Exploring Bali's South Coast (and giving my honest opinion) 🇮🇩

Today's adventure in Bali took me on a journey through the island's stunning south coast on my trusty 110 cc scooter.

My first stop was a place marked as "Waterblow" on Google Maps. That sounded interesting, so I did some research and found out it was a place where the waves crash into some craggy rocks and shoot high up into the air.

The photos I saw looked incredible, but the reality was much less impressive. I went on the wrong day and time, it seems. It all depends on the tide.

I continued my journey along the south coast to the region of Uluwatu. It took me much longer than it should have to get there because I kept getting lost.

It's difficult to navigate on a motorbike when your phone is in your pocket and you don't know the roads. I kept having to stop an consult Google Maps, which kept advising me to take roads that were like footpaths.

I eventually got to my destination, which was the Uluwatu Temple, an ancient Hindu place of worship built on the edge of a massive cliff.

Normally if I knew I'd be visiting a place like that I'd go there wearing trousers, but I'd learned from the reviews on Google Maps that they rent you sarongs for free. So I could comfortably turn up there in shorts.

The temple itself was nothing spectacular and no worshiping was going on when I was there. The highlights were more the awesome view from the cliff and the hundreds of monkeys roaming around.

Before returning to Nusa Dua I went on the hunt for a secluded beach that 's famous for having a washed up shipwreck on it. Pantai Nunggalan, or "Nunggalan Beach," is only accessible with a drive down some narrow roads and then a 15 minute hike on foot through a forest on a steep cliff.

The effort it takes to get there means that very few people were on the beach, which was amazingly beautiful other than one thing. The beach is covered in trash.

I believe the trash gets washed up from the sea each day and because this beach isn't maintained by anyone, it never gets picked up.

The washed up shipwreck was cool. I've seen it in other people's Instagram photos in the past, so now it was my turn to get a selfie with it. And it looked different, as over time the graffiti on it is updated by new artists.

I left the beach and trekked back up the cliff so that I could ride the scooter back to Nusa Dua before sunset. I'm not confident riding a bike in the dark at all.

After returning the scooter to the rental shop on my street, I visited a local warung, a small family owned restaurant.

The menu item that looked appealing to me was "Cumi Mentega" which translates to "Butter Squid." I enjoyed many Butter Chicken dishes in India so I wondered if this would be equally as tasty.

It was!

It wasn't my favourite day of travelling but ending it with a delicious meal felt good.

0:00 Waterblow
8:06 Getting Lost
12:12 Uluwatu Temple
22:52 Journey to Secluded Beach
27:59 Nunggalan Beach
38:38 Returning the Scooter
40:59 Butter Squid

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