Bali Snorkeling

Visited July 2012. I saw a post on a travel site saying Kebun Villas was pretty special. Having enjoyed checking the ricefields in Sideman and around Ubud, I penciled this place in for my next Bali trip. Kebun Villas is 9km up the ricefields road which connects the busy west coast highway to the north coast. You are talking 120 to 150 minutes daytime from Kuta - a little more from the airport (modified Google Earth image). KB is a short distance from the small village of Belimbing (spelled incorrectly on map but too hard to change) which is exclusively on the side road, not the main. Tell your driver Belimbing - the website gives Papuan* which is a fair bit further up the road (* probably referring to Papuan DISTRICT). This is shot from just below the restaurant at street level. The resort cascades down a steep gully (early morning sunlight is hitting one side) with villas distributed both sides of the path (mostly moderate to steep steps). There is a pool way down there which you may ...

Visited late July 2012 Rest stop off Menjangan island. Pemuteran is a small fishing village towards the west end of Bali's north coast. However these days it is better known as a dive and snorkeling center on account of Bali's best coral at nearby Menjangan island. Diving and snorkeling is pretty good right off the town beach too. Modified Google Earth image - my labels are a bit small, click to expand image Pemuteran is about 4.5 hours from Kuta and the airport, 1-1.5 from Lovina and Singaraja and only half an hour from Gilimanuk where the big vehicle ferries arrive after the short 5km hop from Java. I have miss-spelled Gilimanuk on the map but it takes too long to change these images so you are stuck with it. Lady Tezza and I came to Pemuteran in about 2.5 hours fom the rice fields resort Kebun Villa in Blingbing which is not a bad break point between the airport-Kuta strip and the north west. Menjangan island boats mainly leave from Labuan Lalang harbour about 18km west of t...