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The potential of the area was spotted by the last Raja of Buleleng, Anak Agung Panji Tisna,
who built a hotel in
Kaliasem
in the 1960s and devised the name Lovina, said to be a contrac-
tion of “Love Indonesia”. The disappointment is the
beach
. A swathe of blackish sand that
tends to scruffiness, with some natural shade and a proliferation of beached fishing boats, it's
not the most inviting in Bali. That aside, people come for
dolphin-watching
- something of
a local obsession, to which the kitsch crowned dolphin statue at the end of Jalan Binaria bears
witness - and its proximity to good
snorkelling
and
diving
sites, and as a base for day-trips
to nearby waterfalls and temples. While a
Buddhist monastery
and
hot springs
at Banjar,
10km west, or the temples and waterfalls east of
Singaraja
are not worth the hassle of a visit
alone by public transport, combined they make up a good day's tour. And with those ticked
off, the crater lakes and hikes around Bedugul and Munduk are just under two hours away
(see
Danau Bratan and around
)
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