Here we go, the second day we stayed in Bali. Day 2 was started with.... nothing. We woke up late so we had to cancel our plan to go to Sanur Beach that morning. Sanur is well-known for sunrise spot, so it must be very amusing if we can see the sun rises there. Well we just moved on and did other plan that we've made. First we had lunch at "Nasi Pedas Bu Andika". This place is pretty popular among tourists. On my previous trip to Bali I have never heard it before, so this was our first visit to that food tenant.
Done with lunch, we went to Motel Mexicola. I browsed about this place on internet and I think this cafe has unique theme. When I heard it for the first time I thought it was a motel, but apparently I was wrong. I wasn't familiar with Mexican food but this first try should be interesting.
The cafe is located at Seminyak. From Kuta to Seminyak actually it wasn't too close, also wasn't too far. I just felt that riding motorcycle in Bali wasn't too tiring like when I was in Bandung or Jakarta. We spent about 15 minutes ride to reach Seminyak, and thankfully it hadn't been too crowded since we arrived still in the afternoon. At first I was confused to find where Motel Mexicola was. I had to find small alley, then finally we made it.
When we were going to enter Motel Mexicola, a waitress welcomed us. She also informed that the minimum order for each person was IDR 100K. Well I didn't know about this when I searched any reviews about this place, but it didn't matter. So both of us chose the bar stalls area to sit. The sofa spots weren't in use because they're available in evening.
The menu was indubitably dominated by Mexican foods. For drinks, I remembered there're lots of mojito, mocktail, beer, and soda. We ordered mocktails first, also a plate of chicken taco for me. I couldn't give any comment about taste since I never tried any Mexican Food before. All I could say, there was a hint of sour from the chicken. The sauce also tasted a bit sour and spicy.
By the way I really like the concept of this place. It was so colorful, all the ornaments and painting were unique. The Mexican vibe was so strong. No wonder many people come here to take photos or just enjoy the surrounding.
Well, we were totally relying on Google. We searched the nearest beach in Seminyak, then we saw Berawa Beach. It wasn't too far from where we were. This beach was not too crowded and of course, we were spending time watching sun set there. Some were strolling around with their pets, some were surfing at the beach.
After the long ride to Sanur and having dinner there, we wanted to go back to hotel. I didn't realize that we were going to run out of gasoline. I forgot to buy it. So, in the middle of Ngurah Rai Bypass (it was pretty close from our hotel!), the motorcycle was suddenly stopped working! Of course we were panic. There's irony here; across the road, there was a gas station!
We were confused at first, how to push our motorcycle to the gas station since the middle road was blocked. We thought we just emptied our mineral water bottle then walked across the road to buy gasoline, but we're too afraid to cross the road because a lot of vehicles passed in a hurry. The road was also quite dark.
Maybe I could say this was a miracle. There was a man with his motorcycle who also ran out of gasoline. That man talked to us, then Petek replied him. They talked in Javanese (too bad I didn't understand), saying that his friends were on the gas stasion to buy him gasoline. Then he kindly called his friend to buy additional gasoline. Too bad, when his friends came, they just bought around 1,5 Liter of gasoline; which meant only for 1 motorcycle.
You know what? He offered his gasoline to us, he said his friend could go back to gas station once more. We were so thrilled, he was very kind to us. Then we paid to that man for the gasoline & added extra money, but he refused it at first! Wow. We forced him since we had to pay it, and finally he accepted it.
We went back to hotel with full of joy, even though we just had an incident. We couldn't imagine if we hadn't met him on our way back to hotel. His kindness really helped us through our difficult situation. For whoever you are sir, respect!
Our trip in Bali was getting more exciting. Tomorrow would be a very very long trip. Where were we going?
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