Articles tagged ‘East Bali Area Guide’
Amed: What’s out there?
By Nick | May 12th, 2006 |
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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 [...]
Amuk Bay East Bali
By Nick | April 13th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Amuk Bay in East Bali includes the coastal towns of Candi Dasa and Padangbai (’padang‘ is Balinese for grass, ‘bai‘ is Dutch for bay). The name of the bay is famous after the term ‘ running amok. When Balinese wanted to commit suicide, they would (as usual) bottle their emotions, then explode in anger, running [...]
Perama buses from Tulamben in East Bali
By Nick | March 2nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Exploring the East Coast around the Tulamben area, its always better to get your own transport, whether it be a car or motorbike. Check out a few places in the Kuta area, negotiate and you can be on your way within 20 minutes.
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.
Tulamben and the USS Liberty
By Nick | March 2nd, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Diving on the East coast is a big draw for some visitors to Bali. One of the hot spots is the wreck of the USS Liberty. Located on the beach at Tulamben, the Liberty wreck sits in water 15-30m deep, 30m offshore and is very close to shore. This makes the Liberty wreck Bali’s most [...]
Padangbai: Beaches close by
By Nick | March 2nd, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Padangbai has 2 other good beaches close by. The first, Blue Lagoon, is accessed by heading to the far left of the main beach and hiking 10 minute up and over the hill, dropping down onto a white sand beach with a couple of warungs. This is a good place to snorkel and dive boats [...]
Padangbai Bali
By Nick | March 2nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Padangbai is the ferry port to Lombok. Located on the SE coast, you can get there in about 2 hours from Kuta by taking the coastal Bypass from Sanur. A decade ago Padangbai was fairly busy. I remember being there in 1993 and every guest house was full of foreign backpackers. I stayed at the [...]
Volcano Gunung Agung
By Nick | January 11th, 2006 | 7 Comments »
The biggest volcano in Bali is Gunung Agung (Mt. Agung), which is located in the district of Karangasem in East Bali. You can see Gunung Agung from all over the island on a clear day and scuba divers often use it as a reference point, when out in the water. Gunung Agung is also the [...]
Poincianna Bungalows in Tejacula NE Bali-part II
By Nick | September 27th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
The owner of Poincianna is a Balinese lady named Nyoman, who is originally from Kuta. After spending 20 years in Australia and picking up some western ideas and an Aussie accent, Nyoman came out East and bought land.
Poincianna Bungalows in Tejacula NE Bali-part I
By Nick | September 27th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Heading north along the coast traffic is fairly light, the road itself is only 5 meters wide in places and there is little commerce going on.
