Saturday, October 26, 2013

Wonderful Bali trip itinerary 4 days 3 nights


Bali is an amazing place. It has various types of scenery.
Hot weather : beach, rural place, shopping street, paddy field;
Cold weather: mountains, volcano, lake on the hill.

This is our trip itinerary for 8 persons to Bali from 21 October to 24 October 2013.

Trip Itinerary

Day 1
Depart from Penang airport to LCCT, spent whole morning at airport. Our flight to Bali is 3.40pm. It takes about 3 hours to fly from Malaysia to Bali. Once we reached Bali, we took Taxi for Rp 100,000 to our hotel. First night we stay at Dream @Jimbaran hotel which is a nice hotel but bad location. Luckily we able to borrow a motor from the staff to go out to buy our dinner - nasi goreng, sate and terang bulan.
Itinarary Expenses : 21 Oct (8person)
-300,000 (taxi to hotel)
-98,000 (dinner)
Spend per pax: Rp 49,750
AirAsia cheap flight ticket RM 161 two ways


Bali Airport (APEC 2013 Bali going on )


Lovely flower


Pool in Dream Jimbaranhttp://dream-jimbaran.com/


Dream Jimbaranhttp://dream-jimbaran.com/



Day 2
We rent a mini bus which cost about Rp 600,000 (Rm200) each day, it is available for 12person. Since first night we stay at Jimbaran so we visit Uluwatu and Nusa Dua which located at the South of Bali. Uluwatu is a very nice cliff where you can see how amazing God create the beauty of nature. Nusa Dua is a beach where has many water sport activities. Next we went to Bedugul to have our lunch then went to Ulun Danu lake Beratan which located at hill, the weather is very nice, breeza cold air. It is a great place to visit. After that we visited Taman Ayun which is a pura(temple) with nice design. Last but not least, we went to Tanah Lot the see the sunset. We spent our night at Villa Jineng, Seminyak. It is a very nice villa, we get 50% discount when we book it using Groupon, so a villa with 2rooms with private pool only about RM500 (normal price is RM1000++).
Summary : Jimbaran - Uluwatu - Nusa Dua - Bedugul Ulun Danu Lake - Taman Ayun - Tanah Lot Sunset -Seminyak.
Itinarary Expenses : 22 Oct (8person)-
160,000 (Uluwatu)
-672,000 (lunch)
-240,000 (ulundanu beratan)
-120,000 (Taman ayun)
-245,000 (Tanah lot)
-600,000 (transport)
-274,500(dinner)
Spend per pax: 288,938
Mini bus

Trip budget with itenerary


Uluwatu


Uluwatu wonderful scenery

Nusa Dua beach


Ulun Danu Lake Beratan


Ulun Danu Lake Beratan


 Ulun Danu Lake Beratan

Ulun Danu Lake Beratan


Taman Ayun


Taman Ayun


 Tanah Lot 

Tanah Lot Sunset


Villa Jineng, Seminyak (Private pool)http://thejinengvillas.com/



Day 3
Before this we planned to see the Barong Dance at Ubud, but we decided to change our plan to spent more time in the villa for swimming and jacuzzi, and the service was very good, they sent to room our breakfast. So we departed at 11am. We went to a batik shop to buy some 'oleh-oleh' (souvenir) then next the tour guide got suggest us to visit the factory that make steel and Goa Gajah but we don't want. At first we planned to have lunch at Bebek Denggil but din open, so we directly went for our lunch at Bebek Tepi Sawah (crispy duck). It is quite expensive but the environment is special, there is a paddy field inside the restaurant. After lunch we went to a temple name Tirta Empul, it is interesting place because many people taking bath in the spring water temple. Need to be careful the sale man in the souvenir shop because they are very aggressive. Next we went to Coffee Garden to try the Kopi Luwak, they give us many free drinks like coffee bali, coffee coconut, mangosteen juice and so on, then we order 4cups of coffee Luwak (1cup Rp30,000). Next we went to Kintamani Volcano, the weather is nice and the scenery is take breathing. Last but not least we went to see Rice Terrance Tegalalang. Then we back to Denpasar and shopping at Krisna, there has many cheap souvenir and shirts. After that, we back to our hotel near Kuta - Everyday Hotel. It is small but good location.
Summary: Seminyak - Batik shop - Goa Gajah - Bebek tepi Sawah - Tirta Empul - Coffee garden - Kintamani Volcano - Rice Terrance Tegalalang - Krisna-Kuta
Itinarary Expenses : 23Oct (8person)
- 860,000 (lunch)
- 120,000 (Tirta Empul)
- 120,000 (Coffee Luwak)
- 600,000 (transport)
- 400,000 (Dinner)
Spend per pax : 262,500






Bebek tepi Sawah

Bebek tepi Sawah


Goa Gajah


Kintamani Volcano


Tegalalang rice Terence 


Tegalalang rice Terence 


Krisna for "Oleh-oleh"


