Fardin, our divemaster, frantically waved his arms, pointing excitedly in front of him as a huge dugong slowly swam by us. Definitely a rare sighting. Don’t know what a dugong is? You’re not alone! But in case you are wondering, it’s a huge, funny sausage-shaped marine mammal with a flat nose and no neck that’s …
It was only a matter of time before we got into an accident. Driving in Bali is crazy. Like Vietnam, there are far more motorbikes than cars and very few traffic lights. People pass when they aren’t supposed to and tailgating seems to be the national pastime. As we made our way to our homestay, …
Day 6 We’ve dubbed it “Bali Time”: the severe underestimation of how long it will take to get from point A to point B. “15 minute” drives take an hour; hour drives take two; and so on. The slow-going traffic of the southern end of the island has been replaced by the slow speeds required …
Day 2: Walking through rural, Balinese rice paddies and farmland is pretty great! Doing so with a local is even better! We spent the entire day in Bakas Village, a 700-resident town an hour outside of Ubud with Little Wayan as our guide. His mission? To educate outsiders on life in his village, from farming …
Ok.The irony is not lost on me that within 12 hours of launching my new travel blog, a site focused on getting OFF the beaten path, we found ourselves surrounded by monkeys in what is likely the most touristy spot in Ubud, the Monkey Forest. Here’s the thing…. I might want to avoid touristy activities …