Small Bali part 2

Like I was saying in the last post, we stepped off the boat on Friday and were ready to explore! But did I ever mention that Bali is pretty hot? Well, its HOT. After spending some time walking, looking for the nice beaches, and getting pretty sweaty, one of the best decisions that we made after arriving in Nusa Lembongan (or what I have referred to as Small Bali) was to rent bikes. This gave us a great opportunity to get all over Nusa Lembongan, as well as an even smaller neighboring island, Nusa Ceningan. One of the neat things about these islands is that no one has cars. Pretty much all travel is by bike, motorbike, or by foot. I guess boats might be used too, if you want to get from part of an island to another. And we did see several smallish trucks that were being used for construction or for delivering goods. Most of the roads are about 6 feet wide (just wide enough for 2 bikes to pass, or for one truck to get through. While biking around we would see other travelers on the road here and there, but once we left the small towns the roads were pretty empty. It was really nice for biking.

There is a bridge connecting Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan which we biked across. We did eventually find some nice secluded beaches on both of these islands. We also found cliffs, mangroves, houses, schools, temples,  and plenty of seaweed. In a matter of 2.5 days, I think we saw most of what there is to see in Small Bali. We never did make it to the biggest of the "Nusa's", but that is mostly because the only way to get there is by boat. It also sounds like there is very little infrastructure there and not too much tourism unless you come prepared with a tent, which we are not. Over all, we saw what we saw, and had a great time doing it.