Bali 2009 – Part 3 December 26, 2009
Posted by Zara's Mama in : going places, my two girls, notable , trackbackThis is the last installment of the trip. Continue from here.
♥Dec 1♥
Breakfast at Cicada Luxury Townhouse has to be ordered the day before, and it was brought to our room at our specified time.
It was complimentary for 2, but the quantity was enough for all of us. Girls each have a croissant (which had been removed from the basket in pic below), and some of my pancakes.
We decided to go on a tour to see : salt production, rice terrace, volcano. We booked a car (450,000 Rupiahs for 10hrs) and started our journey at 9:30am.
Driver brought us to a beach near Gianyar where salt used to be produced.
The salt traders however were gone. It was too much hard work and too little profit, so the salt producers all turned to a more profitable trade – pebble trading (they picked the pebbles from the beach, sort them according to size and sell them). 
We were dissapointed.
It was then a long ride up to Kintamani, to view the volcanos. Seen here is Mount Batur, and Lake Batur
Then another long drive to view the rice terrace at Tegalalang.
Tegalalang is also famous for wood handicrafts, and we saw a lot of young men carving wood blocks into beautiful art pieces.
After this, we went to Bebek Bengil, Ubud for lunch (which we found quality has lowered) and also to did some shopping. I managed to get some really nice jewelry pieces, but after walking for about ~2hrs under the hot sun, I started to feel a migraine coming.
Our driver said he asked around and found there’s a confirmed salt producer at Kusamba beach, so he drove us there. When we arrived at Kusamba, my head was already pounding, so I just stayed under the shed while Daddy looked around. He told me this was how salt was produced.
Sea water is mixed with sand and put into this container to get filtered.
Then the filtered sea water is collected (it actually goes through a few more round of filtering before being collected).
All these done in a small shed.
The filtered sea water is then left to dry under the sun, and salt will be produced.
Zara had a good time playing at the beach in Kusamba too.
By the time we got to the van, my migraine was getting worse. Instead of heading for dinner, we headed back to the villa. On our way back, I actually had to stop 3, 4 times to vomit. That night, the girls and Daddy had room service while I slept to get through the migraine.
♥Dec 2♥
I felt much better in the morning after a good sleep. The girls just wanted to swim, so they spent sometime at our own plunge pool as well as the main pool.
We took it easy for the rest of the day, just went shopping around Seminyak, had lunch at a nice restaurant, Warong Made.
I went for another massage when the girls were napping, and on my way, saw lots of people carrying offerings to the Petitenget Temple, so I told Daddy we should go and check out what’s happening.
It seemed, there was a 3 days celebration/prayers of some sort at the Petitenget Temple (which is located near the Petitenget Beach). We went over to the beach in the evening, and saw many people praying, giving offerings etc.
Of course when there are people, there is food. The stalls just sprouted around the beach (which were not there 2 days ago when we went to the beach).
After praying at the beach, everybody started heading towards the temple. Zaria was complaining she was feeling cold (a fever was brewing), so I brought the girls back to the villa while Daddy entered the temple to see more.
We had dinner at Bebek Bali that night, a place which offered all types of duck dishes.
Zaria wanted a photo of herself at the entrance of the restaurant (she was already running a fever).
When we got back, I realised Zaria was a bit feverish, her temparature was 38.4C and I gave her some fever medicine and got her to sleep early. When I went to bed at 12am and checked her again, her fever has shot up to 39C! Throughout the night, I had to sponge her, and her fever was hovering around 39.4~39.7 and she was muttering things nonsensical, making me extremely worried. I tried to stay guarded the whole night to sponge and check on her and drifted in and out of sleep (while Daddy snored away, typical).
♥Dec 3♥
Early in the morning, Zaria’s fever was still high. We informed the reception and asked if we could have a doctor sent to check on her. They instead offer to send us to a nearby doctor. I went with Zaria to Bali Clinic in Cicada’s van. The doctor checked and found Zaria had very bad throat infection, gave her suppository, some antibiotic, flu medicine and cough mixture and charged me USD90! A price I paid to get peace of mind.
When we got back to Cicada, I took a nap to recharge. We then started packing and prepared to check out. We were so delighted when the staff informed us we could have our villa till 5pm when our airport transport arrived, since Zaria was recovering from a very bad fever. How sweet of them! We didn’t even ask for it and was given just like that.
Daddy stayed at the villa with the girls while I went out to do some last minute shopping. I didn’t manage to get much as the street in Seminyak had a power cut and there was no aircon in any of the shops, and it was a super hot day. I bought lunch back, we just lazed around the room, and at 5pm went to the airport for our 7pm flight. Zaria’s fever by this time has subsided. Phew.
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Now no matter where I go, if I am taking the kids, I will bring fever medicine & suppository.
Glad you can still do your last minute shopping, so what did you loot back. Next post?
Nice break hor.. except for the super expensive consultation fee.
Hmm… I want to go to Bali too.
USD90 is super expensive. But at least the medicines worked fast, and the villa people was really nice to extend the check-out time for your family.
Gosh, i can imagine how hard it can be when hit by migraine.
Luckily everyone has subside from the sudden sickness.
Getting sick while traveling is the worst. Cos we are not sure about their medicine they used..what if in some foreign country when we dont even speak their language hor..But glad that she super recovered fast…
Really nice villa…
Hey nice photos! YoU/Ken used a new lense?
love all the photos…poor Zaria…must hv been the heat & the outside food that caused the throat infection…
very nice villa. and good thing zaria recovered, and you too! but damn usd90. killing man!
Nice pics!!!
nice photo…very tempting…..make me feel like going to bali …:(
really not easy to travel with kids especially in very hot weather. high risk of headache for ourselves and fever for the kids
The lady in green looks like Sheila Majid hor
USD90 is very ex but when it comes to children getting sick, it’s really money that cannot be saved.
You guyz were really adventurous!
kids having fever during vacation is every mom’s nightmare & i’m glad there’s a clinic nearby & the hotel is offering help!! and u had a bad migrane problem ehh….
but overall, i think it was a great trip esp foods look nice