In Reply to: To Amed. posted by Filo on Sunday, 21. November 2004 at 17:07 Bali Time:
The new bypass road from Sanur, now extends to Klungkung and has cut the drive time to Amed considerably. It will soon be extended further and will end within 20mins of Candidasa.
When i first went to Amed, almost 10 years ago....it took more than 4 hours. The last 10 km took 30mins ... the road was soooo bad!!
Now it is possible to travel Kuta to Amed in 2hr.40min [or less] in decent traffic...
But i really agree with Filo, that you should consider staying at least 1 night, to really begin to appreciate the magic of Amed.
The best snorkling is at Selang Beach and at Lipah Beach, which are a few km beyond the village of Amed. These are sandy beaches with amazing amount and variety of marine life. The coral is also beginning to bloom once again
If you wanted to go for very posh, expensive... but FABULOUS lunch.. you could stop off at Amankila [just before Candidasa] and have a taste of how the rich and famous live!!! Or you could try Alila which is just a little further on.