On Saturday me and my buddy Neil hired a car and drove north to the seaside town of Lovina. I had expected Lovina to be little more than a few shacks on the beach so was surprised to find a well-developed, modern town (by Bali standards at least), with wide roads, shops and hotels a-plenty. The distance from Ubud to Lovina is only 84kms, but it takes us 4 hours to get there (max speed 60kms/hr) as we have to travel up and over a big mountain range on a very narrow, windy road. Thankfully Neil … [Read more...]