Amed, North-East Bali

After getting on the fast boat from Lombok to Bali I arrived in Padangbai in the early afternoon, from here I shared a van with a Dutch family who were also going to Amed. Arriving in Amed I checked in at the Kadek Home Stay, here I got a nice bungalow with sea view, and really nice banana pancake for breakfast.

My place in Amed

The view from my place, the wooden things in front are made to produce sea salt

The sunset seen from my place

Saturday morning I woke up at 6am in order to meet up with Fabien from France to go diving the wreck of the USS Liberty. We had two fantastic dives at the wreck, and one dive in the afternoon at a wall just 500m east of the wreck. The visibility was great, and so was the diversity in marine life.

Sunrise before going diving

On our way back to Amed we went to visit the local factory for Arrac, the strong alcohol they produce here. Of course I had to buy a bottle while I was there, so I brought my own 1,5 l bottle and filled it up with freshly distilled Arrac.

Well, this is where they put the finished product

This is the distillery, run by wood fired ovens

This is the finished product, the one to the far left is the #1 quality that's been distilled many times.

Tomorrow I'm going on a motor bike trip in the are around Amed, heading east along the coast.

Beautiful Bali, Indonesia

Since May 6 I've been in Bali, I got on a AirAsia flight here from Phuket since the diving in Similan was cancelled. First I went to a really quiet place called Padangbai, but now I'm in Kerobokan which is just north of famous Kuta.

The nice beach in Padangbai

Rice terraces in the small alleys in Kerobokan

Small local streets in Kerobokan

Barawa Beach north of Kuta and Kerobokan

A small local petrol station, with petrol written exactly as in Norwegian, "Bensin"

The sunset at Tanah Lot, a hindu temple on the beach north of Kuta

The Beach at Nusa Dua

Amazing volcanic rock formations at Nusa Dua, right here was a giant blow hole spraying water all over the place

The view from the Mt. Agung view point at Nusa Dua

Very soon I'll be going to the Gili Islands of the coast of Lombok.