A small town on the East Coast-Sanur

          Sanur is located on the east side of Denpasar. It is on the coast and maybe twenty minutes away from the airport if there is no traffic. If you are a backpacker and don’t know where to stay or go get dropped off at the McDonalds on the main intersection. Once there you are on the main road to the beach and also where the “Homestays” are. Mc D’s also has the internet so you can get an idea of some of the places that you want to look at. Remember to bargain when going to the Homestays’, most of them will give good deals if you are staying a few nights or even better if you stay a week or more. Lily Pond was a very nice place to stay; it has a pool with rooms that have A/C or fans. If you want a budget room there it’s advised to book ahead of time since it is a popular place.  We stayed at Bali Sweet Homestay, we were charged RPH120,000 and were served coffee and a light breakfast each morning. The room was very nice with private shower and television. They also had free wireless Internet.

Sanur is much more laid back than Kuta but it still has the street vendors, restaurants, and lodgings. The beach is pleasant but you wont find much surfing so stick to sunbathing and beach volleyball. As mentioned before, there are some wonderful places to eat, and always-reasonable prices. The local Warungs each had there own specialties but we recommend The Bali Pub, Warung Kembang, and Mona Lisa. There is a Hardy’s on the main street in Sanur, there you can buy anything that you need. We got tired of the same food all the time so we would get stuff to make salads and sandwiches. You can also check out the night market, they have food, trinkets and DVD’s there; I wasn’t really that impressed. Especially when on a few occasions we got the same food as a local and were charged more than them!

           

             The beaches are nice to relax on but if you are tired of the sand and salt water there are pools all along the beachfront. The resorts own them but you can go in and get a few beers and relax by the pool... 

We spent many of our days doing this! 

            If you want to go diving I recommend going and staying in the north for a few days, kind of breaking up your vacation. The dive shops in the south drive up to the north to do a lot of their diving and it takes a few hours to get there. We thought that Sanur was a good middle place for day trips-it’s close to Kuta, Ubud, and not too far from the north.