Articles tagged ‘Candi Dasa’
Popular and less trafficked Temple sites: Goa Lawah
By Nick | August 25th, 2006 |
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Goa Lawah means ‘bat cave‘ in Balinese, and in Bali, Goa lawah is a famous tourist attraction, as well as a place of religious importance to the Balinese people. The temple was founded in 1007, by Empu Kuteran. Though the temple is small, it is considered very auspicious and is one of the 9 kayangan [...]
Legend of Tenganan
By Nick | July 25th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Tenganan has a certian mystery associated with it, largely due to its insular style and claim to of being a Bali Aga (original Balinese) village. Tenganan has a very large area and locals have a story to explain why.
Saying goodbye to Jennifer in Seminyak Bali
By Nick | May 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Sunday was busy days as far as meeting tourists. At 9pm I was again at JP’s Warung on Jl. Dhyana Pura in Seminyak, this time to meet Jennifer from Oregon (she’s from Ohio, but lives in Oregon). Jennifer has been here a week and just returned from a mini Bali tour.
Amed & Culik: East Bali
By Nick | May 12th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Beaches on the East coast of Bali, are predominately black sand. Nothing wrong with that, but people always seem to prefer a white sand beach. The beaches in the Amed area vary between the 2, and can be mixed. The little boats the locals use, are called jukung, and at night you can see them [...]
Amuk Bay East Bali
By Nick | April 13th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Amuk Bay in East Bali includes the coastal towns of Candi Dasa and Padangbai (’padang‘ is Balinese for grass, ‘bai‘ is Dutch for bay). The name of the bay is famous after the term ‘ running amok. When Balinese wanted to commit suicide, they would (as usual) bottle their emotions, then explode in anger, running [...]
Sunny day in Seminyak Bali
By Nick | January 24th, 2006 | 4 Comments »
A lovely sunny day we had today in Seminyak and Kuta. It was not too windy and for those winter season people hoping for a chance to get a suntan, you got your money’s worth.
