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.

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.