Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Tegalalang Rice Paddy, Mount Batur & Luwak Coffee

Ta-Da! The delayed Bali entry is here. Ok lar...I know no one is waiting anyway. wtf!
We went to Tegalalang terrace rice paddy on the second day and we were lucky that it was the right time. It was a 30 minutes drive only from Ubud and you may stop by at Tegalalang on your way up to Kintamani.
Look at how beautiful the rice paddy terrace is. And it was a beautiful sunny day as well.
An obligatory shot with the driver. All of us! =)

We then continued north to Kintamani. It is famous for the volcanic Mount Batur and yes, this volcanic mount is still active. Apparently, at times, you may see smokes coming out from the Mount.
We reached slightly later and there were heavy clouds surrounding it. Nevertheless, it was still really beautiful.
You may even join the hiking package up to Mount Batur to catch the sunrise. I heard it is beautiful.

Next to it was a lake. The view from the top of Kintamani.

Us at the back seats. We took turn to seat in front during the trip. Each person gets a chance to sit at the front. Actually they rather not but I made them since I had to sit at the front on the first day.
And it was Loony's turn that day! =D

Next we stopped by Sai Land for the famous Luwak Coffee.
The luwak coffee came from the civet cat that has the habit of picking the finest coffee beans and eat them. However, their digestion system was not made to digest the coffee bean therefore, they eliminate coffee beans. 

They were cooking the bali coffee, the other type of coffee found there as well.

Later, the coffee beans were grind to fine coffee powder

And I get to give it a try! It was not easy itellyou! Mine was still in big bits even though I pretty sure I hit them really hard.

This, ladies and gentlemen, are the coffee beans of luwak coffee.

And we get to try out various types of coffees! Perfect for all four of us since we love coffee. But not for luwak coffee tho. They will have to charge us and it was not cheap at all! =(

The cinnamon sticks were used to stir the coffee making the nice sweet pleasant aroma when you drink it. =)

Till the next entry...Ciaoz!

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