Articles tagged ‘Campuhan’
Museum Blanco: Campuhan Bali
By Nick | January 16th, 2007 |
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Last night Ika was telling me her mother wanted to visit Ubud, because there was a place on Indonesian TV, that a celebrity couple had been married. She had described it to Ika, but neither was 100% sure of where it was. “I will know the name of the place if I hear it,” said [...]
The Blanco Renaissance Museum in Ubud Bali
By Nick | November 23rd, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Ubud is truly an arts center, and one unique museum of an original foreign artist, is the Blanco Renaissance Museum (or Museum Blanco).
Simon’s Art Zoo: Ubud Bali
By Nick | November 16th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Bali is rich with art museums. One of the weirdest is Simon’s Art Zoo, in Ubud. If you need a break from the traditional Baliense art scene, why not drop into Simon’s?
Ubud bound: A Bali side trip
By Nick | September 7th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Ika, Jevon & I are heading up to Ubud today for a change of scenery. We’ll stay in a guest house and I can get online at the local internet cafes, most likely one of those on Jl. Raya Ubud.
Walter Spies: Painter and Bali expat
By Nick | August 16th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
German artist Walter Spies was born September 15, 1895 in Moscow. From an early age he had an interest in the arts, including painting, dance and music. Attending university in Dresden, gave Spies the opportunity to interact with musicians and composers, such as Paul Hindemith and Arthur Schnabel, and artists such as Oskar Kokoschka and [...]
Ubud: Campuhan, Sanggingan, Bangkiang, Sidem & Keliki
By Nick | May 10th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Heading west along Jl. Raya Ubud, you will turn north in the direction of Campuhan and other small villages. The road is quite busy and its hard to distinguish exactly where Ubud ends and the other places start. Campuhan has a history with the expat art community going back to the 1930’s and today the [...]
A dip in the river: Campuhan Bali
By Nick | February 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Bathing in the river is a part of traditional Balinese life. You will often see groups of women or groups of men in little streams taking a cooling dip out in nature. The Ubud area is great because it has a rich supply of rivers and streams, plus plenty of shady trees. Close to Pura [...]
Exploring the area around Campuhan ridge in Ubud Bali
By Nick | February 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The way the geography in Bali is set is roughly like this; a range of volcanoes runs East-West, which gives rise to rivers running North-South. The rivers cut valleys and on the ridge lines you get major roads. In between the major roads are small, local roads and sometime nothing but a track. Its along [...]
