The Itinerary
The planning started about 5 months in advance. We watched the fares, researched the dry season, started banking our vacation time (sort of...), and committed. *Shouts out Scott's Cheap Flights for the heads up and motivation*
And that's when the fun kicked in. If you don't know me, I'm a planner. I like to think I'm flexible with things (as long as we hit all the highlights on my list) heh. I blame my obsessive nature of research and planning on my dad. He made me present my 3 part argument on getting a dog to the fam when I was 9 or so and I'm pretty sure he's a certified eagle scout. But honestly I seem to remember an early passion in making powerpoint presentations as soon as I 'graduated' from Kid Pix so maybe it's genetic.
Anyways! We were at that phase of the trip. A clean slate, 11 days to do what ever we wanted. 11 gloooorious days. If you can't tell, I needed a vacation, STAT. After running through lists of pinterest suggestions and friend reccos our itinerary was finalized:
Day 1 + 2 : Flight to Ghuangzhou
* insert 15 hour layover here*
Arrive in Denpasar
Day 3 + 4 + 5: Uluwatu with a day trip to Nusa Penida in the mix
Day 6 + 7 + 8: Ubud
Day 9 + 10: Canguu
Day 11: Leave Bali