The first part of the day was action-packed. Our driver, Putra, picked us up from the hotel and drove about an hour and a half until we reached the starting point of Gangga Water Rafting. We spent the entire morning navigating the Ayung River and it was SO. MUCH. FUN!!!! I highly recommend it! Even if you’ve had no experience whatsoever, you’re definitely gonna enjoy and it’s not difficult too… Although I’ve apparently just been hitting the water to our guide’s face and not doing it properly, hahaha My advise is… keep your GoPro on the whole time. I fell of the raft on the last rapid and when I got back up, my first comment was I wish I captured the whole thing. Hahaha! But I’m serious, falling off the raft and tumbling underwater was such an experience. It’s like everything was in slowmo. But please don’t let this turn you off, white water rafting is fairly safe and I repeat, SO. MUCH. FUN!!!! Bit of warning though, the hike back after rafting is draining. It’s like a never-ending uphill climb because at this point, the sun is scorching and you’re already tired from the sport. Not to fear though, there’s lunch prepared upon arrival at the base. If you can, take this company and get our guide, Gud. He speaks English and is very knowledgeable in his trade.
Next stop, our driver Putra took us to the Monkey Forest. Here, I realized my fear of apes. I was afraid of them!!! I was only able to take photos with cement monkeys and my pictures with real monkeys look so tense! I was scared they’ll take my stuff or bite me or climb on top of me. Gladly, none of those things happened to me as I’ve kept my distance. But not the same can be said about my friend, Mar. Some stranger dangled food next to her and the monkey went up her head! Ass, noh?! At least it was a good photo opportunity. The photos below are from Ish’s camera, she was the only one brave enough to take it out. 🙂
Next stop was Tegalalang or the rice terraces. It was already quite late so we couldn’t go inside anymore but us being us (aka: the girls who were content with just seeing the merlion from afar) we were happy seeing its entirety from the top.
After the spa, we went to Ayam Tulang Lunak Malioboro – a local Indonesian food place that was highly recommended by our driver, Putra. They specialise in pressure cooked chicken that makes the bone so soft that you can actually eat it. We had salted egg chicken and another one I can’t remember which sauce. The salted egg was good!
