Bali - Day 6

On day 6, Connie and I decided to go for white water rafting at the Telagawaja river...my only white water rafting experience was at the Padas river at Beaufort...and i was ready for more...thankfully Connie's ankle didn't swell up as expected...and water rafting didn't involve much of the legs anyway.. so we waited for our pick-up at 8.30am after breakfast (yea, cup noodles again)...but our pick-up was half an hour late...oh well, we had the whole day anyway...so after going to the office where we paid Rp350000 for the rafting, we went on our way to Telagawaja river...we had to buy a pair of sandals since we were only wearing flip-flops...and Connie commented that we were buying Nike kampung...coz the sandals had Nike imprinted on them..hehe...

The river was a 14km ride infused with adrenaline rush...the rapids were fairly swift and there were plenty of boulders to keep our ride a bumpy one...i seemed to be paddling a lot more and there were many times we had to totally leaned back to avoid bamboo bridges along the way...it felt like we were playing limbo rock...except that we were going at a much higher speed...the raft accomodated 5 of us...Connie, me, a newly wed couple from Bandung who were on their honeymoon..and the guide..who kept splashing water at us...as if we didn't already get wet enough from the rapids...so there were a lot of squealing and giggles...thank God no one fell off the raft...except that Connie's paddle dropped into the water..which the guide expertly retrieved..

We stopped about halfway through the river...at a small waterfall where i relived my childhood playing under the falls...the water was so cooling and refreshing...there were a few other waterfalls which we passed by..but the guide told us those belong to other companies...strange...i never knew people could buy up waterfalls..anyway, towards the end of the journey, the guide prepared us for a 4m drop...we stowed away out paddles..and leaned backwards..and woosh!!! and splash!!! and all i could think of was...can we do it again??!!...it was so much fun!!!

We had to walk quite a bit to get to the restaurant where we had lunch...and it was all the way uphill...i guess all the working out has been worth it since i could still walk uphill after 2 hours of rafting...we bathed and changed and had lunch at the restaurant which overlooked some rice field terrace...finally get to take pictures of rice field terrace...after lunch, the driver sent us back to our hotel...

Around evening, i decided to go to the Uluwatu shop again...this time to get dresses for my sisters, Yvonne and Petrina...i was almost out of cash...so i went to the ATM to take out money...much to my dismay, the ATM machines couldn't process my card...i've already activated my overseas usage prior to coming to Bali so i didn't understand why all 3 different ATM machines couldn't process my transaction...anyway, i bought a black halter neck, calf-length dress for my mei mei (whose size i overestimated coz when she wore it, it was a bit loose...guess she lost weight..or maybe it was i who grew bigger, hehe)...and a pink sleeveless knee-length dress for my che che (which she claimed fitted her perfectly, much to my delight)...

I called Maybank to find out what was wrong with my card or account..apparently there was no block in my account...and my overseas usage has been activated...so the person asked me to try again the next morning...and i prayed really hard that my card could be used..coz i was pretty broke by then...