Day 1
Flew from Surabaya to Bali. The flight was half empty so it was very niceeee. Right after I arrived I ordered Gojek (a motorbike taxi, download the app for free!) only costed IDR 10.000 from Airport to Mama Hostel in Legian Area. Since I arrived at noon, I only went for dinner and strolled Kuta area.
Day 2
I contacted my friend Sandy there to accompany me for the day. We visited Padang - Padang Beach, Blue Point Beach, Melasti Beach, Pandawa Beach and Balangan Beach.
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| Blue Point Beach |
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| Blue Point Beach |
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| Sandy and I |
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| Balangan Beach (it looked like a golf course right?!) |
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| Melasti Beach as the background |
Day 3
Went to Nusa Penida all ba ma self. Again, went to Sanur by Gojek. Sailed to Nusa Penida by Maruti Express IDR 75.000/oneway (price for domestics). Right after I arrived at the island, I rented a motorbike (which I never drove before! hahaha I dont even have license, please dont judge me lol.) It took me while to get used to driving a motorbike. I went to Simpalan, where my hotel located. I stayed at Nusa Garden Bungalow, very clean and nice. Then went to Nusa Penida Watersport to book a dive package and then went to Crystal Bay. Took me 30 minutes to get to Crystal Bay, the road was ok but pretty scary, a lot of uphill and downhill road. Then went to Broken Beach, another hour and half journey. The road was super scary, rocky, up and down!! My motorbike brokedown on the way, I was terrified because I was all alone. Thank God after about 5 minutes or so, 3 people came showed up and helped me. I asked them to ride my motorbike and went together, it was so nice of them! Then we visited Broken Beach, Angel's Billabong and Pasih Andus. I went back to the hotel all by my self, there were no lights along the road, I was freezing by the cold night breeze and scared because of the dark. It was about 20 km from my hotel, took me an hour and half to finally arrive at Nusa Garden Bungalow. What a day!! :) <3
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| First time riding a motorbike :') |
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| Crystal Bay |
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| Crystal Bay |
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| Left to right : Hendra, Gatot, me and Komang |
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| Angel's Billabong |
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| Broken Beach |
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| Broken Beach |
Day 4
Woke up early in the morning and rode my motor bike to Nusa Penida Watersport to dive. I was hoping to see Manta Ray and Mola Mola. To see both of them was the main reason why I visited Nusa Penida in the first place. It costed IDR 900.000/2x dives.
1st spot : Manta Bay
Depth 15 meters max, visibility 15 meters, water was colddddd
The local said there was no Manta there, I insisted to dive there still. In the first 30 minutes, we didnt see anything, just 5 minutes before we finished diving, my instructor named Wayan, excitingly called my by tapping on his dive tank, then he pointed at the magnificent Manta Ray swimming majesticly in front of us. I screamed happily, I coudlnt believe to see such beautiful creature right in front of my two eyes. I was so lucky!!
2nd spot : Crystal Bay
Depth 40 meters max, we only dived at 20-ish meters, visibility 20 meters, water was even colderrrrr
The current was pretty strong, I was scared at first. Same like the first dive, we didnt see anything in the first 30 minutes. Then my instructor told me to stay at 20 m while he went down to 25 m to see if Mola Mola can be seen around. He went back to me and signed no. I was devastated, but somehow I already accepted the fact that I couldnt see it. BUT, once again my instructor came to me with his super excited face, he tapped on his dive tank again and shook my hand, then he pointed at a Mola Mola!!!! GOSH, I was HYPEDDDD, I held on a coral to take a closer look, geez!! Such a beautiful fish, so uniqueeee. If you dont know what Mola Mola is, go search on google nowwww.
I was soooooooo happy. I dont know why Im super lucky that day, I never been so lucky my entire life :'D Only 1 out of 100 visitors who can see both Manta Ray and Mola Mola on the same day.
Ps : I didnt take any pictures because the current was strong, I was busy holding onto corals. But I regret nothing, I kept it right in my brain, my endless memory <3
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| Our happy faces after seeing Manta Ray and Mola Mola |
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| Still super happyyy |
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| Nusa Penida Watersport - very recommended!!! |
I really recommend you to dive with Nusa Penida Watersport, great price, friendly crew and satisfying service http://www.nusapenidawatersport.com/
Day 5 until Day 10
I didnt visit any new places afterwards, only Kuta Bach (I did body surfing!), Nusa Dua Beach, Jimbaran. Oh well.
I stayed in my friend's dorm for 6 nights, shoutout to Khansa! <3
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| Nusa Dua Beach |
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| Met Khansa and Adit. Goodluck in Bali you both! |
**I really regret my decision not to stay another night in Nusa Penida :( Hendra, Gatot and Komang offered me to come with them another day but I said no, how freaking stupid :'/
Thank your for reading! Be sure to watch my traveling video on youtube : Bali edition!
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