It's like I'll never stop making a post about beach. I love beach! Sitting on the sand under the sunlight, listening to the water riffles just like Earth is whispering, wondering what kind of mysteries lay beneath the sea and stare at perfectly clear horizon. That's awesome! So, beach is like an escape for me when I feel down, bad mood or angry to the world.
Well, that's too much.
Still, like Suluban beach (that was being the pitstop at The Amazing Race season 22 leg 4, yes I'm a big fan of that TV show!) & Uluwatu temple, Pandawa beach is located at southern part of Bali, precisely at Desa Kutuh (desa means village). It used to be called as Secret beach because it lies behind hill and it was hard to find this place. Then, the government of Badung regency was aware of its potential to attract not only local , but also international tourist, so the government built roads and another public facilities to promote this beach. They also put some statues on the rock wall, each of them represents Pandava (or in my country spelled as Pandawa) character on Mahabharata legend. Too bad, I forgot to take some pics of those statues. Shoot!
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| The long and winding road :p |
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| It's kinda slippery because of the sand.. |
I actually went there with my friends few months ago. From Nusa Dua, it takes about 20-30 minutes to get there by car. There's no public transportation heading directly to the beach. Yeah, poor Bali. I mean it's like no public transportation at all beside those on the city. But, usually, nearby hotels provide free shuttle to this beach. If you stay in Nusa Dua, Kuta, Seminyak or Denpasar, it is better if you rent a car or motorbike. It's okay taking a cab but, geez, it will be so expensive.
It was 4 pm when me and my friends got there, because we skipped our lunch, we were then going to buy some chicken satay (for only IDR 20,000), grilled corn (IDR 5000) and juice (IDR 5,000-15,000) at a local warung. Fair price for a place like this. There're also a restaurant, souvenir shops, art and craft shop, body massage booth, various warungs and public toilet near the parking lot. Beside, from parking lot, you can watch some peoples doing paragliding down from the hill.
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| "Look, Mum! I'm flying without wings!" |
After enjoying our meals, we headed to the beach that was only less than 50 m in distance, and holyfrig, this beach was so beautiful! The sand was white, the waves were rather calm, the sky was vibrant blue!
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| Pandawa beach #1 |
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| Pandawa beach #2 |
Pandawa beach wasn't as crowded as Kuta beach, that's what I like the most. It was also quite clean and no annoying sellers who push people to buy her goods. Or, at least I didn't meet them. Just like another Balinese, locals were warm welcoming. Oh, I almost forgot that cellphone's signals were very poor in there. Even, I use provider 3 and I did't get any. But it's okay, who'll need it anyway if you were in a beautiful place like this?
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Sorry for low-quality pictures. I forgot where I stored the RAW files :'(
