Mountain pitstop at Sanda Butik Villas Bali

A pitstop made in heaven is too good to miss. Sanda Bukit Villas, just south of Pupuan, has been mentioned on this site many times, and today I visited while passing through. A pot of ginger tea and a large bowl of potato and leek soup were just the ticket, for a warm up after the cloudy nature of the highlands took a few degrees out of me. The owner, Ted, from Holland, told me yesterday they had some Balinese guests, who were on their way to a ceremony. Sanda Butik Villas is the place that travel writer Bill Dalton, told me he goes to for relaxation. That’s a guy who wrote THE BOOK on Indonesia, talking.

We chatted for a while and I told Ted and his wife, they should give Poincianna Resort a try, next time they are on the NE coast. Poincianna is another little haven for a weary traveller, run by the lovely Nyoman. Hey I’ve even got the coords (08 09.124S, 115 25.127E). The place is located on the NE coast south of Tejakula.

Rain was not looking like a probability today, so I said goodbye to Ted and his wife, leaving my poncho tucked inside my motorbike seat, heading downhill towards Antosari.