Articles tagged ‘Other Places’
Metting Muslim locals in Soko Bali
By Nick | October 1st, 2006 |
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Soon after my lunch i decided to take a left turn and explore. Within 30 seconds I was on a quiet lane with a Balinese temple in front of me. lines of young school kids in brown shorts and orange shirts were on thero way home and yelled to me as I passed. After a [...]
Exploring in the Jatiluwih area in the highlands of Bali
By Nick | October 1st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Zooming up towards Bedugal I didn’t really manage to get anything to eat. Realizing that local Balinese food might be the only thing on offer, on quiet coutry lanes, I took the opportunity to stop at a roadside place in the Luwus area. Along this main road, are several large restaurants that cater to tour [...]
Trip to Jatiluwih in Tabanan Bali
By Nick | September 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Jatiluwih has been elected to the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. The reason for this is the sweeping sawah (rice fields). and today I rode around the area taking a few photos.
Checking out Nusa Lembongan Bali
By Nick | September 26th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The old saying is true, that visitors to your see more of it than you do. I am a longtern visitor to Bali, and have seen my fair share of it. One part of Bali I have never seen, that is popular
with visitors, is Nusa Lembongan.
Popular and less trafficked Temple sites: Pura Rambut Siwi
By Nick | September 21st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Pura Rambut Siwi is one of the coastal temples in Bali and is perched on a cliff in the west of the island. It is not however one of the 9 ‘kayangan jagat’ or directional temples that protect Bali from evil spirits in all directions. The temple was founded in the 16th Century by a [...]
Popular and less trafficked Temple sites: Pura Luhur Batukaru
By Nick | August 23rd, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Bali has tens of thousands of temples and they come in all sizes. Often the larger temples, or pura, feel like a tourist trap with tour buses and drink stalls lined up or hundreds of meters outside the main gate. One of my favourite temples in Pura Luhur Batukaru in Tabanan. This temple is located [...]
Backpacking in Bali
By Nick | August 17th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
To get into the backpacking mentality, you have to think longterm. Backpackers are often on a year long, around the world trip. All over the world, guesthouses and youth hostels are the places backpackers aim for, simplicity and cost being the key. Even as I get older, I still feel most comfortable checking into a [...]
Makepung: Buffalo Races in Negara
By Nick | August 16th, 2006 | 5 Comments »
One of the famous spectacles a visitor to Bali should see is the buffalo ( mekepung ) races in Negara, in west Bali. For a mixture of sport and circus nothing beats this.
•What is it?
Pampered bulls are spruced up with accessories, hitched in pairs to makeshift chariots and steered by jockeys who combine [...]
Bali Barat National Park
By Nick | July 31st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
West Bali is the least visited part of the island, as far as tourists go. There is one huge attraction here though, the Bali Barat National Park. Most of the part has not been developed for tourism, and is more like a national forest area in the US.
Visiting a mountain temple in Bali
By Nick | July 31st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Visiting a temple is something many people like to do during a visit to Bali. The largest temple in Bali is Pura Besakih, in east Bali. Problem with it is that unless you go with locals, you’ll get some harassment from touts. In my opinion the next best mountain temple, for sheer size, is Pura [...]
