First Time Climbing A Volcano – Mount Batur Sunrise Climb – Ubud – Bali
We woke early in the morning for the drive to Mount Batur. Very early. Setting out at 2 in the morning, we’d been left with a quandary as to whether we should sleep or...
Monthly Archive: August 2017
First Time On A Caldera Lake – Lake Beratan – Ubud – Bali
The descent from Gitgit falls was much clearer than the foggy climb, allowing us impressive views over Lake Beratan and beyond. We bristled with excitement at seeing one of Bali’s most picturesque temples –...
First Time Swimming With Waterfalls – Gitgit – Ubud – Bali
After leaving Tegalalang, the journey up to Gitgit was a little longer, and contained a lot of near misses on the narrow roads. The bikes outside of Ubud seemed to have a similarly incautious...
First Time Seeing Rice Terraces – Tegalalang Rice Terraces – Ubud – Bali
We woke up early in preparation for a long day ahead of us. We were hoping to take in the tegalalang rice fields, beratan water temple and the twin gitgit waterfalls, all in one...
First Time Making Friends With A Monkey – Monkey Forest – Ubud – Bali
After spending two days in Ubud, we still hadn’t been to visit the monkey forest that was the town’s most famous feature. Realising all of a sudden that our time in Ubud was all...
First Time Trying Arak – Jeel Art House – Lovin Bar – Ubud – Bali
The road up to Ubud from Kuta was long and arduous. We were passengers in an Uber, so not for us, but due to a single lane carriageway and a huge amount of traffic,...
First Time Fending Off An Intruder – Kuta – Bali
After spending the first 5 weeks of our trip running around more or less continuously (in both Borneo and Bali), we decided that, on our return to Kuta, we’d spend a couple of days...
First Time Watching A Balinese Fire Dance – Pura Luhur Uluwatu – Bukit – Bali
After a couple of false starts, we were on our way to the Pura Luhur Uluwatu. The sunsets at Pura Luhur are supposed to be some of the most beautiful in Uluwatu. A place...
First Time Meeting A Deadly Creature – Blue Ringed Octopus – Blue Point – Bali
The sea is a scary place. Aside from the constant threat of drowning, there’s also a lot of things that want to kill you in there. Stonefish, lion fish, blue ringed octopus, sea snakes,...
First Time Blowing Half A Million – Seven Rooftop Bar – Kuta
On our third night in Bali, after a particularly depressing time releasing baby turtles, we did what any well adjusted young adults would do in the face of natures relentless cruelty. We turned to...