In Reply to: amed to padangbai posted by oceandreaming on Sunday, 15. July 2007 at 13:28 Bali Time:
flying in a helicopter? By vehicle it will take about 50 minutes, of course if you call into the beautiful water palace in the Amlapura area it will take longer.
If you have time,go to the northern end of Padang Bai and walk over the hill to Blue Lagoon, it is still a very nice spot to go snorkelling, but it will be buggered within the next few years. Only three years ago it was still untouched but recently a couple of warungs have been erected just back from the beach.
While in Amed try snorkelling above the American ship wreck it is very close to the shore line. People will try and confuse you by telling you that it is Japanese but its name "USS Liberty" makes me doubt their information.