Amed was a former fishing village in Bali. It remains relatively undiscovered as a tourist destination. It has clear turquoise water and a pebbly beach blackened by the Mt Agung volcano. There were a few bungalows and restaurants along the coast, and a few dive centres.
The most popular dive was a shipwreck dive. I didn't dive as I had a bad cold but my friend went and thought it was a pretty good spot. Good snorkelling was to be had just off the shore. There was a healthy growth of corals, it was fun swimming around with the tropical fishes, and it made it all seemed right with my world.
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| Jukung boats on Jemeluk Beach, Amed |
We stayed in a room by the beach looking on to the sea, newly opened by brother-in-law of the Blue Star bungalow's owner. Prices at the restaurants were almost half that of Ubud. Our favourite restaurant was Sama-Sama which we visited twice - I liked the garlicky butter sauce prawns.
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| Blue Star bungalow |
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| Prawns with garlicky butter sauce at Sama-Sama |
It was peaceful bliss for a few days. Our taxi driver to the airport on the last day was a young man who had just graduated from university and had written a Balinese song about an island boy moping for his Western girl who had left him. Ah bless.
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| View from our room |
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| Watching the sunset |
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