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Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary - Ubud, Indonesia - September, 2005
Marvelous Macaques, etcetera (18.11.2005 16:07)
The Sacred Monkey Forest in Ubud was one of my favourite places we visited during our four-week stay in Bali. It is very accessible, within walking distance of most hotels in downtown Ubud, and easy to visit with a car, as we did. There are over two hundred macaques residing in this forest, and it seems like we probably saw nearly all of them when we visited. Many of them were lounging near [more...]

Lovina Beach - Singaraja, Indonesia - September, 2005
Beautiful, but not the best of Bali (18.11.2005 12:12)
Lovina Beach is one of the tourist hot-spots of Bali, and I'm afraid it doesn't rank highly on my list of them. Here's why: Accessibility: Lovina is easy enough to access if you arrange transportation with your hotel or hire a car, both of which are reasonably affordable options (we hired a car for about 20 USD per day). It spans a few miles of the northern coast of Bali, a lot of which is [more...]

Nusa Dua Beach & Spa - Nusa Dua, Indonesia - September, 2005
Our Honeymoon Nightcap (17.11.2005 18:06)
My husband and I stayed at the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel for a few nights at the end of a four-week-long stay in Bali, and it was gorgeous. It is a great place to experience Balinese hospitality. We were staying in an exclusive wing of the hotel, called the 'Palace Club', which meant that we checked in at a separate lounge, where we were offered a refreshing fruit drink and cold towels upon [more...]