Beach Gurlz Day!

I always love beaches. I love the salty air, the soft warm sand, the cool water, the surface, the undersea.. I loooOOve everything about beach, except.. the heat that makes my skin darkened! And it’s unavoidable.. *sigh*

So we went to three beaches last Saturday. All three with different excitement. First I went to Nusa Dua. Many people say it’s the best beach in Bali. That can be true. The long coastal line framed with white glowing sand, the inviting cool blue water with mild wave, the scenery of pura Geger at the top of the hill, the bule although not as stacked as Kuta peacefully sunbathing with no clothes on… (ehem!).

I was reluctant to swim at first. What, with the sun shining at the 12 o’clock noon? No, thanks! But then again, there’s no tree at the shore. The umbrellas already loaded with bule, and it’s expensive too. I had no choice.. better swim than meleleh di pantai!

After one and half hour swimming and posing (hidup Narsis!!), we went to Pura Geger, just miles away from the beach to had lunch. We ate sandwich and rujak next to the pura, where we can enjoy the scenery of the beach and the reef. I swear, it’s a breath-taking view! I never had lunch as delicious as that one!

We then went to Dreamland. They say it’s the next Kuta. Yup, there was much more naked foreigners.. topless at least..(local people say SUMUR = susu dijemur!). Bet you guys will looooOOove to be here! The wave quite heavy here, perfect for surfing but not for swimming. We tried to swim but the wave rolled us back to the shore… terkapar like dead fish. It’s quite fun. Unfortunately we had to go to Uluwatu to see the sunset.

Uluwatu beach. It’s one of the kind. We had to go down the stair until we find kinda gua. The smell is unpleasant, but the view quite nice. After the gua, there’s the pool-like beach. A bule talked to me, “A nice swimming pool, with monkeys!” Yup, at 5 o’clock the flock of monkeys return from nowhere.. I remember the flock of people return from Jakarta to Bekasi at that hour too… Maybe the monkeys just come back from their place of work?

A little walk from the pool-like beach, went through the tunnel made from reef, we find the laut lepas. It’s where we wait for the sunset. They say it’s beautiful from here. And I proved them right. I watched the color of the sun change from yellow to red to crimson… until it vanished at the horizon line.. For couple minutes, everyone at the beach seemed to have silent period. It’s unspoken law. The only voice maybe just a whisper say, “It’s beautiful”. It’s strange, sun sets everyday…it’s routine, but watching the sunset everywhere in the world still give me this kind of feeling: magic!

I went back home to Kuta, all tan and ache! But it’s worth it! Now I can proudly claim myself as Beach Girl! Or Beach Bitch? The later seems to cause your tongue twist, huh?.