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May 28, 2019 By Diana Leave a Comment

Our Favorite Hangouts: Canggu

Canggu is a fairly new hotspot on Baliโ€™s map. The small coastal village turned hipster mecca is not to be missed when you visit the Island of Gods. It has surfer-perfect beaches, trendy eateries, cool bars and laid-back atmosphere mixed with traditional Balinese influences. For us, Canggu quickly proved to be a perfect place to unwind and refuel the batteries during our South-East Asian adventures.

If you haven’t been to Canggu, you haven’t really been to Bali. It’s one of those special places that has a great mix of eco-conscious expat community and locals going about their day. Traditional offerings on the street, surfers balancing their boards while driving scooters, fashionable boutiques, rice fields, and smoothie bowls in all the colors of the rainbow.

There are countless bars and restaurants to choose from, each of them offering more trendy and instagrammable (โ€˜cause, priorities!) menu options than the other. If you’re vegetarian or vegan, you’ll be in heaven.

  • Berawa Beach, Canggu
  • Lola’s Shakin All Day, Canggu
  • Rice Field Mornings, Canggu
  • Green Guru Smoothie Bowl Bar, Canggu

During the 1.5 months we spent in Canggu this year, we only managed to tick off a couple of dozen places from the long list of culinary recommendations. Because Robin is quite picky with his food (vegetarian but no onion, no coriander, no cauliflower, no broccoli, you get the point ๐Ÿคฏ), we tend to return to places we like. Hereโ€™s a short overview of our Canggu hot spots we can’t wait to go back to.

Breakfast

Satu-Satu Coffee Company

Bali is world-famous for its amazing coffee, but somehow finding a good cup of the dark brew is not easy at all. Satu-Satu was recommended to us by a friend, and oh boy were we grateful for this tip. People rave about this place and they are completely right.

Except for the amazing coffee, Satu-Satu has excellent service, a large choice of delicious breakfast options from smoothie bowls and porridge to bagels and sizeable breakfast plates. It’s great value for money. There is both indoor (air-conditioned) and outdoor sitting, and plenty of parking spaces.

  • Satu-Satu, Canggu
  • Satu-Satu, Canggu

Crate Cafรฉ (Lifescrate)

Crate is another great option to break your fast. Located on one of the side streets of Jalan Batu Bolong, and overlooking rice paddies, this place is the perfect place to start your day. Particularly, when the jetlag doesnโ€™t let you sleep.

They open at 6 AM which is 2 hours before most of the other places. It does get quite busy later on in the day but itโ€™s part of its charm. Also, it’s a great spot if youโ€™re trying to run into your favorite Instagrammer or YouTuber. Everybody who’s anybody goes there. ๐ŸŽ‰

The food is absolutely fantastic! Among other things, Robin tried tofu scramble and a few smoothie bowls while Diana had the brekkie plate almost every time we were there. Prices are very competitive as well. The only thing we would improve is the drink sizes as you will most probably be done with your beverage by the time your food comes.

Overall, definitely a must visit when youโ€™re in the hood. Just make sure to get there early.

Brekkie Plate at Lifescrate, Canggu

Work

District Cafรฉ & Coworking

Canggu has a few coworking spaces to choose from. Most popular being the Outpost, Dojo and the newly-opened Tropical Nomad. We didn’t try any of them because we accidentally stumbled upon District Canggu โ€” a cafรฉ-coworking combo.

For a mere 110,000 IDR (less than 8 USD) you get a code to fast WiFi (limited to around 20 Mbps per connection) that you can connect two devices to. It can be used by 2 people and will last you 24 hours. Plus, you get 10% discount on your order. Do we need to say more? ๐Ÿ˜

You can sit with your laptop at the restaurant downstairs in the cafรฉ area, or upstairs in the designated coworking space that is overlooking rice fields. There are quite a few desks available and a few air-conditioned rooms. When we were there (February and April) it would rarely get full, so it was a perfect place for us to be productive and focus on work.

  • District Canggu, Canggu
  • District Canggu, Canggu

Apart from the Mie Goreng (fried noodles), the menu didn’t particularly wow us but they have a decent amount of options to choose from. Coffee… we would suggest bringing one from the outside, like Satu-Satu. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Lunch

Warung Bu Mi

Sometimes it’s easy to forget about it, but while in Canggu you’re still in Indonesia. Hence, you should the local cuisine a go every now and then. Not to mention, that dining at one of the warungs will delight your wallet.

Warung Bu Mi is our favorite local eatery in the area. It’s a buffet-style set up with a lot of vegetarian-friendly dishes. The food is fantastic and so much cheaper than everywhere else! Most of the time we would pay around 70,000 IDR (5 USD) for 2 full plates and 2 waters/sodas.

