Denpasar to Nusa Penida

As some of you might know, I'm a single mom, and yes I worked hard and saved hard so I can bring my girl on a trip during her graduation break. She have worked so hard to catch up on her academic and I’m so proud of her! She have been such a sweet and wonderful person for me and definitely deserves a break to recharge herself before entering a new stage of her life!

As a girl who loves nature, she actually chose Bali over Taiwan! As I'm a little concerned about 2 of us travelling alone, I invited 2 male friends (Ryan & Jiawei) to join us in the trip. 4 of us, makes a full car ride and 2 rooms booking, how easy is that!

Jiawei bought sim card, cos he want to catch POKEMON here! Since he have sim card and he was quite blur and didnt help in planning before we came, I bully him to book all our travelling rides for this trip lol!

We went to the airport early and bought some snacks~

2 down~

 3 down?

 A wild Ayumi appeared!

Breakfast before boarding~

To prepare Ayumi for her flight, I gave her some motion pills, just in case and ensures that she is well hydrated during her flight. She is so excited to be having the window seat!

 Flying across the land and seeing so many beautiful views of the landscape and look, there is the famous volcano!

 We landed safely and cant wait to start our journey!

Got onto our ride using the 'Go-Jek' app, and headed to the pier~

 Ayumi carefully heading up the yacht for our destination to Nusa Penida!

 Enjoying the view and breeze on top of the yacht~

Brought my cute sunnies along this trip~

Upon landing, trust me, you WILL BE swarmed by Taxi drivers trying to give you a ride! It was so stressful for me. I am so not prepared for this and I wanted to get away from them. I want to find calm down and find a way to our hotel. I knew its quite nearby but we have luggages, and there is a particular driver who is stalking us! I panicked more...

I tried to approach a Caucasian couple who were at the cafe chilling out for help. The sim card that Jiawei bought isnt roaming well, and he offered to help us check about getting a cab online but no results. They told us to haggle, and that stalker driver approached them telling me he is offering fair price. They agreed it sounds reasonable and we decided to board it as we had no choice. 

After we arrived, we cheered up immediately~ LOOK AT OUR ROOM!

 JUST OUTSIDE IS THE SEA! Also a cute stray spotted~

 Love the interior of this place~

 Look how happy she is!

We can never stare enough at this view~

Now that we have settled down in our hotel, we are hungry! Took out my itinerary for this trip and head towards our first food venue for Lunch! 

 Yes, its a beautiful place especially for photo taking. I dont even have to edit the pic at all!

 It was such a calming cozy place~

 With huge sand bags to lean on~

 Food is also affordable and pretty~ They have delicious juices and a variety of healthy bowls!

 This is the BEST smashed avocado sandwich I ever ate~

After we finished our lunch, we used their wifi and tried to call for another cab via 'Go-Jek' but trust me, NOBODY picks you up! We are so not prepared for this...so we decided to walk back to the hotel, where we have all have wi-fi access and try to book a driver for sight seeing etc for the next day. Thankfully Moko san who was here earlier, recommended me a driver who gave us a special price! Least we got our driver issue settled and finally can rest our mind in peace.

Meanwhile, Ayumi got sleepy and knocked out in the room, I decided to head out to take a few pic and enjoy the sunset.

Ryan taking a selfie, must be sending to his parents~

Nature can be really beautiful, isnt it?

Finally Ayumi woke up and we headed out for dinner nearby, thankfully there are quite a few places for food near our hotel! Another beautiful place for photo taking~

 Ordered seafood platter for myself, while Ryan ordered steak.

 Ayumi wanted carbonara and is so happy with it~

Swing ride under the moonlight~

 Its so cozy lying there swinging on a hammock~

 Even Ayumi decided to pose for some pics~

Missing someone? Jiawei slept through dinner LOL Worried he might be hungry and everything else will be closed, so we packed some food back for him. He must be so tired that he even doze off with his glasses!

Surprise visitor~

We decided to rest early because its gonna be a LONG day tomorrow, since we paid for a driver to show us the island to where we planned on our itinerary~ Lying on my pillow, I can hear the waves gently crashing in until I doze of to lalaland~ Really love this beautiful place, lying there with my precious baby!