Day 12: Singaraja

After calling it an early night the day before, I woke up refreshed and without as much ear pain (just a slight ringing) this morning. Today was our first free day since Tuesday, so we were off to the beach!

At ten those of us who had stayed in the dorms met up and headed over towards Lovina to meet up with the others. We didn’t spot them immediately, so we enjoyed some time in the ridiculously hot water and then on the black sand beach. The cool breeze helped a bit, but under the sun we had to keep going in the water in order to stay at a reasonable temperature. Definitely have not adjusted to this weather yet, but then again I probably never will.

We then found part of our group before having lunch (grilled cheese with tomato!) at one of the pricey beachside restaurants. It was good but who knows what type of cheese that was. We then went to true touristy Lovina but the beach and water were not as nice, so after looking in the souvenir shops for a bit and buying a few postcards, we headed back to our original location.

After a few more hours Erica and I headed back to our room to shower, eat and do some homework. We tried to return to the restaurant we’d gone to last night, but alas it was closed! Instead we visited Kantin Coca and got Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice) which was absolutely delicious and really hit the spot.