A string of quiet black-sand fishing villages in Bali's dry east, where Mount Agung looms over water full of coral just metres from the outrigger boats. The Japanese shipwreck at Banyuning sits shallow enough to snorkel, and the house reefs of Jemeluk bay are alive again after years of restoration. Life here is early nights, dawn dives and grilled fish — Bali with the volume turned right down.
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