Articles tagged ‘Karangasem’
Visiting Besakih temple Bali
By Nick | October 10th, 2006 |
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Besakih is known as the ‘Mother Temple’ in Bali. The largest and most important temple on the island, it sits on the western slopes of Gunung Agung. I visited Pura Besakih in 2003, along with 6 Balinese people and had a good experience. Visitors to Bali will be offered a trip to Besakih temple, by [...]
East Bali: Bunutan
By Nick | September 20th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Amed is the general name for the string of small villages on the SE coast in East Bali. We already looked at Lipah, but just to the north in Bunutan.
East Bali: Lipah beach
By Nick | September 20th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
East Bali is probably the closest thing a tourist will got to the ‘real Bali’. To be honest, tourists aren’t looking for the ‘real Bali’ anymore than they would want a ‘deserted beach’. We’re looking for postcard landscapes, with elegant locals…and enough creature comforts to keep us happy. East Bali has all these and the [...]
Popular and less trafficked Temple sites: Goa Lawah
By Nick | August 25th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