The only downside is that you never know how much exactly you will pay as there are no prices next to the dishes and we think the amount you pay also depends on the size of the portion you are given. In any case, we went with it and didn’t feel like they tried to overcharge us.

We saw other people that could have fed a small village and they still paid only a few dollars.

Warung BuMi, Canggu

Sunset at the Beach

All three of the Canggu beaches (Berawa, Batu Bolong, and Echo Beach) have dozens of beach bars to choose from. You can sip your coconut or Bintang in a modest surfers bar or a hip beach club. The only limit is your budget. One thing is for sure, the Balinese sunsets rarely disappoint.

  • Berawa Beach, Canggu
  • La Brisa Bali, Echo Beach, Canggu

Dinner

Luigiโ€™s Hot Pizza

Yes, we said pizza! ๐Ÿ™ˆ We had a fair share of pizza in our lives, and Luigi’s Hot Pizza is without a doubt one of our top three worldwide! It’s mouth-wateringly delicious and authentically Italian. Our friends over at Travel Leap recommended this and it was simply divine!

Luigi’s Hot Pizza, Canggu

Also, super budget-friendly. Especially, if you benefit from the daily happy hour (5 to 7 PM) when a Margherita will cost you only 50,000 IDR (3.50 USD). And that’s a really good price!

If that’s not enough for you, the place turns into a club at around 8 PM with catchy dance tunes blasting from the speakers. Granted, it’s not an ideal spot to have a conversation among a big group of friends, but it is cool nevertheless!


Bonus Tip

If you need to get your laundry done, Canggu Laundry Club is the place to go to.
Cheap, fast, professional and reliable. Open 8 AM to 10 PM, 7 days a week. Best in town!


There you go. These are the spots we can’t wait to go back to the next time we’re in Canggu. Hope you will love them as much as we do.

If you don’t yet, follow us on our Instagram, where we share our latest travel tips, hacks, and experiences. We’re also on Twitter occasionally and are looking forward to hearing from you!

