Bali 16 Sept to 27 Sept
We left at 6 am for Bali crossing the Lombok strait. The current was not against us but neither did we have any help. The wind picked up to 25 knots and as soon as the main was down it died to almost nothing and the Izusu Sail was switched into life. Our progress along the Bali Coast was slow due to the 1.5 knot current flowing east. At 5 pm we passed a little headland and anchored in 10 meter and slept well despite being rolled.
Up next morning and made the 17 miles to Lovina Beach by 10.30am. We finally anchored in 4 meters sand. Mike went ashore and organised water, got brochures from the Sail Indonesia tent and money from the ATM. I was happy to stay behind to have some rest after finally falling sick in the guts. I knew sooner or later it would be my turn.
Next day I was ok and we explored the Lovina Beach area. The beaches are black sand with mountainous backdrops. Lovely restaurants and bars and lots of touts selling it all quite persistantly. We found a German bakery with nice bread and cakes.
At night we were picked up by buses to take us to the venue in Singaraja. We all enjoyed a nice meal and some singing, the traditional speeches from the government officials and caught up with people we hadn’t seen for a few weeks.
Next day we got up not knowing what to do. Should we do a day tour or a 2 day one? Where should we go? The tours on offer were big. Within 2 minutes we met up with Tiaki and Rubicon Star who were going to Kuta for 2 days and said we could join because there was still room on the bus. Mike went quickly back to the boat to grab toothbrush and spare clothes. So off we went to see beautiful Bali, temples , terraced rice fields, feeding monkeys (again) and enjoying the freshness of a waterfall. Our destination was Kuta.
So we did the tourist thing, booked into a hotel, bought clothes and a Rolex and took pictures of the Bali Bombing memorial. Kuta is not the Indonesia we had seen so far. Its more like the a Gold Coast with Mc Donald’s, KFC etc.We had a good night out but all of us did not sleep as well as expected. Something was missing. Maybe the slapping of the dinghy or the rocking and rolling. One day Kuta is enough and our driver picked us up at luchtime for the way back to Lovina Beach stopping at some beautiful lakeviews.
On the way home we all decided to book another tour. This time to Java to see Jogyakarta and the Borobodur temples. This sightseeing was offered through Sail Indonesia by sailing to Kurimun Java and then hopping on a ship to Java and then by bus. Doing the tour from Bali it would take us 4 days instead of five and would cost half the money the other tour would cost.
Talk to you again
Rosi and Mike
We left at 6 am for Bali crossing the Lombok strait. The current was not against us but neither did we have any help. The wind picked up to 25 knots and as soon as the main was down it died to almost nothing and the Izusu Sail was switched into life. Our progress along the Bali Coast was slow due to the 1.5 knot current flowing east. At 5 pm we passed a little headland and anchored in 10 meter and slept well despite being rolled.
Up next morning and made the 17 miles to Lovina Beach by 10.30am. We finally anchored in 4 meters sand. Mike went ashore and organised water, got brochures from the Sail Indonesia tent and money from the ATM. I was happy to stay behind to have some rest after finally falling sick in the guts. I knew sooner or later it would be my turn.
Next day I was ok and we explored the Lovina Beach area. The beaches are black sand with mountainous backdrops. Lovely restaurants and bars and lots of touts selling it all quite persistantly. We found a German bakery with nice bread and cakes.
At night we were picked up by buses to take us to the venue in Singaraja. We all enjoyed a nice meal and some singing, the traditional speeches from the government officials and caught up with people we hadn’t seen for a few weeks.
Next day we got up not knowing what to do. Should we do a day tour or a 2 day one? Where should we go? The tours on offer were big. Within 2 minutes we met up with Tiaki and Rubicon Star who were going to Kuta for 2 days and said we could join because there was still room on the bus. Mike went quickly back to the boat to grab toothbrush and spare clothes. So off we went to see beautiful Bali, temples , terraced rice fields, feeding monkeys (again) and enjoying the freshness of a waterfall. Our destination was Kuta.
So we did the tourist thing, booked into a hotel, bought clothes and a Rolex and took pictures of the Bali Bombing memorial. Kuta is not the Indonesia we had seen so far. Its more like the a Gold Coast with Mc Donald’s, KFC etc.We had a good night out but all of us did not sleep as well as expected. Something was missing. Maybe the slapping of the dinghy or the rocking and rolling. One day Kuta is enough and our driver picked us up at luchtime for the way back to Lovina Beach stopping at some beautiful lakeviews.
On the way home we all decided to book another tour. This time to Java to see Jogyakarta and the Borobodur temples. This sightseeing was offered through Sail Indonesia by sailing to Kurimun Java and then hopping on a ship to Java and then by bus. Doing the tour from Bali it would take us 4 days instead of five and would cost half the money the other tour would cost.
Talk to you again
Rosi and Mike
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