Tenganan, Indonesia

... pulled ourselves away from our good friends the Smiths and Australia nine days ago and arrived here in Padang Bai, Bali, Indonesia. After spending the last nine months camping, couch surfing and backpacker hotels, we have really hit top drawer here with ...

I don't usually comment any more on weekend breaks to Lombok and Bali, but this one was special inasmuch as we had a 4 day break, so had time to devise a 2 centre holiday! 1st stop was the north coast (black volcanic sand beaches) - Lovina - here we ...

... . 1130hrs - Along the T-Junction before Candidasa, turn into a paved road to a Bali Aga (aboriginal Balinese) is a village of Tenganan. The village is surrounded by a wall and houses line both sides of a long, stone-paved terrace with ritual pavilions in ...

... of pigs, the sound of families cooking their food for the day on wood fires.  There is very little silence in Indonesia, but there is peace. My friends went trekking in the hills with Bapak the following day, while I stayed, recovered and soaked ...