We arrived in Candidasa this afternoon after a smooth crossing back from Gilli Air. A driver picked us up at Amed and we stopped at the Water Palace, Tirta Ayu on our way here. The fountains and grounds were lovely and the goldfish in the pools were huge. We enjoyed lunch at the restaurant that overlooks the gardens. Our hotel in Candidasa, Sea Breeze Villas, is a bit of a way out of the main village but is right on the beach. We were upgraded to villas rather ...

We had a relaxing day on our second day on Gilli Air. After breakfast we took up a spot on a gazebo at our resort and spent the day swimming and snorkelling. You don't have to go out far to be amongst coral with small fish and if you go out a bit further the bottom drops away. This is where you can see turtles. Cec saw two but neither John or I managed to see anything other than fish. At dusk John and Cec set off for a walk around the island and were back in an h...

After a lovely dinner at a restaurant called Sails, which is owned by a couple from NZ, we spent our second day in Amed in a hired car with a driver and went to the nearby beaches to have a look. The road was quite small and there were many spots we could see along the coast. All of the beach areas had fishing boats along them and many areas of the road had tubs of fish out the front. A van comes along and collects these and takes them to market. In the evening...

On Monday morning we left Munduk and headed north to our destination, Lovina. On the way we stopped at Banjar Hot Springs and spent about an hour there in the three hot pools. We arrived at Lovina and checked into a small hotel called Adirama where we are paying about $50 per night for a room by the pool with KS bed and air-con. Like all places we have stayed, breakfast and free wifi is part of the deal. We spent the afternoon by the pool and ordered lunch from ...

Yesterday morning we left Ubud by car and began the 2 hour drive to Munduk which is a small village up in the Balinese hills. You could see 3 mountain peaks as we drove along and our driver stopped for us to see the mountains and rice terraces. Unfortunately the mountains were covered in mist so we couldn't get a good view of them but it was lovely to see the terraces growing rice and vegetables. We drove through Bedugul village and stopped at a lake which has a ...