Day 268: Manggis to Sideman via Denpasar — Volcano Views at Villa Idanna
By this time in the trip, after nine months and 70+ different accommodations, we are pretty unemotional on getaway day: pack up, say goodbye, on to the next. But Alila...
Monthly Archive: September 2019
Day 267: Balinese Cooking Lesson
[Slow internet, no pics for now] This morning we left the hotel at 7:15 am to kick off a long but rewarding day of cooking. We met up with Penny...
Day 266: Free Day Soaking Up Alila Manggis
[Slow internet, minimal pics] With the trek yesterday and a full day cooking class tomorrow, we scheduled absolutely nothing for today. But we squeezed in two massages! We spent the...
Day 265: 100 Days Left!! A Gorgeous Morning Trek From Kastala to Tenganan
[Slow internet; pics to be added later] We were up and out the door early this morning in order to head out for a trek through a nearby rice terrace...
Day 264: Resort’ing Very Hard at the Alila Manggis
We are loving Alila Manggis. Excellent service that isn’t in your face, immaculately maintained, really good food, perfect weather and the constant rhythm of waves crashing nearby. The early arrival...
Day 263: Arrival in Manggis for a…Serious Vacation.
This morning we had to head back to Densapar and the immigration for two out of three visits to complete our visa renewal. This was breakfast at our little house/villa...
Day 262: Bike Ride Through Ubud Countryside — A Reunion with Cambodia Guide Virak
We signed up for a half-day private guided bike ride through the countryside. We’re now used to things being lost in translation so we weren’t entirely surprised when this was...
Day 261: Visa Renewal in Densapar — An Afternoon at Bambu Indah
Today we had to tend to some bureaucracy. If you stay in Indonesia longer than 30 days (like we are), you have to renew your visa after two weeks here....
Day 260: Goodbye Pererenan — Back to Ubud — A Rice Terrace Pool Playdate with Nyoman and Emi
I slept much better on night two in Pererenan. I did a quick swim for exercise and took this pic of our two bed heads playing early AM legos. We...
Day 259: Pererenan — Surf Film Festival
We started the day at Monsieur Spoon, a breezy French bistro on the main road from Noah’s house. We’ve been in hotels for basically all of Asia, which means two...