Les: Rescuing Bali's Reefs

Driving along the nondescript main road with its petrol-bottle stands, small clothes-retailers, motorcycle repair workshops, a sole beauty salon and several warung (food stall) selling the barest necessities, there seems to be nothing to recommend it.

It was not until we turned down one of its many shady lanes to the sea that we discovered Les possessed just the right sweet spot that travelers hunger before a destination is discovered by mass tourism: isolation, peace and natural beauty yet with enough comfortable accommodations, availability of good food and limited yet available access to the outside world.

August 12, 2014