NUSA LEMBONGAN

     We have left Amed hoping that my Australian Visa will arrive in time we get to Denpasar. Majka's, of course, was in time while mine must raised some alarms and I had to send in additional 'paperwork'. The plan was to wait out our early morning flight on the airport. Once in Denpasar, it was obvious that we needed a new plan as my Visa was nowhere yet. Denpasar was not an option, Nusa Lembongan however is a small island close enough and sounding good enough to sit and wait. Next thing w...

AMED

      You can't just go to Bali and not check out the black beaches! Indonesia is a big line of volcanoes, well basically a fault line. All that stuff our Mother Earth spits out from its depths in a form of hot lava very often very often hardens to a porous black rock that crumbles fairly easy into black sand and that's how you get a black beach. And what a fantastic colour that is for a beach. You couldn't guess the depth of the water no matter how hard you try, neither the consistence of the floor....

UBUD

    Bali is not that large of an island but it doesn't make it really easy for you to travel on your own. Renting a scooter is one way, but it would have had to be one with a sidecar in our case as the 2 of us with 2 backpacks would look quite funny on the back of a Honda Scoopy. So this is how we ended up getting the not at all popular in Indonesia, Uber. Yes. With all the hustlers this arrangement works out the least hurting for our budget and mental health. I do realise I'm whining a lot about the...

DENPASAR

      I have mentioned already that despite all the guide books and blogs I've read do not recommend Denpasar for more than a day, I have decided to give it a fighting chance. First for a few days as a base between Java and Flores and then a three days when back from Komodo Islands. Now I can tell you that I do agree with those opinions and you don't need to spend too much time in Denpasar. I did it for you and there are definitely better places to spend your time on Bali. 

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