Malang – Tretes – Sanur, Bali

5:30 am came very early after last night. We had to lock horns with our driver. We were under the impression that we had a car and driver for the day to take us wherever we wanted…. he seemed to have a set agenda that didn’t include all of our sites.

So, we compromised and visited the Candis, a group of Singosari temples, mostly funerary temples dedicated to the kings of the Singosari dynasty (1222 to 1292 AD): Candi Kidal, Candi Jago, Candi Singosari Candi Jawi.

We managed to see them all before lunch- where we relaxed at a tiny hill town, Tretes at the Natour Bath Tretes Hotel. It was just John and Debbie and the Islamic conference. The views were spectacular- Gunung Penanggungan (volcano).

After a long lunch, we headed for our last site- Candi Behalon. According to Lonely Planet, it was a few kilometers off the main road on a dirt road. We drove for what seemed like forever on ever disintegrating roads. As our time evaporated, so did our patience and we turned around 200 (very rough) metres from the site and did a mad dash to the airport for our flight to Denpasar.
The flight got us in about 10:00pm…and we negotiated a car and found our way to Sanur and our hotel. Bali…