Bali: Ubud / Uluwatu Temple (Part 2)

Bonjour! I'm back from France and am already missing the place badly. Probably because of all the fun I had there with the awesome people I've met and known throughout the whole trip. The weather there was awesome too as we were there during their spring turning into summer season.

A sneak peek into Paris ❤

Before I go on story about France, let's close the chapter for Bali first :D Too many posts, too little time..

So, back to the previous post.. We went for the Kecak dance at Uluwatu Temple. This one is recommended to go around the evening, show time's at 6pm if not mistaken and you'll get to watch the whole performance with the sunset as your backdrop ❤
But make sure you arrive earlier to purchase the ticket as it is always full house, you don't want to travel so far only to watch nothing.

We got there around 5 something and have little time to explore around the area after purchasing the ticket. If you are wearing short length garments, they'll pass you a sarong for you to cover up before entering the temple, applies to both guys and girls. Also, don't wear shiny objects, hang your camera around the neck or bring any food in hand because there are many wild monkeys around and they're pretty notorious. Our driver told us that there's once a man got bitten at the shoulder because he got too close while trying to take a photo of the baby monkey and mama monkey got angry.

The sarong's purple in color! ❤

The crowd of audience was massive, some had to sit on the aisle.

The sun was scorching hot too. Was turning into a BBQ sausage even before the performance starts.

Show's about to start anytime soon, the beautiful mini "bonfire".

There's no musical instrument for this performance, only the voices of 50 men, a combo of traditional dance with acapella. 

I personally enjoyed this performance so much more compared to the Barong Dance although we were burning under the sun. The performers seem to perform more sincerely and there was a little humor in it, you can see that they are trying to get audience's interaction and that was good.

Ended the day with a simple dinner at a cafe down at the beach side of Seminyak Beach.

The Sand Beach cafe

Pork Chop, 85000 IDR

Not many photos were taken because was already tired, I just want to enjoy my food (:

After that, we went to a nearby beach club and restaurant for a drink. Pretty cool place, but quite empty tho.

COCOON Beach Club & Restaurant

Creme Brulee Trio, 65000 IDR
From left: Pandan leaf & lemongrass, Black Sesame Seed and Custard Apple

We ordered a Margarita (110000 IDR) and Cocoon Royale (120000 IDR) which is their signature and also best seller. Won't say they're unique but it was pretty good, I prefer the Cocoon Royale (chambord, cointreau, mixed berries, shaken hard set in a martini glass, topped with sparkling), definitely a girl's drink. As for this trio (creme brulee), they're awesome! The fragrance's there and it's not too sweet, definitely recommended as a dessert if you are there ❤

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I shall end this post right here, will do a short one on Kuta in the next! (:

Much loves, xoxo.