Articles tagged ‘east Bali’
Australian drowns off of East Bali
By Nick | August 2nd, 2006 |
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An elderly Australian has drowned off of East Bali. The 82 year old woman was snorkeling at the time. This takes the week’s total to 3 Australians you have come to grief in the ocean.
Tenganan to Tirtaganga hike
By Nick | July 25th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Exploring Bali means adopting varied forms of transport, from car, motorbike, bemo, to boats, bicycles and ’shank’s pony’ (walking). Hiking trails are all over the island, and actually you can make your own hiking trails, don’t wait for a guidebook to tell you.
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.
Tenganan: Bali Aga village
By Nick | July 25th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Tenganan is the most famous Bali Aga (original Balinese) village and is located close to Candi Dasa in East Bali. Villagers maintain a strict cosmology and social organization. Villagers must live inside the village and marry from within. There are parts of Tenganan, outside of the village proper, where villagers who have marrie outside of [...]
My first trip to Karangasem Bali
By Nick | May 19th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
On this day in 2003, I had just come back from my first trip to Karangasem. Karangasem is the eastern most district in Bali and probably one of the most enjoyable. People go on about the ‘real Bali’, I don’t know what they’re looking for, but certainly Karangasem offers a quieter, more rural scene than [...]
Amed: What’s out there?
By Nick | May 12th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
People have been asking me a lot recently about Amed, where its is, and what’s out there. Amed is a tiny fishing village on the coast of East Bali. To get to Amed from Kuta, you jump on the Bypass heading to Sanur, exiting Sanur the Bypass splits in 2, you take the one going [...]
Interview with Jennifer Renniger in Seminyak Bali
By Nick | May 8th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
American tourist Jennifer Renniger has recently arrived in Bali for a thrilling 8 day trip. Jennifer came Portland Oregon via Singapore and started off her trip by missing her plane. Staying at the beach end of ‘party street’, Jl. Dhyana Pura, in Seminyak, Jennifer is getting over her jet-lag by relaxing, getting massages and manicures. [...]
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 [...]
Black sand beach
By Nick | April 6th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Many travel agents will tell you that Bali is the island of sunny skies and white sand beaches. This is partly true, weather can be sunny and there are white sand beaches. However Bali is a volcanic island, that has had massive eruptions within the last 100 years. Bali’s beaches come in many colors (not [...]
Meeting Mark from Kangkung Cottages in East Bali
By Nick | April 5th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Back in 2003 I took a road trip out to East Bali and stayed at a guest house ran by an Aussie guy named Mark. His place, Kangkung Cottages, is located close to the beach in Jasri, a small village between Candi Dasa and Amlapura. Mark is a character and tonight he showed up at [...]
