In Reply to: Balian posted by roxybon on Thursday, 28. January 2010 at 08:12 Bali Time:
Hi, We think that Balian is a beautiful area, and are spending a week there in May too. We stay at Gajah MIna (have website) but there is a good range of accom around. Balian beach itself is usually pretty rough because you've got a fairly major "stream" coming into the ocean. Lots of surfers, but we once saw a giant shark as well! Swam thru a group of Japanese girls on Boogie boards. Gajah has a very nice little restaurant, but there are also lots of great cheap eats at Balian (5 minutes on foot) From Gajah, we can access the beach one north of Balian, which is miles and miles of pristine landscape. With our week, I would like to have a car to explore inland a little, but I think for just a few days, if you havent been before hand, you will have planty to explore on foot. Nice to be driven sometimes and look at the scenery.