Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Bali Day 10-13: Lovina|Candidasa

Lovina is essentially about 3 hour drive from Ubud and in truth, we did not know what to expect. The scenery enroute Lovina however, was pretty amazing with signts of mountain ranges, rice field terraces, lakes, mountain slopes and temples.

The main town of Lovina itself was pretty sleepy and quiet, with nothing much to do around. It also didn't help that it continued to piss rain for the entire 2 days and nights we were there! Hence, we were pretty much cooped up in our hotel room while in Lovina before moving on to Candidasa. Needless to say, not that many photos were taken while we were in Lovina.

Candidasa meantime, in my opinion is a better place to be in rather than Lovina. It is still rather quiet, underrated, yet offers a variety of cafes, bars and restaurants to chill out. The hotel we stayed in, Pondok Bambu offered one of the best an amazing breakfast we ever had in our entire stay in both Jogja and Bali combined! The place was so quiet that we were the only occupants at our lodge!

What amazed me is how people from the different countries seemed to congregate. While we were surrounded by a bunch of Dutch at Lovina, Candidasa seemed to have an appeal to the Germans!

The landscape on the way to Lovina and stopping by a water temple

Lunch at Candidasa with Silver Bullet concentrating to panggang his satay as I savour on one of the better pisang gorengs.
@ Candidasa: Chilling out amidst the grey, grey sky at our lodge

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