The food:
There's little else in the neighboring area, so all dining was at the resort. The kitchen is
operated by local staff, there is a small, but excellent menu including
local, western and Indian dishes, the latter being sourced from Kuta; I had lamb curry several times.
We also used our usual trick of getting the sausage dinner served with local red chilis -- very nice.
Overall, food at Seraya handily beats what we ate at Mimpi (though that was few years ago).
The diving
We did 17 dives over 6 days, as below. Travel times in Bali are
long, so we did not do Secret bay or Menjangan; the day trip to Puri Jati also could have been avoided,
in my opinion -- it's pretty barren as of now. However, we met Graham Abbott at Seraya, who says now the
area off PJ has been declared a marine preserve and so he expects good diving there in a year or so. The
resort has a fairly long reef area, so one can make two or three different dives here, depending on
whether we go left or right. Nice macro on each side.
Day 1. Liberty wreck, Tulamben drop off, Seraya secrets
Day 2. Nusa Penida: Crystal Bay x2 [saw Mola Mola's on both dives]
Day 3. Nusa Penida Crystal Bay, Padang Bai Reef, Padang Bai wreck (the wreck area is a better dive).
Day 4. Liberty wreck, Paradise reef, Seraya secrets
Day 5. Puri Jati x 2, Seraya house reef
Day 6. Liberty wreck, Seraya secrets left, Amed area
