Mt. Abang 2151m

Mt. Abang is not as famous as Mt. Batur or Mt. Agung, but it's located between them. As it is not a volcano, so the trek is in the forest. The start point is located in -8.369231, 115.503197. To get there we need to drive to Kintamani first, about 1 hour in the north of Ubud. I started at 5 am from Ubud, with a friend of mine, an Estonian girl. We stopped at Kintamani to see the sunrise view.

There is the mountain we are going to

Bedugul, Gitgit, Sekumpul and Lovina (1st March 2013)

Im hosting a bothers from USA, Ford and Casey Quarterman. So i showing them some of my favorite places in North Bali. We come from Penatahan, a village where im living, heading to the north. Passing the Bratan Lake, stop by monkeys, and the Gitgit Cascade waterfalls. Keep going to the north and then take a route to Sekumpul Waterfall. Back to the north, stop by the black sands beach, Lovina, and back home. We got a chance to watch cock fighting as well.

Bedugul Area

Bedugul is a name of area in the middle of Bali Island, which is famous with the floating temple on the lake and fresh air. Actually there are 3 lakes in that area, Bratan, Buyan, and Tamblingan. But the most famous is the biggest one, Bratan, because easy to get (on the way Denpasar-Singaraja), and famous with Ulun Danu temple and some water sport facilities. To enter the temple, we need to pay around 3$ per person for foreigner. If u rent some boat, u can see the temple from the lake but cannot step on that area.

Air Terjun Seganing

Menyusuri setiap bagian Pulau Nusa Penida, Bali memang mengasyikkan. Banyak kejutan yang kita dapatkan, salah satunya ialah Air Terjun Seganing.

Sebenarnya, saya tidak yakin tentang adanya air terjun di pulau yang kering ini. Tapi, temanku menemukan petunjuk bahwa ada air terjun yang tepatnya berlokasi di daerah Sebuluh. Sesampainya di sana, kita bertanya pada penduduk setempat sembari makan siang di sebuah warung sederhana. Ternyata memang ada air terjun. Lokasinya di dekat laut, harus menuruni tebing dan jalannya berbahaya setelah hujan.

"Di daerah sini ada air terjun ya Pak?" tanyaku pada seorang penduduk lokal Nusa Penida, Bali. "Ya, tidak jauh dari sini. Tapi, kalau habis hujan licin, bahaya!"

Pantai Bias Tugel

Padang Bai adalah tempat kapal-kapal menuju Nusa Penida atau Lombok bersandar. Banyak traveler yang menyambangi pelabuhan ini, namun tak banyak yang menyambangi pantai-pantai di dekatnya.

Ada dua pantai, yakni di sebelah kanan dan kiri pelabuhan Padang Bai. Sebelah kirinya yakni Blue Lagoon, sementara sebelah kanannya adalah Bias Tugel. Jaraknya sekitar 1 Km, melewati jalanan kecil namun cukup baik, dilanjutkan dengan berjalan kaki menuju pantai.

Pantai Atuh

Pantai Atuh dari atas bukit

Berkeliling pulau kecil bernama Nusa Penida di Bali merupakan pengalaman yang tak akan terlupakan. Pantai pertama yang kami kunjungi ialah Pantai Atuh. Dari pelabuhan kita menuju ke arah timur, sekitar 15 km, tanyakan saja pada penduduk setempat.

Pantai Suwehan

Ini Pantai Suwehan, bukan Dreamland :)

Ini Dreamland ya? Kok sepi?" Begitulah komentar salah satu teman, ketika aku meng-upload foto pantai di jejaring sosial.

Nusa Penida, The Other Side of Beautiful Bali (8-11 December 2012)

Nusa Penida is one of 3 islands in Southeast Bali. There are many way to  go there, from Sanur and Padang Bay by fast boat for high price and flexible  time. But i take the cheap one, from Padang Bay by ferry. They have 2 ferry and go one time per day, both Padang Bay - Nusa Penida (1pm) and Nusa Penida - Padang Bay(12am). But better if we go to harbour at morning to make sure that we will get the ticket (some articles said many people cheated about ticket). We start from  Denpasar at 8am, arrived around 9am at Padang Bay Harbour and buy ticket for 2 people  and 1 motorbike, cost 53k IDR. (Our plan is just 2D1N in that island, so we prepare 120k IDR each person.) Some police will checked if u come with vehicle, so prepare the car/motorbike paper and driving license. But the ferry will start at 1pm (passenger must be there one hour before), so we still have 3 hours and decided to go to a small beach, not far from there.