First of all, I am the new (slightly disgruntled) owner of a Galaxy Tablet. It's really cool but I hate that I had to buy it because my cellphone was stolen. Either way, I'm back online and I've made it to Indonesia- a few snags though. Of course my trip has been pretty much flawless and my first day alone I have allthese issues.
First my plane from Phuket to Jakarta was delayed but that wasn't a big deal it just meant I had less time to sleep in the airport waiting for my flight to Bali which was supposed to be at 6am. Since I didnt have my phone I only had my confirmation number- which turns out is pretty useless when the airline I booked with is now out of business. So I had to pay for another flight this morning! I haven't gotten the strength or motivation to do anything yet but I'll call the credit card company tomorrow.
So I arrived in Bali at 830am and went to Kuta which is the main tourist beach. I didn't want to stay I was just using it for the bus to Padangbai which is a town on the east coast. I was told the bus left at 9pm and got to the coast at 1230. That's when I went and bought my tablet- I figured I had all day. I just happened to look at a pamphlet/ map from the bus company that said the bus left at 130pm.. and it was 135. I went back to he bus station and the guy told me he meant 10am and that I just missed the last bus. I had aleady booked a hostel here and I didn't want to stay in Kuta so I was determined to leave.
There was a public transport bus I was told went to Padangbai as well so I went with it. I was walking downnthe street asking where the bus stop was when some man pointed to a decrepit old blue van and told me that was the bus. It reminded me of the old truck we used to drive at work. Yeah right buddy I'm not that dumb, I'm not getting in your van. Next person I asked said hed drive me on his motorbike- also declined that. The next thing I know the man and his old van drive up behind me and honked- there's other people in the van now. He says he's going where Im going. I figured if other people where in it maybe it was the bus! We had to transfer to another bus and the driver told me the public bus was going to take a long time because the route was very out of the way. Next thing know I'm on the back of a motorbike on my way to padangbai. I told the man I was very special so he should drive carefully- he even gave me a helmet! It was a beautiful ride salon he coast and I'm happy to have arrived. I was planning to head straight to Gili islands tomorrow but I'm going to dive here tomorrow instead. I may go to Lombok instead, I hear it has more to offer. For now I'm here, it's beautiful and quiet- I need a good rest after last night. There are a lot of cool people here, lots of Canadians.
Can't wait to play around with my new tablet.
♡
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Indones... uhhh
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment