As part of a Bali Road Trip, we headed to Amed, a section of coastline in the northeast of Bali. The big drawcard attracting us here is the great snorkelling. While in Amed, we based ourselves in the village of Jemuluk, one of the central villages which have great snorkelling directly in front, just meters from the shore! Mount Agung …
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Not So Hidden Beach
We found out about a little known beach from an article about the 10 best hidden beaches of Bali, and decided to check it out. It was just over an hour drive from Ubud, on the coast a little north of Candi Dasa. The beach goes by many names: “Perasi Beach”, “White Sand Beach” or Pasir Putih, …
The Real Turtle Island
We had planned to go to Sanur for a day at the beach, but as it was overcast we decided to go a little further south to Serangan Island where there was a Turtle Conservation and Education Centre. A giant turtle is there to greet you. As we arrived a volunteer came to meet us …
Ogoh Ogoh Parade
The day before Nyepi (the day of silence), the Balinese celebrate their New Year. Each village (Banjar) have been building Ogoh-Ogoh for the last couple of months. See our previous post showing the Ogoh-Ogoh statues from the villages around here. These Ogoh-Ogohs are carried through the streets for the Ngrupuk parade, culminating in the ritual burning of them …
Ooh the Ogoh Ogoh
One of the great things about the Nyepi celebrations in Bali is the Ogoh Ogoh statues that are built in every village. A parade of these creatures takes place on the eve of Nyepi day, which is tonight! We took a drive around town yesterday, where last-minute preparations of the statues were busily being done. …
The Elephant Cave – It’s all a façade
Up until now we had avoided visiting the nearby Elephant Cave due to too many negative reports (small and boring, too many touts), but as it is one of the tourist destinations of Ubud we thought we better go there anyway. We were pleasantly surprised, we are either easy to please or our expectations were …
Paradise Found
There are some references to Nusa Lembongan being “Paradise Island”, and after our long weekend trip there we would not quite call it paradise but agree that it is a beautiful place well worth visiting for a relaxing or adventurous break. View of Bali from Jungut Batu Beach Nusa Lembongan is a small island just off …
Is Bali Zoo For You?
We are on a mission to explore Bali as much as we can this year, but we are mostly limited to the weekends when Olive is off school. Last weekend’s day trip was to the Bali Zoo. We have been to the similar but more popular Safari and Marine Park, and the Bali zoo sounded …
There is a Butterfly Park
The Bali Butterfly Park is not one of Bali’s well known tourist attractions, but if you have kids that would be interested in that sort of thing, like we do, it’s a worthwhile trip to do. It was our first long drive away from Ubud, and with Clare driving and Rob navigating, we made it without …
Great Day at Taro Elephant Safari Park
For our first weekend in Bali we decided to spoil the kids (and ourselves too!) and take a visit to the Elephant Safari Park north of Ubud in Taro. It comes highly recommended as the place to see elephants, though you need to be careful that you are not taken to one of the copycat …