Mt. Batur to Lovina

Our next destination was Mt. Batur, a technically active tho’ currently dormant volcano. We arrived at another cool hotel with a spectacular view of the volcano, the higher mountain leftover from the ancient caldera, and the large lake between them. Read the signage…!

To experience Mt. Batur, we left at 5:00 in the morning (not 3:00 – thankfully – due to cloud cover), and drove up to the temple at the base. From there, we hiked in the dark, eventually reaching the rim, albeit not the highest point. There were a few vents, but nothing like the action from Mt. Bromo. Instead, there were monkeys! Note the pix of the sunrise, and the young lady from whom I bought a present for the birthday girl. In addition to pix of tiny flowers and more signage, there’s one of our hotel back across the caldera & historic lava fields.

The first pic in this batch is from the Lakeview at Mt. Batur. The rest of them are of the Rambutan in Lovina where we got to spend two nights – very nice grounds, and two swimming pools. Note an interesting item on the spa menu…

I took a walk down to Lovina beach…

The next day we went to the Banjar Hot Springs to take the waters…

At some point we went to a local market to buy some fruit and take in some sights…

While at Lovina, we drove to where I’d already gone snorkeling – Menjangan Island – near the end of the Java trip. Slightly better equipment, slight different dive spots, similar sights…

Lots of coral, a few fish, and some bubbles…

More snorkeling off Menjangan Island…

This last batch from Menjangan Island includes some of the deer there.

After two nights in Lovina, we headed across Bali to our final destination: Sanur. But we had several stops along the way, the first being the Git Git Waterfall. Check it out…

Again, I am adding some pix from my fellow travelers. Some of these, including the drone shot, come from professional photographer Milos, from Australia (formerly Serbia), and a great guy (tank top in this first one)…