Articles tagged ‘amed’
Snorkeling in Candi Dasa in East Bali
By Nick | December 28th, 2006 |
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My friend Toby told me he was hoping to do some snorkeling while in East Bali. Thinking about our options, Padangbai, Candi Dasa and Amed would all work. I’d never go snorkleing in Bali without a boat, after reading too many stories of lone Europeans gone for good, not able to get to shore after [...]
Blue List for Bali
By Nick | December 16th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Lonely Planet puts out a book called the Blue List, listing the new ‘hot spots around the world’, that offer the most tantalizing opportunities for adventure. Indonesia features, with good reason, thoguh perhaps Bali has passed the point where one could call it the ‘next hot place’.
Accommodation in Kintamani Bali
By Nick | October 12th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
A trip to Kintamani is 3 hours, one way from Kuta. Some people like to do that on day trip, but others prefer to stay in the area and have a chance to relax, look around and try to escape the mad tourist rush during the day.
North-Central Bali: What to do on a 3 day trip.
By Nick | September 20th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
North Bali is a part of the island most people don’t visit. I
mean out of every 100, maybe 5 take a trip to the north coast
while on holiday. If you do go to the North-Central part of Bali,
what’s up there?
Rotary Club Seminyak Helps East Bali Schools
By Barrie | July 2nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
A few days ago I put up an article about the good Work Rotary does in Bali and about the jewellery they are selling to raise funds. However, the Rotary Club of Bali is involved in work the island over establishing programs to assist those less fortunate.
Amed & Culik: East Bali
By Nick | May 12th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Beaches on the East coast of Bali, are predominately black sand. Nothing wrong with that, but people always seem to prefer a white sand beach. The beaches in the Amed area vary between the 2, and can be mixed. The little boats the locals use, are called jukung, and at night you can see them [...]
Diving in the Amed area
By Nick | May 12th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Amed grew as a tourist area because of diving. The small independent hotels are often attached to a dive shop, or have one close by.
Amed: What’s out there?
By Nick | May 12th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
People have been asking me a lot recently about Amed, where its is, and what’s out there. Amed is a tiny fishing village on the coast of East Bali. To get to Amed from Kuta, you jump on the Bypass heading to Sanur, exiting Sanur the Bypass splits in 2, you take the one going [...]
Interview with Jennifer Renniger in Seminyak Bali
By Nick | May 8th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
American tourist Jennifer Renniger has recently arrived in Bali for a thrilling 8 day trip. Jennifer came Portland Oregon via Singapore and started off her trip by missing her plane. Staying at the beach end of ‘party street’, Jl. Dhyana Pura, in Seminyak, Jennifer is getting over her jet-lag by relaxing, getting massages and manicures. [...]
The USS Liberty in Tulamben Bali
By Nick | March 2nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Scuba divers love looking at wrecks and some dive companies deliberately scuttle old boats on a reef for their customers pleasure. East Bali has its own wreck in Tulamben, the USS Liberty. The Liberty was built in 1915 in the US and used a cargo steamship.
