Bali: Part 1

Bali was soooooooo much fun. I felt like our week there was way too short. We did so much, but there were still so many things we would have liked to do. I love Korea, but it was definitely nice to get away for a while.
I met Kristina and Katie early (7am) Sunday morning to take the bus to the airport. Our flight was was at 10 something, but it left kinda late. We were so confused on the plane because our tickets didn't have our arrival time, we weren't sure how long our flight was supposed to be (I think it took about 6 hours), and we weren't completely sure of the time difference (Bali's 1 hour behind Korea). I think it was 4 something when we got to Bali. Kristina's brother, Justin, also arrived in Bali around the same time as us, so when we finally found him, we got a couple of taxis to take us to our hotel. We definitely got ripped off by the cab drivers. We had no idea our hotel was like 5 minutes from the airport and we had no idea how much we should pay for that, so we paid 70,000 rupiah (about $7) for each taxi. We shouldn't have had to pay more than 30,000 per taxi. I wasn't even expecting them to drive on the left either. I guess most of the world does. It's kinda weird that Korea drives on the right. They aren't any better at driving in Bali than they are in Korea either.
The hotel was really nice. We could have used a bigger room. Our room was only meant for 3 people. We started with 4 people and by the end of the week we had 6. Anyway, we took our stuff to the room then we walked to the beach, then went swimming in the pool. I loved our pool by the way. It was soooo nice. We walked around a little and then had dinner at a place across the street from our hotel. Food is so cheap in Bali.
Monday we woke up around 11, which was the latest we slept all week. We didn't realize it was so late because it was so dark in the room, but I think we all needed the extra sleep. We headed to the store for towels and sunscreen, which we paid way too much for, then we headed to the beach. The beach near our hotel wasn't the nicest beach in Bali, but it was a beach. As soon as we walked out there, we were attacked by Linda, Lucy, Jenny, and all their friends trying to sell us their stuff. I seriously thought they weren't going to leave, but they finally did. You can't get away from people trying to sell you stuff. When you're walking down the street, there are people constantly asking where you are going and if you need transport. On the beach, people want to give you massages and sell you jewelry. It's crazy. Anyway, we stayed at the beach a while, then went back to the hotel where we had lunch by the pool then went swimming and laid out. Kristina's friend Sarah was supposed to be coming in that day, so we waited a while for her. She never came so we gave up and went out for dinner. The main streets for shopping, food, etc are called Poppies 1 and Poppies 2. Kristina had done some research and she found this restaurant called Poppies that she wanted to go to, so that's where we went. We had pina colada's in big dragon heads and I had pasta. It was really good. After dinner, we headed back to the hotel.
Tuesday we woke up at like 8:00 and had breakfast at the hotel. It was really good for continental breakfast. A driver from the hotel took us to a place where we got a package deal to go out on a glass bottom boat to go snorkeling, parasailing, and to a place called turtle island. We went snorkeling first. That was a lot of fun. The water was a lot clearer where the boat took us. Next we went to turtle island. On turtle island, we got to hold all these different animals including turtles, iguanas, snakes, eagles, bats, etc. I think the bat freaked me out the most. We had lunch on the island before heading back to go parasailing. I was really scared, but it was actually a lot of fun. It was really peaceful and quiet up in the air. After that we went back to the hotel and went swimming in the pool. Sarah got there. She had gotten mixed up on what day she was coming because of the time difference. Justin also had a few friends who were staying in Bali so we met up with them for dinner at a place called Sky Garden. Maria, a girl we know from Korea, was visiting family in Indonesia so she came too. The menu there was huge and all the food was sooo cheap. Katie, Maria, and I split a pizza, buffalo chicken salad, and crab dip.
Ok, I didn't think this was going to take so long. I'm gonna stop here so I can go to bed. I'll try to finish blogging about my Bali trip tomorrow.