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A Chaotic transfer

A Chaotic transfer After visiting all of the beautiful scenery around Probolinggo, we were ready to get to Bali. After a few research we found that to get to Bali the easiest route was to take a bus that will take us directly to our Hotel in Bali. (We could have taken the train and then the ferry by ourselves and then find a transportation to our hotel in Bali but that was 1: more expensive and 2: way more complicated). So we just book a bus. Unfortunately, the bus only left at 5 pm so we knew we would arrive in the middle of the night when we booked the trip. (Here more information about going to Bali from Probolinggo) A few minutes after we booked we received a text informing us that the bus we just booked wouldn't leave at 5PM as promised but between 8-9PM like all of the other company. We were pretty piested about that but we didn’t have any other option. I guessed that in the high season all the busses are booked so they usually leave on time. But in low season they will push the departure time until the bus is full. Because of that, we ended up having a pretty long time to wander around Probolinggo with our bags.

The hotel kindly agreed to keep our bags until the bus arrives but we could not stay in the room. Therefore, we went in a cafe and played chest for hours.

We also tried Indonesien massage which after two days of extreme motorbiking it was pretty relaxing and fun. I specified “fun” because all of us laugh during the entire hour. (Don’t get me wrong, they were laughing more than us). Let me explain, the way this place was set up, it was like each massage table were separated by curtain and the curtain allowed just enough space for someone to walk around the table. The thing they didn’t consider while building this place was a 6 foot 7 bear. So basically Alexis feet were pointing in someone else message area which cause hilarity anytime someone moved.

Eventually, the bus came to pick us up and to Bali we went! Our original plan was to sleep in the bus, no biggie, sleeping in a car is my most developed skill. The thing I didn't take into consideration was that the Indonesian roads have more bump and crack than anywhere else and that the motivation of the driver to race against the wind to get to bali. At one point I just stopped looking outside, he kept changing lane and overtake other cars at a scary speed for the road conditions. The total trip took a total of 12 hours and that included taking a ferry between Java to Bali and being dropped off at our hotel.

We arrived at our hotel at 8AM, exhausted and very happy we booked the hotel for the day before (that way we didn’t have to wait until 11h to be allowed in the room. Of course, the first thing we did was sleeping since sleeping in the bus was an impossible task. Once we woke up, we realised that we forgot so many thing in Probolinggo. Fortunately we did not forget nothing important but just enough to make us mad at ourselves. It was the first time we forgot anything is a room! The weird thing is that in indonesia they check your room before you leave so they should have seen the things we forgot. Lesson of that day, don’t rely on someone else you we don’t want to forget things.

The room we rented in Bali had a small kitchen and this time it was 100% working! (Here’s more information about accomodation in Asia) So our first mission was to find a grocery store or a market to find fresh food. (Here’s more information about grocery store in Indonesia) It was a pretty easy task since the area we stayed in had a few butcher so we were able to have fresh meat and fish. Also, a very popular thing in Indonesia are spice packs so you have different bags of flavor and it’s easier to buy that than multiple spice in order to be able to make flavorful meals.

The next thing we did in Bali was the obvious renting of a motorbike! At this point, we weren’t really close to any beach so we hopped on the bike on went to see the sea. The one thing we didn’t expect was the amount of traffic in Bali! No matter where we went there was traffic!