport) on the Western side of the Island for some shopping.
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Doing it pretty tough on Saturday Afternoon…
A typical drive in Bali. this was heading to the Discovery Mall in Kuta. its a little bit scary!
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the infamous Kuta Beach. hot and sandy, much like most other beaches!
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and the beachside entrance to the Discovery Shopping Mall.
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inside the discovery mall. quite impressive, and very large. nearly the entire middle floor is children's clothes, toys and shoes.
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lunch at A&W. its an Asian ‘American’ Fast food place, and bloody delicious. i had it in Korea and Taiwan, and was pretty impressed when i saw it here too….oh and yes that IS a chicken burger with breakfast waffles instead of a bun…
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the walk along Kuta Beach among the trees and vendors trying to sell you cold Bintang (beer), sunglasses and all kinds of other stuff.
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and of course, the usual tropical beach pile of garbage???
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a giant turtle on the beach. its turtle season right now, and they expect many of them to hatch in early August, so promote preserving the hatchery sites on the beaches.
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the entry to Kuta beach from the bottom of the also infamous Kuta shopping row.
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which in fact is a little road full on both sides of people with little shops that hassle and harass you to try their shop. or if that doesn't suit you, go to their brothers shop just a little further along. they grab your arms and clothes and try and drag you in. its horrible.
oh and since i am Australian, they all go “G'day Mate…my name is Chuck Norris”….they obviously don't realise Chuck Norris is not Australian.
but seriously on a 500m walk, i met at least 5 Chuck Norris’s.
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at the top of the road, and around a few corners was a huge roundabout with a cool statue. and also the other shopping complex i was looking for.
on the way back to Nusa Dua we drove right by the Airport.
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looking to the right, we have the Airport exit road.
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and to the left…well you can see what we have…
All in all, an interesting day, and i did get to do some shopping at the Mall!

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