travels
VISITING
MENJANGAN ISLAND
Text SYLWIA KOSMALSKA-JURIEWICZ Photos ADRIAN JURIEWICZ
We often find ourselves in an amazing place. But then we decide that we should go somewhere else, so we leave a safe haven and go where we can get to know ourselves better. John Francis
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es rivers, picturesque towns and numerous waterfalls,
We reach the place in the late afternoon. The road from
hidden in the rainforest, which cannot be seen from the road,
Denpasar to Pemuteran takes us almost four hours. We stay
but our driver and the signposts assure us that they are there.
in one of nine intimate villas located in a beautiful garden right
The peaks of the hills covered with dense, green forest are
on the beach. I open the door to our cottage, the island breaks
shrouded in clouds, which like a heavy white veil fall towards
in, the smell of the ocean and sand warmed in the sun, fills its
o Pemuteran, lying in the west of Bali, leads a winding,
the valleys. The view is captivating, and the route is extremely
narrow road that leads through the mountains, cross-
charming and picturesque.