Ku De Ta Breakfast

After a security post off the main road, this is the drive up to Ku De Ta, Seminyak, Bali. It came highly recommended by many, but mainly for breakfast and pre-dinner drinks. Figured a hearty breakfast for the triathletes before race day was the way to go.There are great deck chairs for pre-dinner drinks.

I had a colleague who was at Ku De Ta over the same weekend, for their friend's pre-wedding drinks. Great place with a great view.

Breakfast was good, the drinks were good too. Go for the breakfast set, it's a lot more worthwhile than the a la carte portions. If there's a juice you want not in the set, order the juice separately.

By the way, the loos are very dark. The lady's room for sure, and a friend said the same for the guy's side. hahaha...

Will be back the next time for pre-dinner drinks :-) the sunset should be quite gorgeous here, seeing that the rising sun is smack behind us.

Jimbaran Bay Fish Market

This is the Jimbaran Bay fish market, filled with the freshest catch, right off the boats just out back.

We were lucky that our driver (Nyoman) had helped us talk with the sellers so I believe we managed to get our stash at local prices. Fata had also said that the both of us could pass of as Indonesians, good thing we don't look like tourists despite the big camera in my hands.

We bought that parrot fish (bottom picture), the top row, second from the left. Super fresh!

Jimbaran Bay - Morning

Got to Jimbaran Beach just before 7am.

The fishing boats were offloading their catch, to be weighed and taken to market.

Our driver had recommended the "hygenic" market,

a building away from the beach.

The fishes in here were a lot larger

but it didn't feel like

we were going to get our lunch here.

Villa Sankara - Common Rooms

These are the common rooms in Villa Sankara.

From the top:

the lounge area (my bedroom's right above this room) filled with 2 generous daybeds, comfy cushions, saw many naps, drinks and cigars.

All meals were served at the dining area, comfortable enough for even 13 of us (when we had friend visiting from a nearby villa).

The kitchen was left open to us, through the day. We stocked the refrigerator, played executive chef for some of our meals. The staff were very helpful.

The upstairs living room which had such mahjong potential. Sadly that potential was never tapped while we were there. The pool was just too inviting...

Villa Sankara - Middle Garden

This is an area I will call the Middle Garden of Villa Sankara. It is a generous area between the 2 private villas and the main house.

We didn't use it much, though occasionally it was a putting / chipping area for the golfers.

Villa Sankara - Beach

Here is the view of Villa Sankara from the beach (note that there is NO direct access to the beach right now). We had to navigate a rickety make shift plank bridge to get across the swampy moat.

It is a public beach, lots of locals hang out here. There was also a BBQ corn-on-the-cob stand there in the late afternoon half the time we were there.

This lumpia (frind spring roll) sold on the beach was yummy. But be sure to not include the pedas if you are not up for spicy food! Plus I know I paid at least double the local price :P

Villa Sankara - Dawn 28th June '08

Today's inspiration:

Taken before 6am on 28th July 2008, from the back wall of the shower.