After another short stop in Denpasar, and then in touristy Canggu (with a visit to the beautiful but overly touristy temple of Tanah Lot), it was time to head to Sanur, where I would meet my friends to jointly head north to Lovina / Serririt.
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From Pemuteran, I took a whole series of ramshackle minibuses (the so-called “bemos”) to Amed, a beach town on the east coast of Bali. There, I spent a day exploring the temple in Tirta Gangga and the rice paddies near Sideman, and another one diving the USAT Liberty wreck at Tulamben.
After having sorted out the villa rental, I was a bit short in time to execute my initial plan, which was to go to Java in the two weeks preceding my friends’ arrival. So I decided to make my way to the south again, after a short stopover in Pemuteran in the northwest of Bali, in order to go diving in Pulau Menjangan. Diving there was fun and beautiful, but having been spoiled in Australia (Great Barrier Reef and Yongala), I was moderately impressed.
Three good friends of mine had decided to come and visit me in Bali in the first 2 weeks of August. The plan was to rent a villa for one week, in the northern and allegedly more “real” Bali, and travel around another week. Clearly, the villa would be a brusque deviation from my normal type of accommodation, and make a serious dent in my budget, but it would be a welcome splurge after months of staying in budget accomodation. As we were having some problems finding a suitable villa, I decided to go to the north to check the accommodation out in person. I ended up staying in a very nice BnB / hostel in Kaliasem, and meeting some fun people with whom I spent a couple of days in the region.
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