We scrambled and found a flight to Indonesia during the busy Japanese Winter Holiday Season. Compromises included the shortish one-week stay and the departure was from Osaka instead of the nearby Tokyo. It was definitely worthwhile, though, so we're glad to have seized the tickets!
We left on Christmas Eve, and arrived at about midnight in some heavy rainfall. Luckily we had arranged a driver to pick us up and carry us the 2 hours to our bungalow in Candi Dasa on the East Coast of Bali island.
The first two days found us 'housebound' due to the relentless rain, but we had electricity to read by and, surprise!, hot water for showers! Once things dried out, we ventured out to look around. Our bungalow is the (best) one, on the left facing the pool and the Indian Ocean:
Here is a view from the seawall... ours is the room on the right:
While the beach here was nothing special, we quickly found a white sand beach about 6 Km away called Pantai Pasir Putih. This stretch of fantastic surf and sand is pretty far down a rocky steep path through terraced fields and jungle, but a few locals had set up 'warungs', offering iced beer and parasols. Here I am negotiating both on our first visit:
The waves against the cliffs were amazing:
We came here a few afternoons in a row, after sweaty motorbike trips to nearby villages. A mackerel meal here was under $2, grilled over coconut charcoal with Balinese spices and fiery sambal:
The beaches and food in Bali were great, but we actually packed a lot more into the few days we had.. stay tuned for more photos and recollections!
1 comment:
The first photo in this series is stunning. Great pictures once again. How was the swimming? Was were the water and sand warm?
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