Before going to the Maldives, we spent the first part of our honeymoon in Bali, Indonesia. We split time between Seminyak near the coast and in the hills of Ubud.
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We stayed in a private villa (with a private pool) at the W Hotel in Seminyak and enjoyed the local towns as well as the beach and pools at the resort. We visited the nearby Tanah Lot and Taman Ayun temples.
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After a few days there, we headed to Ubud in central Bali. We stayed at Villa Semana, a tranquil and small resort that feels like you’re staying in someone’s home rather than a sprawling resort. The most memorable part of our trip to Ubud was when our hotel’s manager, a Swiss guy named Jurg, offered to take us on a private bike tour around the area. We rode through rice terraces and down pathways we never would have discovered on our own.
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