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• What to Do-Kuta and Seminyak
• The Hidden Life of South Bali
• The Struggle to Save Bali's Turtles
• Jimbaran-The Bukit
• What to Do-Impossible Surf at The Bukit
• Fair Trade in Bali
• Ubud
• A Dance for Every Day
• Balinese Painters
• Ubud-What to do
• A Word of Dance
• East Bali in a Nutshell
• The Hidden life of East Bali
• Klungkung
• Where to Stay-Padang Bay
• Where to Stay Candidasa
• First and Third World in Tenganan
• Amlapura-Tirtagangga
• Tirtagangga and Around
• Amed Beach
• Planning Your Trip: The Best of Bali
• South Bali in a Nutshell

 

Where to Stay – Candidasa

The small road leading to Pasir Putih beach offers a few good view of rice fields. After passing the rice fields and a small temple, a dirt road bends down through coconut groves to the beach. Apart from a few small food stalls, the beach is calm without any tourists facilities. The road was under repair at the time, so it may be better to park just before the small bridge, or walk 1,5 km from the main road.

Temples with a View

Around 200m east of the main bay near Padangbai , a complex of three temples sits on the top of the hill, with a good view of the bay. The biggest is Pura Silayukti, that has a side door with peculiar carvings of monkeys on guard. It is saud that in the 11 th century, Empu Kuturan, who introduced the three – temple system to Balinese villages, lived and meditated in this temple. At the back is spring. Fifty metres to the south is Pura Tunjung Sari with its three – roofed meru and three smaller shrines.

At the top of Gumang Hill, the view from the Pura Gumang temple over Candidasa beach is worth a visit. Take the main road to Amlapura for 3km until you arrive at a shrine on the hillside of the road with a set of steep stairs opposite. Walk up the paved stairs to the top. It is one – hour steep walk with no shade. Once you are at the top, the view is great, with a cool breeze and uninterrupted stillness. Better to go in the morning with your most comfortable shoes and a sarong and sash.

What to Do – Bali Aga villages

Four kilometres after Candidasa, a small road leads to the left and passes the Bali Aga villages of Bugbug, Timbrah, Asak, Bungaya, and Bebandem. Altough not as markedly different as Tenganan (see below), they make for a pleasant excursion on the way to Amlapura. Stop in each village and take time to explore the peaceful streets aligned around the bale agung, or village hall, that is the centre of life of the community.

prevent further erosion bungalows are built simple bamboo furniture

stretching from Padangbai concerned about plastic down through coconut