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Day 5th. March 30th, 2008. Amed – Ubud.

  • April 18, 2008
  • Rated 4 of 5 by sueta from Bali, Indonesia
Day 5th. March 30th, 2008. Amed – Ubud.

We went out on a traditional outrigger for fishing with the local fisherman that we have arranged via the hotel the night before. It was exciting to be on a little motor Jukung, that’s what they name the traditional boat. It has a little motor as well as a sail. They only use the sail when they are having enough wind. We went quit far out to the sea and caught some fish. We did the fishing on the boat for about two hours before heading back to the hotel. We got back to the hotel and gave all the fish to the fisherman to bring home for his family.

We got ready to leave the hotel for our trip to Ubud. We checked out from Villa Santai and be back on the road again, driving south along the coastline of Amed. It is a great view over the coastline with hundreds of Jukungs which are parked off the shores. On the right are simple houses of the local villagers on the mountain’s side, quit steep which is surely making the people having great exercise every single day.

When we got to the south eastern corner of Bali Island, we could see the view over the Indian Ocean and also the sister’s islands of Nusa Penida and Lembongan in a distance. The other excitement was driving over an old bridge that’s crossing a dried river, the bridge was making such a terrible noise when the car driving over it, it was really scary. We thought that the car would just got stuck if it was just one of the wood got broken a part. We were very lucky that the car got over it and we could breathe again.

We passed all the small villages and finally got to Taman Sukasada, it is one of the water palaces for the former king of Karangasem. There was an entrance fee that we had to pay to enter the palace and it was Rp. 10,000 per person. And additional of Rp. 2000 parking fee had to be paid when leaving the area. The water palace is surrounded with huge lotus ponds with some little fish in it. There were a few buildings that are spread around the area of the water palace. It has a great view over the ocean from most part of the palace. It also decorates with some stone sculptures around the garden and some water features. The most part of the palace was recently rebuilt as it was damaged by the eruption of Mount Agung in 1963, but we could still witness some of the original part of the building. There was an old man that kept following us around and was trying to be our guide but we were just ignoring him even if he kept following us when we were walking around the water palace.

We left the water palace and driving pass the mosque nearby the Palace, took the left turn by the bridge crossing the river and was coming out at the T-Junction at Jasri. We kept driving following the main road and made another stop at Candidasa just for a quick look. They were working on building Dike on the beach to stop the erosions which has been hitting the shore for years. We drove on and heading to Padang Bai, the port for a ferry to get to Lombok or Nusa Penida island. We drove in through the road by the white sand beach nearby the port and stopped at Topi Inn for a great lunch. There were dozens of fishermen boats that are parked on the white sand beach there and we saw some divers were just coming back from their dive trip at the Blue Lagoon.

After lunch, we drove out from Padang Bai and back on the main road heading to Kusamba, the black volcanic sand. We drove straight to Ubud via Klungkung, Gianyar and made a stop at Teges Village, east of Ubud to have a look at a wood carving village. We stopped by Budiasa Shop which displays dozens of huge fabulous wooden sculptures. The whole building there were filled up with different sizes of Wood Carvings. There was a man at the shop that helped us to look around and informing us about the artworks and also giving info on the prices. It was around 5 PM at the time so there was nobody working at the workshop. We left the shop without purchasing anything but the man gave us a business card. We went straight to the Greenfield Bungalows at Pengosekan Village. It is a nice accommodation that has such a great view over the rice paddies.

From journal 5 Days Aroung the Coast of Bali

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