After a night of sailing from Surabaya, early the next morning, we dropped anchor off the northern coast of Bali.
By contrast to the industrial port of Surabaya, Bali was a green island paradise...
This was North Bali, far from the bustle of the main tourist areas of Denpasar, and Kuta Beach, 100km to the south of the island. North Bali was much more natural and untouched, mainly fishing and agriculture with rolling green hills and seaside beach villages and a small but thriving tourist industry.
Somewhere beyond these hills was Mt Agung, which was threatening to erupt in the weeks before the cruise, but thankfully did not. Mt Agung itself was about 100km away to the East, not visible from where the ship was docked...
The sun was finally up, and the hills and greenery of the island looked spectacularly inviting...
By contrast to the industrial port of Surabaya, Bali was a green island paradise...
This was North Bali, far from the bustle of the main tourist areas of Denpasar, and Kuta Beach, 100km to the south of the island. North Bali was much more natural and untouched, mainly fishing and agriculture with rolling green hills and seaside beach villages and a small but thriving tourist industry.
Somewhere beyond these hills was Mt Agung, which was threatening to erupt in the weeks before the cruise, but thankfully did not. Mt Agung itself was about 100km away to the East, not visible from where the ship was docked...
The sun was finally up, and the hills and greenery of the island looked spectacularly inviting...
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