We took our driver Made Arya for an hour trip south to Jimbaran, where our friend Helma works at the Bali Intercontinental Resort, a 5-star facility, to look for accommodation nearby that is in our price range of $50 per night.This is the price that we were paying for our room in Teka-Teki House, Seminyak. We drove around Jimbaran for about an hour going up and down all the small alleys by the beach and across the main road away from the beach. Along the way we saw a house renting a room with a small owl hanging in a cage outside - with a hanging container of crickets-its food- nearby. The lady said they had bought it at the market and kept it as a pet. Very cute! David wanted one! (Will get one if we decide to settle in Bali for a while)
The places further from the beach were offering rooms for $35 a night AC room, without breakfast, and did not necessarily have WiFi. We ended up at a lovely place 100 meters from the beach with a little pool, breakfast and excellent WiFi for $50 a night, Villa Bali Jegeg. We booked for 2 nights and then headed down to the beach.
All the fishing boats were rounded up on the beach and there were small beach shack restaurants selling sea food meals. We had lunch at one and just marveled at how few tourists there were, and only a single ice cream vendor wandering along the beach, and a stand selling roast corn on the cobb. After lunch we walked down the crescent moon, white sand beach to the other end, passing the InterCon and ending at the Four Seasons.
There are no waves for surfing, and when entering the beach it is not a smooth entry if you have sensitive feet- lots of coral bits, and rocks. There were also hundreds of small bubble jelly fish that you could feel and some of them actually stung. There were more beach shacks setting up for sunset drinks as we were leaving the area. We stopped back where we had lunch to watch the fishing boats launch with the sun setting. Reminded us of the apartment we had rented in Qantab, Oman and watching those fishermen at their daily activity. Many ladies were out collecting small clams that reminded me of the Bulia shells in Oman - on a sandy beach, stomp on the ground as the wave goes out and these small shells pop out. Fun!
We took Helma out to a Thai restaurant called "Kat's Kitchen" which was excellent.
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