Banjar Hot Spring

"trip to north bali” This is my forth visit to Bali been to most of temples/museums even lived with a Balinese family for4days in the kasamba region but had never been to north Bali getting a bit old for all of that my goals now is rest and relaxation and good food so coming to the end of my 26 day visit decided to venture north I was based in seminayak spoke to hotel manager and he made the nessecery arrangements cost 650k for full day (if you shop round you could get cheaper I suppose) set of 8am driver uday had three places of interest for me to see in singaraja temple hot springs and gid gid waterfall explained I'd visited temple before so off we went north I love getting away from the tourist thing and seeing the the real Bali,not to sure were we were but I spotted a local market and wanted to stop no tourists only me brilliant bought a small knife and was going round trying all the different fruits on offer some nice some not try before you by was in my element haggling with the locals for the price of some fruits (fruits not expensive) but drove a hard bargain they seem to enjoy it as mutch as me then up into the mountains down other side arrived at hot springs new to me didn't know what to expect have a disability with my left leg and thought it would be good for me think paid 10k entrance not a lot have lockers for 2/5k was I little bit tricky for me to get in small pool as steps slippy and dissapear under the water but with help of uday my driver and fellow bather managed it not deep and there were new born babies(with parents) in the shallow side then there is a big pool with guiderail to help you enter and exit water I'm OK when I'm in being able to swim starts of at 1mt and slopes away to 2mts its still OK if you not a swimmer spent bout hour there, showerd and dryed out then off to waterfall found it a bit tricky something like 170 k walk up and down take the guide with you if not a strong walker 80k parts of walk bit tricky hand rail covers bout 70% of the walk, there is five to visit I chose gid gid the tallest worth the effort if I was 15 years younger would have got under but now 50so stayed by temple at end of walk got back to transport extra bonus on way back in the mountain hit a storm visibility was vertually zero my driver drove right though the storm how brilliant was that good thing he could drive mountain road and at speed he was catching up time I spent in market got back to seminayak bout6pm what a day fantastic give it a go and interact with the Balinese people, pools and beaches I like but you remember your trip better beaches and hotel pools all same to me the are cool people not trying to sell you some Tatt for exuberant price I'm now 50 if I can manage it !

On weekends lots of locals here. I was not sure about the quality of the water, so I didn't take the "holy bath". Free WIFI as everywhere in Bali.