Articles tagged ‘balian’
West Bali
By Nick | November 14th, 2007 |
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West Bali is an interesting part of the island, in fact it is the least visited part of Bali as far as foreign tourists are concerned. Three districts cover west Bali, which are Jembrana, Tabanan and Buleleng.
Black Magic in Indonesia
By Nick | March 29th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Bali has many traditional ceremonies and rituals that a visitor can observe and participate in. Attending a Balinese ceremony inside a temple with local friends can be a magical experience. One aspect of the Indonesian culture that you’re not likely to get to see is the practice of ‘black magic’ or witchcraft. When you talk [...]
Blue List for Bali
By Nick | December 16th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Lonely Planet puts out a book called the Blue List, listing the new ‘hot spots around the world’, that offer the most tantalizing opportunities for adventure. Indonesia features, with good reason, thoguh perhaps Bali has passed the point where one could call it the ‘next hot place’.
Balian: Surf spot in West Bali
By Nick | November 15th, 2006 | 5 Comments »
When people think of surf spots in west Bali, they think of Medewi. Earlier this week, passing through Soka Beach, Barrie, who is an experienced surfer, pointed out some okay places to surf. Back in 2003, I visited Balian, a quiet place in west Bali, that gets swell. Looking back on it, we were in [...]
Tumpek in Bali
By Barrie | July 22nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Tumpek is one of the most interesting of the coincidence dates. Tumpek occurs six times in every Pawukon and each of these dates is separately important.
Bali expats have million stories
By Nick | May 4th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Every time I run into a long term expat, they seems to have some new story to tell me. This morning I ran into my neighbor, the one who had the bag of money stolen from his house. He’s pretty philosophical about it, promising never to leave large sums of money sitting around again.
