{"id":26662,"date":"2018-06-01T07:02:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T23:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=26662"},"modified":"2018-06-01T20:53:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T12:53:37","slug":"bali-2018-itinerary-preparations-v2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2018\/06\/01\/bali-2018-itinerary-preparations-v2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bali 2018 \u2013 Itinerary Preparations v2"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s just under a fortnight now before our June vacation short-break to Bali. Most of the first two-thirds of the nine day itinerary was fixed earlier on<\/a>. As for the final third, we were initially waiting to see how things work out in the first few days before deciding what to do in the last stretch – just so we have some flexibility in the itinerary. But in the last week, we decided to go with cultural immersion activities in the Ubud area by booking workshops and short guided trips with locals in the Ubud.<\/p>\n

Here’s what it looks like now (clickable for a larger version):<\/p>\n

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And the key changes and new inclusions:<\/p>\n

Moving our visit to the Waterbom Bali<\/strong> theme park from Day 6 to Day 2 so that there’s less traveling from the morning to the afternoon activities in Kuta.<\/p>\n

Day 2: Dropping Bounce Bali<\/strong>, as the Sunday discounted rates were no longer available altogether. We’ll still keeping that in view though in case another weekday opening comes up.<\/p>\n

Day 6: Adding the Bali Zoo\/Breakfast with Orang Utans<\/strong> – something new for the kids to enjoy since they haven’t yet done the Singapore Zoo equivalent<\/a> yet.<\/p>\n

Day 7: Adding a Balinese Cooking experience<\/strong>. This one’s really interesting, as it includes shopping for fresh produce in the market before that too. And for the afternoon, a Silver Jewellery-making<\/strong> workshop.<\/p>\n

Day 8: Adding a Photography tour <\/strong>with a New Zealand-born photographer currently based in Bali for me – this one starts at a terrifically early 5AM. And in the afternoon, another Walking Tour<\/strong> with a local guide for us.<\/p>\n

The airport to villa transfer has been booked – the villa is apparently nestled in a fairly quiet and secluded part of Ubud – alongside our appointed driver, Dewa Marco, for a number of days. Even with this, we still have two small segments on Days 5 and 6 afternoons to fill-up. Or we could just chill in the villa and vegetate haha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s just under a fortnight now before our June vacation short-break to Bali. Most of the first two-thirds of the nine day itinerary was fixed earlier on. As for the final third, we were initially waiting to see how things<\/p>\n

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