A week in Bali - Dec 08
We landed in Bali from Singapore on Monday morning, picked up our rented car at the airport and drove straight to the resort. Parking our car in the small gravel yard (very Provence, by the way), we entered a narrow wooden Balinese gate onto a stone path which delivered us to a small garden dotted with coconut trees and frangipani. The garden opened up to an infinity pool and, eventually, the clear blue sky and the dark Indian Ocean. As I breathed in the ocean scent, I could hear the soothing waves crashing on the cliff below. The gamble against yellowed photographs on the resorts’ web site paid off.
We - or rather I - quickly unpacked and poked around. We decided to stay for the afternoon to get acquainted with the surrounding and have dinner in the premises.
The next day, waking up late as always, we went to Chandra in Denpasar for lunch. In 2004, Chandra was highly recommended by the locals for a place to sample the Balinese ‘nasi campur’ which normally consists of steamed rice topped with lawar, urutan, pork meat, pork skin, and sambal. However, this visit proved to be a disappointment. The flavours were harsh and the texture tough. We crossed Chandra from our must-eat Bali list.
