Baru di Bali

This getaway is certainly good news for those lazy enough to trek, yet eager to breathe the fresh air and the scenery off the busy main road. It is a natural pathway surrounded by shadows of the trees overlooking a temple with the sound of a running river on the background. This place is called Campuhan Ridge and it is located in Ubud.

Campuhan Ridge is an easy hike and a great spot if you...

A Balinese virgin

We are now going to tell you about a local virgin beauty that is so intoxicating. But first, a disclaimer: anyone expecting to read a dirty story should stop reading now. Anyway, the splendor we’re telling you is exactly the kind that makes Bali a blissful paradise, a quiet and peaceful escape away from disturbing buzzes. This beauty is named the Blue Lagoon.

If you cross...

We’ve driven far to Bali’s deepest corners – even crossing the straits of Bali and Lombok – that for many times we forgot our own comfort zones in Seminyak and Kuta. The current busy time in Bali gave us a hard knock on the head, made us realize that these two areas play a very important role in shaping the island as one of the most visited holiday destinations in the world. Of course, we need...

I’ve heard stories from those who have been living in Bali for years about how the sleepy villages of the Island of Gods have transformed into sounds and lights that know almost no sleep. When I first moved to Bali almost three years ago, most of the current establishments in the used-to-be villages of Seminyak and Kuta were already there. Yet, I still consider myself to be pretty fortunate...

Going to Kintamani would feel like visiting a beautiful house with a sign saying “beware of the dog”. Yep, travel warnings published by agencies or even tourists sharing their experiences about how ‘horrible’ it is to visit the area, have resulted a very minimum share of the thousands of tourists in Bali visiting Kintamani. No, it’s not because of the Kintamani dogs; rather, it’s due to the...

We were pretty intrigued when visiting the so-called head of Bali on one of our last year’s road trips. Heading to the island’s northwestern tip on that time provided us the glimpse of not only a different sight of Bali, but also the neighboring Java. Staring at the island of Java that stretched so close before our eyes was so inviting that this time we decided to pay Java’s most eastern part...

This time we strolled down the road of Petitenget towards Batu Belig direction on our motorbikes, aiming at the black-sandy beaches of Tabanan. The journey to the regency’s lower plain was pretty smooth – no, we’re not talking about the road condition here – and relaxing, provided that we only topped at 60km/hour under the glaring of almost-midday sun. The wind was with us then, sweeping and...

We’ve heard stories about this place, a heaven for divers and snorkelers alike, up on the corner of Bali’s southeastern coast. Amed was what we circled black on our map as our destination; and along the way, we were offered with breathtaking views of some of the unspoiled natural beauties in the island. And we really meant it when we said UNSPOILED. So, if you are a hotel/villa developer,...

We drove the coastal road of Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra in a rainy January day, when the apparently not so good weather was somewhat still acting gentle by allowing us to have, at least, a blurry view of Nusa Penida on our right side. The drizzling sky of Bali’s eastern division accompanied and greeted our way in as we entered one of regions in the island that, unfortunately, doesn’t receive many...

Away from the Busy December of Kuta and thereabouts, we went up north heading to Lovina through the rising curve of the road in Bedugul, where the heat of Bali sun is softly covered by the cool mountainous breeze and the glaring sun is quietly filtered by the fogs that float on top of the surrounding hills down to the lakes in the area. The hours spent on the road provide breathtaking natural...