• Selling Last and Love in Bali
• 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-Padang Bai

A bit closer to the beach on a busy street, Kembar Inn offers clean rooms in a two-storey building. The room upstairs have better views of the bay, with a small breakfast area tucked in a corner to catch the morning breezes. The owner arranges guided tours and trekking, and a masseur is available next door.

Where to Eat – Padang bai

There are many inexpensive restaurants and cafes in Padangbai. Warung Pantai Ayu on Silayukti Beach offers a good Balinese menu for Rpl5-25,000. The small Dewi café in front of Topi Inn provides a quiet place for a fresh drink and quick snacks for Rp10-15,000.

Where to Stay – Manggis and Buitan

Hollywood stars like to patron the Amankila, an exclusive, US$1000-a-night resort located above the ocean before Manggis. The rest of us can choose to spend between S$20 and 100 in one of the charming boutique hotels or home stays of Manggis and Buitan, outside the main tourist area of Candidasa. There is still a beach on this part of the coast, although it is mostly grey sand and pebbles, and is sometimes polluted by the tankers serving the oil storage station in the bay.

Lumbung Damuh: from Trash to Paradise

This romantic gem features bungalows in form of lumbung or granaries, nestled in a dense grove of coconut and banana trees. Tastefully decorated bathrooms make you want to spend the morning under the shower. Yet this would be a waste of your time, for Tania and Lempot, your hosts, are always ready to take you around to discover the hills, waterfalls, and rural culture of east Bali .

The home stay is named after Lempot's grandfather. A trader of all sorts, he acquired the land from a Chinese merchant, who bartered it for a load of opium. Don't fantasize about the content of your breakfast, though. All you're going to get is a very legal, yet wonderful choice of homemade pancakes, fried rice, toast, or fruit salad.

coast near Kusamba

many inexpensive restaurants

friendly boutique hotel

stroll passing gardens