Sidemen

This place is out of main Sideman village, next to a rice field. The wooden room is quite nice and big, thus comfortable. With a patio and long sleeping bench as well. A really big mosquito usually becomes active around 5.30pm to 7pm. The nearest village is 10 minutes walk, but Sideman village is 2 hours walk away.

Though the cooking takes a long time, but the food is pretty good. Always order early if you are in a hurry.

Walking around the paddy field near our hotel in Tangkup, Sidemen. Beautiful countryside scenery.

Start the hike from Natya River Sidemen, from paddy field to a river crossing via bamboo bridge. Passing through a farm, then into another river crossing without a bridge, to Bali Countryside Sidemen (a resort), passing through some canal and finally onto a main road. From here to Sidemen require 2h by foot, and we couldn't hail any Gojek and Grab. Finally a local help us to hail a passing by lorry to go to Sidemen town. The driver ask where would like to stop, and we said anywhere in town to have lunch. Then he drove us out of town, to a restaurant by the roadside which he claimed the food is good. Now we are out of the town again. An interesting journey.

Our free ride drop us at the restaurant, quite a distance from Sidemen town. This is definitely not a warung, but probably a favourite place for driver to bring there customers for lunch. You have a view of a big farm, but we can't see the mountains as it was cloudy. Food is nice, slightly expensive. Luckily we managed to hail a Gojek back to our hotel.

Soto Ayam and Nasi Goreng for dinner. The food is tasty.