Everyday Hotelhttp://www.everydaysmarthotels.com/


Day 4
Two of our friends had departed back to Malaysia, so we rent another car (toyota Avanza) for Rp400,000. Morning 9am we went to Kuta Beach for surfing Rp500,000 for 4person for 1 hour. Then we back to hotel to take our bath before check out. At 11am we check out and have lunch near Kuta Street. After lunch we shopping near Kuta Street. Then we went to massage, Rp 130,000 for 2hours full body massage. About 5pm we went to Hawaii Bali to have our dinner and but souvenir, because it is located on the way to aiport. Remember to prepare Rp150,000 for tax in airport Bali. In the airport also has many shops for shopping.
Summary: Kuta Beach - Kuta Street - Hawaii - Airport
Itinarary Expenses : 24 Oct (6person)
- 300,000 (lunch)
-400,000 (transport)
- 780,000 (massage)
- 270,000 (dinner)
- 900,000 (airport tax)
- 500,000 (surfing)(4ppl)
Spent per pax: 566,670

Total spent per pax Rp1531,850 (RM510.62)
Air Ticket : RM167 (kl - bali + bali - kl)
Hotel : RM260
Total : RM937.62

Kuta Beach


Surfing at Bali


Kuta Street 


Kuta Street 

Expensive spa (all price in USD), we din't go in, just walk by..hehe



Cheap Massage in Bali


Massage bed

Bali Airport Tax Rp 150,000 each person


At Bali airport (world time)

 Bali Airport


Oleh-oleh





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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Ninetology Black Pearl 2 for RM 299!

Just got this amazing Ninetology Black Pearl II (model i9400) budget phone today for RM299. This is a phone by Ninetology Malaysia. 

Original price of this Black Pearl 2 phone is (RRP: RM599). I manage to got this phone at a cheap price of RM299 after RM100 manufacture rebate and RM200 SKMM rebate by the goverment (Pakej Komunikasi Belia). To apply for SKMM rebate, please go to SKMM website, then click on either student or employee and fill in the details until you get a registration successful. Print out the form after you fill in. You have to bring/photostat your IC and student card (for student only) when you make the purchase at Authorize SKMM shop.

This is a great phone with 3 months 1 to 1 exchange warranty and 1 year limited warranty. Look like S3 mini, but with at par performance (in Antutu Benchmark).


Specifications of the phone:



Dimension: 129mm x 65.5 mm x 10.3mm
Weight: 103g (with battery 139g)
CPU: Dual Core 1.0 GHz
Operating System: Android 4.0.4
Memory:
Internal: 4GB ROM / 512MB RAM (503MB internal, 2GB phone storage)
External Storage: MicroSD, up to 32GB
Display Size: 4.0”
Resolution:800 x 480, WVGA (~244 ppi pixel density)
Technology:IPS, Capacitive, 16M colors
Connectivity
Network: GSM 900/1800MHz, WCDMA 900/2100MHz
SIM 1: GSM/WCDMA
SIM 2: GSM
Data: HSPDA, HSUPA, EDGE & GPRS
Wifi: Yes ( 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b)
Bluetooth: BT 3.0
GPS/ AGPS: Yes / Yes
Camera
Rear Camera: 5.0MP  (Is 8MP actually)
Front Camera: 0.3MP
Features: Face detection, Auto focus, LED flash
Sensor
Proximity Sensor, Motion Sensor, Compass
Connectors
USB
MicroUSB 2.0
SD Slots
Yes
Audio Output
3.5mm Audio Jack
Power & Battery
Capacity: Li-lon 1600mAh
Multimedia Player
MP3 / MP4 Player
Audio Format
MP3 / MIDI / AAC / AMR / WAV
Voice Recording
AMR
Video Format
3GP/ MP4
Video Recording
3GP (720p@29fps)
Features
3G Video Call, Dual SIM
Apps
Social Network
Facebook
Productivity & Utilities
Gmail, Maps, Document to go
Gaming
-
Entertainment
Youtube, Radio FM
Appstore
Google Playstore
Browser
Android Native Browser
Accesories
Charger, USB Cable, Battery, Earpiece, Screen Protector, Quick Start Guide, Warranty Card
Packaging
Matt Paper Box

The advantage of Black Pearl 2 besides its affordable price is its Dual 1.0 Ghz core which scored 6921 on antutu benchmark, almost similar to Samsung galaxy S II, and better than Samsung Galaxy S III mini. The performance of this phone is great without lag when playing Temple Run 2, Subway Surfer, and high demanding Blood and Glory android games. Moreover, this phone runs on recent Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 operating system with "Go launcher Ex" launcher . The 8MP camera equipped with HDR feature can also take a decent photo.




Test with antutu benchmark ->  6921 total score



The disadvantage of this phone is apps cannot be move to external SD card with v16 firmware. However, this can be fix by upgrading to v17 firmware in Ninetology service center. Moreover, the battery drain quite fast even when idle on v16 firmware (about 5% per hour) and I noticed that it is awake (processor run on peak 1.0 Ghz) although I put it in sleep mode. This problem be sometimes be fix by Setting -> Wifi -> Advance -> change kee wifi on during sleep to "Never" or by upgrading your Black Pearl 2 to v17 firmware in service center. The flash of this phone is too dim when taking photo at night.

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Black Pearl 2 Gallery


The beautiful curvaceous Black Pearl 2 


Free cover and screen protector!