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.

Sekumpul Waterfall and Mt. Agung (22-25 January 2013)

Few weeks ago I hike a mountain near my place, Mt. Batukaru, with Igor. And he offering to hike another mountain in Bali, the highest one. He came with his friend, Sergey who is Russian as well, but he can't speak either Indonesian or English. And another friend also join with us is Roma from New Zealand. So our plan is start in the morning, go to north area of Bali, stop in Jatiluwih Rice Terrace and Sekumpul Waterfall, then start to hike Mt. Agung at night so we can see the sunrise on the top.

Pura Leak, Tabanan

Suatu hari saya berniat mengunjungi pantai bernama Yeh Gangga yang berada di daerah Tabanan, Bali. Pantainya memang tidak terlalu menarik, berpasir hitam dan panas, tetapi ada batu besar yang membuatnya menjadi unik.

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.

Pusat Peribadatan Puja Mandala, Nusa Dua, Bali

Dalam perjalanan dari Nusa Dua menuju ke Uluwatu, saya melihat sesuatu yang unik. Nama tempat tersebut ialah Pusat Peribadatan Puja Mandala. Ada 5 bangunan di sini. Masing-masing bangunan dalam lokasi tersebut merupakan tempat ibadah umat Islam, Katholik, Protestan, Buddha, dan Hindu.

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.

Batukaru Mt 2200m asl, my first time to hike (9 January 2013)

I moved to Bali (since November 2012) and stay with my boyfriend (Russian) in Penebel, North Tabanan. Every good weather i can see 3 hills in the north side, Batukaru is the highest one.

View from Jatiluwih (17 November 2012)

One of my friend tried to hike few weeks ago, he is a runner. He said it's easy and need 4 hours to go up and down for him. It can be around 4 hours to go up for me, maybe.. I never hike any mountain before, but i really want to try. The problem is, i scared to try alone, and my boyfriend lazy to do it. If he want to do it, he already do it long time ago because he stay here more than 1 year.

One day, his friend from Russia come to Bali. Igor is a strong guy, he did hike many mountains, including Kerinci 3.800m asl (highest Mt of Sumatra island), Semeru 3.676m asl (highest Mt of Java island), Agung 3.142m asl (highest Mt of Bali island), Rinjani 3.726m asl  (highest Mt of Lombok island), Trikora 4.750m asl (2nd highest Mt of Papua) and one more in Sulawesi or Maluku, i cannot remember. But the highest mountain he have been is about 7 thousands meters above sea level, and i just open my mouth when he tell me about that. :0

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.