A trip to Bali
When people go on holiday for a fortnight, they usually don't do much. A few excursions, eating, drinking and doing nothing. That's about what our two weeks in Bali look like. We probably do even less! 🙂
That's why there are almost exclusively a few photos here.
For this time, we take a motorbike and drive around the island. Every 3 to 4 days we change the place. In addition, we visit a Swiss friend who lives in Bali, as well as a beloved Balinese family.
Our trip begins in Canggu.
Motorbikes squeeze past each other on the road. Driving a car makes little sense here. There is no talk of pavements. Still used to traffic-regulated Australia, we first have to reprogram ourselves.
I have liked Bali since my first walk through the streets. We have arrived again in the world where order seems chaotic – or double chaos makes a new kind of order.
Our belongings reduced to a backpack, we ride our rented motorbike to Padang Bai. The fishing village has changed in recent years – less reggae bars on the beach and more restaurants in the centre of town.
Here we drink arak (rice liquor) on the rocks in the restaurant. The sour taste is awful. Back at the hotel, I am invited to an arak brought by a connoisseur. It tastes like good vodka.
A volcanic mountain rises near Amed and Lipah, making the surroundings tropical. Apart from 1-2 excursions, we do not move far.
It is mostly day-trippers who visit the mountain village of Munduk. Otherwise, there is not much going on here.
On the way to Ubud we drive through mountains, past lakes and hydrangea fields.
And stop off in a monkey forest. Every few metres a guard tries to keep the cheeky wild animals at bay.
The colourful, touristy Ubud has grown so much in the last few years that Simon hardly knows the small city anymore.
A little outside we find accommodation among the rice fields.
(And if you only see this picture below, you can hear the birds whistling and the frogs croaking and know nothing about the construction site noise next door) 😉
That's it for our tour of Bali. As a final crowning touch, we are invited by Made and his young family. It is a pleasant, informative, fun evening with wonderful home-made Balinese food.
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