Sanur Kaja

A very famous restaurant in Sanur, serving fried fish and fish head soup for IDR 55K per person. After many dishes of pork, it is nice to eat some dishes. The fried fish is fresh and nice. The soup is full of spices, which could be spicy, and I found it very rewarding.

Wife wanted coffee and dessert, now that we are back to the city. This looks promising around Sanur Beach area. Coffee is Okay, and Jerry famous cheese cake is interesting. PS: Car entering Sanur Beach area need to pay IDR 5000 entrance fee. If you hail a car from here, it will incur additional fee, or you can walk a few minutes down the road to the entrance.

I packed breakfast from hotel, took a gocar and reach the harbour to catch the 7.30am boat to Nusa Penida. At the harbour, you stop a few minutes away from the entrance to avoid paying a entrance fee of IDR 5000 for car. Someone from one of the many boat companies will try to intercept you and guide you to their counter. It is fine if you found the price and time of departure acceptable. As of today, the price is IDR 150K per person one way. The schedule time is 7.30am, but the boat got delayed until 8.00am. There might be a price hike soon due to the recent increase in petrol prices. There are 2 dozens boat company operating various boat to the 3 nearby islands: Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan. If you want peace of mind, you can book online tickets via Klook. The beach port is extremely crowded in the morning, with some seller selling snacks. I think the trip to the island only takes 30 minutes, but the boarding is quite slow. The staffs will help you with heavy luggages, and you remove your shoes and dandals when boarding (as there is bo actual harbour, but a beach). A real harbour is in construction. You will land on Toya Pakeh Harbour (Semabu Hills fadt boat). There are plenty of Taxis service, where i think the normal price is IDR 700K per day (we negotiated to IDR 650K, he won't budge for IDR 600K which is Klook's price). If you just need a ride to your hotel, it is much pricier here. I think the prices on Klook is quite good, so it might be worth it to book there. Also, you can complete the island in a single day, as they separate the trip into east or west. So stay a night if you want to cover all the main attractions. Our driver brought us to El Rey counter for a ticket back to Sanur for tomorrow, and it cost IDR 200K per person. I am not quite sure why there is an additional fee of IDR 50K, so maybe just buy a return ticket in Sanur will be cheaper, or book online via Klook. I think most tickets are open tickets for the day, so you can change the time if you are late.