In Reply to: thing to do in candidasa!!! posted by matthew and cilla on Monday, 27. February 2006 at 23:58 Bali Time:
I would suggest a few hours in the Bali Aga village called Tenganan which is 3 km outside of Candidasa..
Snorkeling by boat at Blue Lagoon..just ask your hotel and walk to the beach where they have the wooden boats and take you out snorkelling..a very nice idea for the morning
A day trip to Tirtagannga Water Palace and drive thru the rice paddies
While in Candidasa eat at the Water Garden restaurant..we stayed there.
There is a little store called Astri that is semi grocery, clothing and souvenirs...we found some stuff there we never found anywhere else and great prices..no bargaining.
Also just down the road from the Water Garden on the same side of the street is a store...you walk up 2-3 marble white steps and there is jewellry and also clothing..we found great men's shirts for 5500 ($5) and also women's clothing,
Not sure of the name of the store but its walking away from the center of town so thats back towards Tenganan about 1 block.
Have fun. We were there 20 years ago and it was our favorite beach and place but alas you must have heard the beach is gone as the coral was used to make all the beautiful hotels etc...still a nice calm place to relax...
Rex once told me about a beach with White Sand a little out of town...Pantai something...hopefully he will reply to your email too.
Leslie