Our first day in Amed

Selamat pagi Amed, which means: good morning Amed.

Amed is a small fishing village and diving paradise in Bali.

We will be living and enjoying here for the next 25 days.

After a slightly longer journey, we had a nice relaxed night. It's like a little dream. The first thing you hear in the morning is the sound of waves. It has something calming about it.

Our breakfast consisted of Balinese coffee, 3 slices of homemade bread, scrambled eggs with tomatoes and onions for me, an omelette with the same ingredients for Rainer, a smoothie, homemade jam, butter, and a plate of fresh fruits including papaya, pineapple, honeydew melon, and watermelon. Normally, this breakfast costs €4. But because we are so nice, or the Balinese 🤣, the hotel manager gave us the breakfast for free.

So we spent our first morning here in Amed, completely relaxed, and enjoying a table full of breakfast cereal. For us, there was nothing better at the moment. You sit on the beach, barefoot of course, look out at the sea where some snorkelers are, have a bright blue sky, and pleasant warmth around you. What more could you want? Pure enjoyment and inner peace.

After Yeni, a Balinese woman selling towels and necklaces on the beach, left, I almost had a "milk injection" 🤣.

A 10-year-old boy came and gave me a notebook with a note asking me to buy something from him. He could use the money to buy books, notebooks, and school clothes.

Of course, I bought something from him. Souvenirs for Germany. Of course, I know that this is a scheme to get tourist money. But honestly, I had fun and joy with the little guy. His name was Ketut and my mother's heart melted. We had a very loving and nice conversation. It was a "win-win" situation. He was happy to have earned €3, and I was happy because Ketut was happy.

In the afternoon, we went for a walk on the beach, not completely barefoot. You should wear barefoot shoes if you want to walk on the beach in Amed. Amed has a black sandy beach with relatively large stones. Sometimes walking barefoot is uncomfortable. At least for us Europeans.

There were countless Jukungs on the beach. A Jukung is a Balinese fishing boat. They are often brightly painted and have outriggers on the left and right... so that they don't tip over while fishing. 🤣

After exploring our "neighborhood," we sat back at our table and enjoyed smoking a cigar while drinking an iced coffee and a glass of wine. Okay, maybe it was two or three iced coffees... 🤣🍷.

The food in this Amed café is worthy of Michelin stars.

Seriously, everything we have eaten here so far has been sensational. Pure gastronomic pleasure. Maybe I'll post some photos of our meals on the blog in the coming days.

You could write a book about Balinese food. It is healthy and tastes sensational. Anyone who flies to Bali and books "all-inclusive" is making a big mistake.

In the evening, we were invited to Kadek and his wife's house.

They have 4 children. 14, 13, 5 years old, and a 4-month-old baby. The 14-year-old is the only son. The rest are girls. Very nice and well-behaved. The 5-year-old Ketut Stela is, I believe, very gifted in languages. She gave me a wooden board with all the letters from A to Z explained. For example, A like Apple, B like Birthday. Ketut Stela translated it to me in Balinese, and I translated it to her in German. She could pronounce it better in German than I could in Balinese. The older sister was with us and we had a lot of fun together. With Kadek and his wife, who is also named Kadek, but with the middle name Wily, we had a very informative evening. We made plans for our tours and talked about Corona and the work situation in Bali. The gifts we brought for the children, 10 bars of Ritter Sport chocolate and 2 big jars of Nutella, were a big hit with the kids. The junior was already looking forward to this morning last night. 🤣🤣 Then at around 9:30 PM, Kadek took us back to the hotel.

Next to the hotel, there was a bar with a live band. 3 guys playing really good rock music. A waiter approached us and asked where we were from. And then he admired my little stone implants on my upper arm and told another guest, who was Australian, about it, and he even took a photo of it. He said his daughter had a tattoo studio and he wanted to show her. It was a great evening.

At 1:30 AM, we finally went to bed. But before that, we smoked a little cigarette on our terrace in the mild breeze and reviewed our first day in Amed. 🫶🍷☕️🍣🍌🍏🐟☀️☀️🌊🍳🥗🤿🏖️🎁❤️🇮🇩