Dip of a lifetime
built – one manicured over a lake, for formal visits, the other a water pleasure garden where we swam at the edge of the forest, while children laughed in the next pool and jumped along stepping stones.
For supper, we headed into the small town to either a tiny restaurant or food stall for satay sprinkled with fresh onion, and soup pepped up with lemongrass.
Oddly, we couldn’t find a cold beer in the entire place – I’ve never craved one so much as when sundown came and we looked sadly at each other over sweet tea.
For our last three days, from a small beach south east on the main island, we hopped on to a fisherman’s boat and went skimming over to Asahan’s eco-resort.
Finally, we were able to shed our shoes and spend our days swimming, snorkelling and padding about on the sand.
And – at last – I got that cold beer at sunset.
Gili Asahan Eco Lodge costs from £37 per cabin per night.
. Alila Ubud is from £145 per night
The Inna Bali Heritage Hotel is from £16 a night for a room.