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Besides the Buddhist monastery of Banjar there are a lot of other day trips that you could make from Lovina Beach, Bali.

We also went to visit Bedugul near Lake Bratan and about a 40 km drive from Lovina Beach, first in northern direction up the coast and in direction of Singaraja and then southwards in direction of Bali's most central lakes.

Lake Bratan, Lake...

From Lovina Beach in the northwestern tip of Bali we headed to the Banjar Buddhist monastery of Brahma Vihara Arama near the small Balinese village of Dencarik.

Dencarik is located about 2 km north of Banjar and home to Bali's largest Buddhist monastery, the Bahma Vihara Arama site.

Besides the Buddhist monastery near Dencarik the area is also popular for the Banjar...

From Flores Island we flew back Bali where we landed in Denpasar, the capital city of the Bali Province and the gateway to the rest of the island.

From Denpasar we headed from the southern Bali to the northwest where we stayed at Lovina Beach near the city of Sangaraja.

Lovina Beach is known for its relaxing atmosphere, nice beaches and is becoming more popular...

The boat ride from Labuhanbajo to Rinca island was great and both the kids and my wife and I had the best time. The Flores Sea is a very nice place to go for a boat ride and the views are spectacular.

Rinca island, also known as Rincah or Rinja Island is a small island near Komodo Island and faces the larger Flores Island to its right.

It's probably its proximity...

From Ruteng in the heart of Flores, an island of the Indonesia archipelago, we headed to Labuan Bajo, or Labuhanbajo, on the west coast of the island.

On Flores the town of Labuan Bajo is known as a relaxing beach town popular for diving, sailing and other water activities.

We had little active excursions planned for our stay in Labuan Bajo and simply wanted to...