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Kuta Seaside Food Center
Located on Jalan Pantai Kuta this food center is a refreshing addition to the already massive amount of restorans and warungs in Bali. I drove past the place when I first arrived on the island and the establishment instantly piqued my interest. I am a grea
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Photo of the Day: Pura Dalem Khayangan Setra
So many people travel out into the countryside to visit some of the most spectacular temples on the island. However, right in the heart of Legian is one temple that is stunning in its architecture and has some unusual and macabre statues. It is one temple
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Petal Creations: Kuta
During a visit to Bali a few years ago I was in awe at a petal arrangement (photo left) that I came across when Candika and I visited the Matahari Department store in Kuta Square. Subsequent visits to the store over the next couple of months had me viewing
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Gong Corner – Warung Par Excellene
Just about everybody who travels to Bali and seeks a great place to eat inevitably dines a couple of times at Bamboo Corner in Poppies Lane 1. A few years back the owners of the famous warung opened another place in Gang Ronta, just a stone’s throw away an
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The Internet Outpost gets a New Home
When I first returned to Bali in 2003 after living in Yogyakarta for ten years I needed a good internet place from which to work and I found such a place at the Internet Outpost (photo left) on Poppies Lane 2. However, when I returned on this trip I was st
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Bali Flag
The Bali flag has a light saffron, or orange-yellow, background that has the coat of arms of the Bali province in the center. It is not a civil flag, as it may only be flown with in the Balinese governor’s office.
The Bali coat of arms is a pentagon
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Warung Made Bamboo Bar & Restoran
Every time I visit Bali there are always new places opened for business and of course there are those that have closed down for some reason or another. We were out looking around the local markets on Jalan Melasti the other day and whilst Candika was peru
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The Roads to Kintamani
Everyone that has visited Bali has, at one time or another, travelled up the mountains to Kintamani. The area there affords some spectacular views of Gunung Batur and Danau Batur and, on a good clear day the Bali Aga village of Trunyan can be seen. It is a
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Photo of the Day: Jukungs at Amed
On the far east of the island of Bali you will find the quiet, sleepy fishing village of Amed. For centuries fishermen have enjoyed and fished the waters around the serene bay. It has fast become a favourite destination of budget travellers and divers alik
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Santo Fransiscus Xavierus: Tuban
One of my many travel passions is visiting and photographing places of worship. They consist of churches, temples or mosques, in fact, any place where indigenous people worship a higher being. I have always felt comfortable in any of these places and, in f
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Thoughts on a Short-Long Stroll and Other Matters
Bali is basking in glorious sunshine, the tourists relishing in the activities the island has to offer and, the beaches are fairly crowded. It makes a change from the persistent heavy showers that have I have found annoying in the last few days. Yeah I kn
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Warung Pama: Kuta
Carrying on with my determined effort to bring you info about value-for-money places to eat, I have come across a warung that oddly enough I have walked past countless times but only given the place a passing glance. However, it was Candika who pulled me t
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Short-Long Stroll Washed Out
Don’t you just hate Murphy’s Law. Whenever you have something planned right down to the most minute detail there always seems to be interference. Our short-long walk to Tanah Lot along the coast was soon halted late last night when a friend of ours who liv
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The Balinese Mouse and Other Oddities
Today in Bali is quite a different contrast to that of yesterday. The dark clouds are rolling in from Java and no doubt we can look forward to and interesting and extremely wet afternoon and night. However, yesterday was absolutely delightful albeit the su
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Mango Café: Sanur
I was over in Sanur the other day conducting an interview and after I had finished I couldn’t resist stopping in for lunch at one of my favourite haunts on Jl Danau Toba in Sanur – the Mango Café. It’s a great place to sit and relax, watch the world go by
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BootsnAll launches BootsnAll Today – A new daily travel news and features section
You could have been a fan of WhyGo Bali for years and not known that it is actually a part of a large group of travel sites and online travel guides that make up the BootsnAll Travel Network. Whether this was unbeknownst to you or not, WhyGo Bali was actua
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Photo of the Day: Centro Sunset
One of my many passions is clouds. I delight in their forms and colours. One thing I do possess is this uncanny knack of predicting rain and seldom been wrong. It would be a nice sunny day, the clouds wispy and yet by reading the cloud formations and smell
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Klenteng Ong Tay Jen – A Photo Essay
Actually, this stunning Chinese temple has the full name of Klenteng Ong Tay Jen Griya Kong Co Dwipayana. Over the numerous decades I thought I had visited, photographed and prayed in every klenteng on the island. This was not the case. For some obscure re
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Festivals Bali
It is always a nice idea to know the major holidays and festivals in Bali. If for no other reason than to plan your trip around them. Some may be interested in visiting a particular area during a festivals, but other may want to know that dates of these
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Mie Bandung: Denpasar
A lot of people don’t like Denpasar but I find it a fascinating and historical place to walk around, wander through the traditional markets, chat with the locals and imbibe in some food at one of the hundreds of warungs that can be found in this amazing ci
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