Bali Travel Blog Bali Travel Reviews - All About Bali Travel and Tourism: Travel Destination and Major Attraction Around Bali Island. Statistics Unique Visitors: Total Unique Visitors: Outgoing: Total Outgoing: 5 0 57 2242

Articles from Bali Travel Blog

Handicraft Products from Klungkung 2007-10-28 05:36:00 Kamasan is a village in Klungkung Regency popular with visitors because of the unique works of its painters. Located about 41 km east of Denpasar City 2.5 km to the east of Semarapura Capital City of Klungkung Regency, many of its population are also engaged the production of other sorts of attractive traditional articles such as ‘Wayang Kamasan’ puppets, highly sought after by tourists. Because ...

Bali Safari and Marine Park 2007-10-25 22:26:00 Bali Safari and Marine Park is established by Taman Safari Indonesia who operate a successful safari park in Bogor, West Java, the Bali facility is lauded as the Company’s flagship park and will eventually employ a workforce of 400 charged with caring for the animals and serving the thousands of visitors expected to visit Bali Safari each day. Designed by a leading U.S. zoo architect, guests ...

Purnama (Full Moon) 2007-10-24 22:16:00 Purnama or full moon is an auspicious day to Balinese people. Many important Hindu rituals fall upon or are held at this time. The day is believed to bring happiness both socially and spiritually. The significance of purnama, however has changed over recent times. In the past, say four or five decades ago, purnama had more meaning for romantic things, while its ritual dimension was rather ...

Authentic Balinese Cuisine: From Ceremonial Food to Daily Consumption 2007-10-23 19:37:00 The most popular being lawar, saté, and babi guling. Lawar is made of minced meat, vegetables, finely cut crackling, mixed with a lot of spices and uncooked-blood as a binding sauce. Saté or satay is grilled chopped meat that can be beef, pork, or chicken. Babi guling is a spit-roasted suckling pig. In the past, these foods were only made for religious rituals, celebrations, or festivals. Their ...

Melanting Temple at North West Bali 2007-10-22 19:30:00 This is another beautiful temple located at North Bali, somewhere in the Pulaki village. If you travel from Denpasar, you will arrive in three hours. If you go to the west via Negara ( a town in West Bali) you will pass the Bali Barat National Park which is ideal trekking place. Another tourist spot is Labuan Lalang, which located close to Menjangan Island, a popular diving site. The Melanting ...

Bali Culture 2007-10-21 17:18:00 Although there are no artifacts or records dating back to the Stone Age, it is believed that the first settlers on Bali migrated from China around 2500 BC. By the Bronze era, around 300 B.C. quite an evolved culture existed in Bali. The complex system of irrigation and rice production, still in use today, was established around this time. History is vague for the first few centuries. A number of ...

Bali's Exotic Eco Tourism 2007-10-20 17:11:00 The rich culture of Bali being maintained from one generation to the next generation is never the boring of tourists of reason to visit this island. But Bali does not offer simply its unique culture; eco-tourism also has a part in the attraction of Bali. The culture of Bali will be always the wire in attraction for tourists. It is because the community follows closely the Hindu lesson, which ...

Beautiful Ubud For Your Bali Vacation 2007-10-19 06:12:00 What is it about Ubud that one should visit this beautiful village? Because Ubud has much to offer; from its stunning panorama of Ayung River valley and the terraces rice filed, its most talented artist, its typical traditional market and myriad of shops that line the road is a heaven for shopping, its undying culture, its serene environs and plentiful of nice small hotels and restaurants and ...

Nusa Dua Fiesta 2007 2007-10-18 06:04:00 The Bali Tourism Development Corporation (BTDC) have announced the dates for the Nusa Dua Fiesta 2007 as October 18-21, 2007 centered at the Peninsula Island at Nusa Dua. Nusa Dua Fiesta 2007 is the new name born in the new festival theme that was previously entitled Nusa Dua Festival. The Peninsula, covering 5 landscaped hectares on a promontory in the Indian Ocean, offers an attractive venue ...

Sun Rise Trekking to Mount Batur and Mount Agung 2007-10-16 18:44:00 Trekking to the sacred mountains, watching the spectacular sun rise is an unforgettable ways of experiencing holidays in Bali. Start early in the morning to ensure you are at the top at the right time for sun rise. Enjoy the great views of the whole island from the top while enjoying your breakfast. Here area bit of stories about these trekkings: Trekking Mount Batur: Mount Batur, a ...

Drinking in Bali 2007-10-16 18:41:00 Every culture has their way of drinking, there even rules for drinking, Balinese also has a way in drinking, especially for traditional liquors- Tuak and Arak. Tuak is a sweet wine made from the coconut palm flower, while Arak is strong liquors distilled from tuak. For Balinese drink liquors is men prerogative. In old days there is no woman drinks arak or tuak but with the passing of the time ...

Drinking in Bali 2007-10-15 18:41:00 Every culture has their way of drinking, there even rules for drinking, Balinese also has a way in drinking, especially for traditional liquors- Tuak and Arak. Tuak is a sweet wine made from the coconut palm flower, while Arak is strong liquors distilled from tuak. For Balinese drink liquors is men prerogative. In old days there is no woman drinks arak or tuak but with the passing of the time ...

Gitgit Waterfall 2007-10-14 19:18:00 Gitgit Waterfall is representing is a beautiful tourist destination in north of Bali. Gitgit waterfall is located in the plateau with the height about 35 meters and surrounded by tropical tree and emits the water naturally with the constant debit during the year. Waterfall voice around the charming nature was amazing and represents the separate attraction and can be enjoyed by each visitor who ...

Calon Arang Dance 2007-10-13 19:15:00 It can be the enchanting hour the first night of full moon, when the long shades drew aside like phantoms on the ground, that crowd of village meets around a release close to the temple of deaths to observe the drama of Calon Arang, the widow-witch of Girah. Each Balinese knows the legend of Rangda like CaIon Arang, a favourite in the local folklore. A long ago, when Airlangga was a king, there ...

Tajen - The Balinese Cockfighting 2007-10-11 19:35:00 Cockfights, which in Balinese are known as tajen, meklecan or ngadu, are required at temple and purification (mecaru) ceremonies. No one knows when they started. The Tabuh Rah ritual to expel evil spirits always has a cockfight to spill the blood. Tabah Rah literally means pouring blood. There are ancient texts disclosing that the ritual has existed for centuries. It is mentioned in the Batur ...