See you on the road,

Signature of Diana & Robin

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This is a good analogy for our relationship, too. Weโ€™re somehow different and yet so very similar. Itโ€™s been over 7 years now, and weโ€™re wondering โ€” did we get even more similar over time?
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Diana has been journaling for a while to achieve this. Writing down things every night filters out the noise and helps you get perspective if need be. It also holds you accountable to live your best life and helps to develop habits.
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Recently, Robin has started this habit as well. ๐Ÿ™ƒ
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That face of his after we wandered into the world' That face of his after we wandered into the world's largest electronics store, Yodobashi Akiba, in Tokyoโ€™s geek district Akihabara. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
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The place is pure madness with 9+ stories and over 23,000 m2 fully stuffed with hi-tech equipment - including all the camera lenses and gear Robin could ever dream of. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ
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And everything could be tried on your own camera... he never wanted to leave! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ
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This lens he tried out was an ultra wide 12-24mm, at 12mm. Super distorted but fun to use, apparently. ๐Ÿคฃ
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Sometimes, it's hard to keep up the positive vibe Sometimes, it's hard to keep up the positive vibe when you're on a weekend trip, and the universe doesn't want to give you that perfect sunset photo opportunity... ๐Ÿ™ƒ
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So here we are, trying to make the most out of the cloudy weather. Luckily, Porto doesn't disappoint even when it's cloudy! ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น
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๐Ÿ’ฅ What was your last weekend trip? ๐Ÿ’ฅ
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After a month filled with nesting in a new (or old After a month filled with nesting in a new (or old ๐Ÿค”) place, and generally getting our lives together, we so ready to hit the road again tomorrow. ๐Ÿ›ซ
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Even though weโ€™re not going very far, or for very long, we couldnโ€™t be more excited to create again. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป
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๐Ÿ’ฅ What have you guys been up to? ๐Ÿ’ฅ
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xoxo,
โ€” Diana & Robin ๐Ÿ’•
By the end of our 6-month-long Asian adventure, we By the end of our 6-month-long Asian adventure, we were really missing the familiar things. ๐Ÿก
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Anything from coming back to a city we already knew (e.g. Kuala Lumpur), to staying in a hotel room with a kitchenette got us all hyped up. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป
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Surprisingly, after being in Poland only for 1 week, weโ€™re already itching to book the next flight to a new adventure! ๐Ÿ™ˆ
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We miss those moments when everything around you is exciting, and even a regular lantern in a side street seems like a perfect picture opportunity. ๐Ÿ“ธ
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The wanderlust is real!
Can you relate? ๐Ÿค”
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xoxo,
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We are hardcore flat hunting right now, as after h We are hardcore flat hunting right now, as after half a year of full-time travel, we really need some space for ourselves and something that we can call home. ๐Ÿก
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Life is somewhat of a big puzzle made of many pieces, like this mirror artwork in Tokyo. Even though we're still exhausted from the travels, we already dearly miss some of the places that we've seen. โค
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We're super excited to see what the next days and weeks have in store for us!
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xoxo,
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Life Update! ๐Ÿ’ฅ Dianaโ€™s birthday, building a b Life Update! ๐Ÿ’ฅ
Dianaโ€™s birthday, building a base & more!
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Firstly and most importantly, itโ€™s Dianaโ€™s birthday today! Yaaaaaaay! Show her some love in the comments below! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŽ
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Secondly, we are slowly decompressing all the ideas and lessons of traveling full-time for half a year. Thereโ€™s loads we learned that we will share on the blog soon. ๐Ÿ’ป
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We are working on the first post that will talk about the ups and down of traveling without a home base, which brings us to...
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WE ARE BUILDING A BASE! ๐Ÿก
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After a lot of thinking and discussion of where we would maybe want to live, weโ€™ve made a decision! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป
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Can you guess where we will move? ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
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xoxo,
Diana & Robin ๐Ÿ’•
If you've watched our stories, you may already kno If you've watched our stories, you may already know: we're back in Europe! ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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Half a year after our departure, and after visiting 11 (!) countries, we thought it was time to slow down a bit and come "home" (whatever that means). ๐Ÿ™ˆ
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And even though we have just arrived, we're already looking back to some of our favorites, like the Novotel Lombok Resort & Villas. We had a truly amazing time there. ๐Ÿฅฐ
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๐Ÿ’ฅ What are some of your favorite places? ๐Ÿ’ฅ
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As the check in time for our flight back to Europe As the check in time for our flight back to Europe is getting dangerously close, we canโ€™t help but to get a bit sentimental, and start summing up the last half a year on the road in Asia...
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Our goal was to figure out our priorities and learn about ourselves. And oh boy, did we learn a lot! ๐Ÿค“
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For example, now we are 100% certain that at some point of our lives we need to live in a villa with a private pool again! ๐Ÿ™ˆ
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Like this one at @lebora.canggu, where we spent 2 nights a few weeks ago. Thanks again for having us! โค๏ธ
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๐Ÿ”ฅ What are some of your goals? ๐Ÿ”ฅ
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xoxo,
Diana & Robin
๐Ÿ’ก Everybody has seen the orange gates from this ๐Ÿ’ก Everybody has seen the orange gates from this place now, but did you know...
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โ›ฉ It's a shrine and it's called Fushimi Inari-taisha. Around 25 minutes from central Kyoto by train, or 10-15 minutes by car/taxi.
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๐Ÿ† It's Japan's #1 tourist destination, with over 3 million (!) visitors over the 3-day New Year's period alone. That's crowded alright!
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๐Ÿ’ด The gates are called "Torii Gates" and they are donated by the people. Apparently it costs over 1 million Yen (around 9,500 USD) to have your own gate.
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๐ŸฆŠ The complex has over 10,000 gates in total, and features a whole lot more of their iconic "Messenger Fox" statues. You can also buy small versions containing your fortune.
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โ›ฐ Around the shrine, there's hike up the mountain, passing by some beautiful views on the way up. The full loop takes around 2 hours and we only made it half way up, haha! ๐Ÿ˜‚
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We really liked it, and there's so much more to see than those gates. The first time, we arrived around 6:30 AM and it was already packed. The second time, we arrived at 5 AM and there were only a few locals.
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The shrine is unwalkable from 8-9 AM onwards, when the tour busses arrive. So we would strongly recommend being there before 7 AM to have some time ahead of the big crowds.
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If you want to see what else is there to see, check out our Japan story highlights on our profile!
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xoxo,
โ€” Diana & Robin ๐Ÿ’•
We love rainy days in the city. There is something We love rainy days in the city. There is something magical about the faceless crowd hiding under umbrellas... โ˜”๏ธ
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Japan has been a very interesting exprience so far. After arriving in Tokyo, we're now in Kyoto and went on a daytrip to Osaka today. We have discovered our love for street photography, so there's a lot of photos coming in the next weeks! ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
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When the skies open, they completely change the atmosphere of a place. A zebra crossing that did not look exciting at all during a sunny day, all of a sudden, when wet, got us all excited about capturing the mood.
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Bad weather lets us cozy up in a favorite cafe or โ€” more often than not โ€” a hotel lounge, and catch up on projects that had been shelved until our days are not filled with discovering new spots.
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๐Ÿ’ฅ Do YOU love rainy days? ๐Ÿ’ฅ
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xoxo,
โ€” Diana & Robin ๐Ÿ’•
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