Bali bali

It was the 23^rd day of June 2008. As a second grade student in my senior high school, I and my friends had an agenda to visit one city in Indonesia to be observed. Usually, the students call the visitation as Study Tour. The purpose of the visit was to gather the all the information about certain place, about the tradition and also the culture of local residents. After we got enough information, we had to make the scientific work as one of the terms in my senior high school graduation.

My school had already decided two different cities as the tour destination. First we had Bali, and the other alternative city was Jogjakarta. Students made their own choice, in which city they wanted to do their observation. I chose Bali as my study tour destination. Schedule of the departure was at 1pm. We went there together from the school by busses. Of course a few days before I went to Bali, I had prepared the important things I should bring such as clothes, notebook, medicines, snacks and some money to buy something I wanted.

I had approximately 24 hours trip or almost a day before I came to Bali, whether it took the main road or the trip by ship across the straits. Although the trip took long time, I enjoyed every moment inside the trip very much. I arrived at the hotel at about 3pm in the afternoon. The teacher had classified the room according to the absent number, so I didn’t have to be worry about it. After I got my own room, I took a bath and then had some rest in my room. At night, the first destination in Bali was Galleria. It consists of a lot of shops selling branded shirts, shoes, and bags. The school had provided our dinner there. Satisfied with my shopping time, then I decided to have dinner with my friends. Done with Galleria, we came back to the hotel and took a rest.

Woke up early in the morning, I was ready for the next destination. Second day in Bali, we had to visit the Panglipuran village which lies on the plateau at the suburban area in Bali. Panglipuran had a beautiful view and the environment was still green. I should gather information in this place according to my class’s teacher. I made some conversation with the local residents, and then I recorded their explanation about Panglipuran. The teacher gives us two hours to do it and to enjoy our trip in Panglipuran village. Dreamland became the third destination in Bali. Dreamland, as its name, was a private beach providing a great view of coastal area. The beach was still quiet, only a few tourists visited it. I took some picture there with my friends. Really nice to spend the time there since that was my first experience.

At about 4pm, we went back to the hotel. I had a free time until dinner to do anything as long as in the hotel area. I preferred to have some snacks and share with the others about what they felt all day long. Most of them told me that they were very pleased to join this study tour. I had dinner with my friends and the teachers in the hotel. We ate Balinese cuisine and also another special food from Bali. After the dinner, I came back to my room then slept to regain energy for my body.

The third day became my last day in Bali because the next day we had to went back to Solo again. As the day before, I woke up in the morning and prepared myself for this day. We had the schedule to visit one of the universities in Bali, so all of us should wear the school uniform. When we got there, we were lead to the university hall to follow the welcoming from the university lecturer. After the welcoming, we could have some tour inside the university to saw the teaching method, the facilities and infrastructures, and also the technology which the university used. It was only for two hours we learn about the university before we went to Tanjung Benoa.

It was a nice place too in Bali. You could have some fun with playing banana boat, parasailing, and many other things there. I was little bit scared to try because I couldn’t swim well. I waste my time taking the photograph and see souvenirs to be bought. We should come back to the hotel earlier because at night the dinner would be held at Ubud. At the hotel I started to pack all of my stuffs to my suitcase in order to prevent anything left when I went back to Solo. Dinner at Ubud serves not only a nice atmosphere but also a nice entertainment because I could see Balinese dance there. I enjoyed this moment very much because it was rare to see Balinese dance especially in a live show.

Last day in Bali made me feel so happy. After a night rest, I was ready to had long trip again came back to Solo. I went by the bus from the hotel at 8am in the morning and arrived to Solo at 5am in the next day. I felt very tired but I was very satisfied too because I had a great study tour.