When in Bali few places are catogrized under MUST GO places:
KUTA
Kuta is tourist attraction for fun and clubbing. Popular mainly among the young and adventurous and of course surfers! A bit chaos and busy city with tourist. But the beach is a good choice for a morning walk though. Number of hotels are located overlooking the sea along Kuta Beach Road. Some people do said that Kuta beach is dirty but to me nothing was wrong with this beach but definitely coudn't be compared with Perhentian, Redang or Tioman Island :-P
BEDUGUL
It is Bali's highland retreat, tucked into the crater of an extinct volcano, 1400 meters above sea level.LAKE BRATAN is definitely awesome! as well as abandoned Lake Buyan. This area is renowned for its fruit and vegetables. Do stop at CANDIKUNING Fruit & Veggie Market and make sure to have a fantastic buffet lunch with the magnificient lake view at MENTARI Restaurant for only RP60k per person. Their sate lilit is so delicioussss!
KINTAMANI.
The villages of Kintamani and Penelokan give a view of the active MOUNT BATUR and its lake. Seven miles in diameter and sixty feet deep, the caldera of Batur is pretty impressive. Be sure the wheather is good or else u may come back dissapointly as the heavy cloud may hide the gorgeous mount away :-( Do bring along your sweater or shawl as the weather up here is so windy, cool & chill!
TANAH LOT
One of Bali's most important sea temples, Tanah Lot temple is built atop a huge rock, surrounded by the sea. The view is awesome! When I got there it was noon & high tide.
Tips - do not shop at the ticket entrance. Walk further down MORE & BETTER shops available!
TAMAN AYUN
A Royal Temple of Mengwi Empire and it is located in Mengwi Village about 18km north side of Denpasar town. It has wide beautiful landscape garden in front courtyard to welcome all visitors who come and visit this temple.
UBUD
My favourite! Ubud is the art center of Bali. It's home to local and internationally prominent artists. Ubud today expands to other arts. You should not be surprised to run into a foreigner who happens to be living in Ubud, meditating or soul searching for his next book or poetry collection. Ubud has numbers of luxury villas faces the ricefields, great Ayung River and great place to pamper yourself, rest & relax and definitely for honeymooners.
MONKEY FOREST @ UBUD
Ubud Monkey Forest is occupied by 200 monkeys, pertained to long tail inclusive macaques or macaca fascicularis group. They will do no harm if you do not disturb them & they are so cute! Do treat them with bananas sold at the entrance. But be careful with all your belongings as they will act naughtyly sometimes :-P
TEGALALANG
It's time for rice paddy terasering view. It's so marvellous and gorgeous. Even though it just a terraces of rice paddy in the small valley, but it's something that u couldn't get anywhere else. Beautiful!
BALINESE DANCE
You must watch at least 1 dance performance! It's something unique, authentic and interesting. Each dance has its own story & characters. These dances either to be performed for the pleasure of the gods, prestige, or as an entertainment to friends and family. I've watched Kecak dance and as well as Legong. Legong is wonderful dance to watch as it is played by beautiful girls wearing colourful clothes.
At Ubud, there are several places you could enjoy a 2hrs dance performance and dances are held every night. Ticket price is average at Rp60k - 80k only.
Tips - Watch dance at nite time as it could save your daylight for other activities.
