Articles tagged ‘Singaraja’
Monkey Here Monkey There: North Bali
By BootsnAll | June 7th, 2006 |
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Just north of Danau Bratan about five kilometres on the road to Singaraja there is a lookout point where the valley below and one of the northern lakes, Danau Buyan can be viewed.
March 28th 2003 in Bali
By Nick | March 28th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Three years ago today I was in Lovina on the north coast of Bali. My friends Mick. Tina and Ron accompanied me on a bike ride in the mountians and we spent the night in the Nugraha hotel along the main road. Riding back along through the center of Bali I was initially downhearted, Tina [...]
Driving to Tejakula in NE Bali
By Nick | January 30th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Exploring Bali is truly one of the pleasures of living here. Ika, Jevon and I were heading to Poincianna Bungalows in Tejakula, on the NE coast of Bali. There are 2 main ways we could of gone.
Air Sanih: Freshwater springs close to Singaraja
By Nick | January 26th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
For those driving the tiring coastal road from Amed to Singaraja, here’s another place you can stop for invigoration. The ice cold freshwater springs at Air Saneh (Yeh Saneh). The springs are surrounded by garden and there are changing facilities. The cost is 3,000rp and the springs are open 7am-7pm.
Yeh Mempeh: A waterfall on the coast of NE Bali
By Nick | January 26th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Most people who drive the coastal road between Singaraja and Amed are trying are trying to do one thing; get to to either Singaraja or Amed.
Waterfalls & hotsprings in north Bali
By Nick | January 25th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Bali is a volcanic island that has 4 big mountain lakes. Put that together and you have waterfalls and hotsprings. Of course the Balinese are wise to what tourists want, and quickly set up some sort of food and drink stall, or even a ticket booth.
North Bali why would you go there?
By Nick | January 25th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
North Bali was the point of arrival for tourist in the 1920’s and 1930’s. They would arrive by steamship usually from Jakarta, looking for that ‘new found paradise’ talked about in some of the travel books and magazines of the time.
Pura Meduwe Karang: Bicycle carving in NE Bali
By Nick | January 23rd, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Next saturday morning Ika and I are planning to go up to Tejakula in NE Bali (check it out on the new size maps). I drove up there in late 2005 and one thing I remember was the great looking temple on the clifftop near a place called Air Sanih. The temple Pura Meduwe Karang, [...]
Riding in the rain in Mengwi Bali
By Nick | December 23rd, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Riding in the countryside in Bali is one of the thnigs I really enjoy. Living in Seminyak one could easily be forgiven for thinking this is how life in Bali is. This afternoon I dooned my poncho and headed up to Mengwi, via Denpasar. Mengwi is home to the 2nd most important temple in Bali, [...]
Miguel Covarrubias’s life in Bali celebrated in new book
By Nick | December 2nd, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Miguel Covarrubias wrote Island of Bali is 1939. It is to this day the best account of life in Bali in the 1930’s and Balinese culture in general. Miguel managed to lay out a very personal impression of Bali and writes in a way that relates to his readers. He doesn’t come across like a [...]
