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Bali Peace Park proceeding in Kuta Bali
Bali Peace Park, the personal crusade of Australian Dallas Finn, is moving in the right direction. The plan is for a garden to be built on the site of the former Sari Club, providing a place of peace and reflection.
The new website for Bali Peace Park det
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Sun protection in Bali
Protecting yourself against the damaging UV rays while on holiday in Bali is a necessary precaution. I see pale-skinned tourists strolling around in the midday sun without a hat and wonder what they’re thinking. A BBC article discusses ways to protec
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Mau ikan apa? What kind of meat do you want?
The Indonesian word for fish is ikan, the word for meat, daging. Sometimes this gets a bit confused, especially in local warungs.
Often in local warungs, the server will ask the customer “Mau ikan apa?” intending it to mean ‘What kind of
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Mum help! Someone slipped me a Mickey
That’s the call you never want to make when you are travelling overseas. A friend of mine who has just returned to Bali via Bangkok had exactly that happen to him 48 hours ago.
He was staying in a cheap hotel in downtown Bangkok, sitting outside wit
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House for sale in Tampaksiring Bali
Sunday afternoon Ika, Jevon and I are heading up to Tampaksiring, close to Ubud to help a friend sell his house. Mike Hillis from California owns a 2-storey place in Tampaksiring (a furniture and wood carving center) and needs someone to show a potential b
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Bali stacked with excellent hotels
Bali has the complete range of accommodation options, with everything from guest houses, budget family hotels, luxury villas, to high-end resorts.
As Bali Discovery reports a recent Zagat hotel survey ranking of the World’s Leading Hotels, Resorts a
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Michael Blanc: Another foreinger stuck in a Bali jail
Schapelle Corby and the Bali Nine are not the only foreigners doing long stretches inside Bali’s Kerobokan jail. A young man from France named Michael Blanc flew into Bali on Dec 26th 1999 from India and has been in jail ever since, serving a life se
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Balinese names
Balinese names run according to the caste system and position within a family relating to lineage. When the Hindu Majapahit empire conquered Bali in 1343, the new ruler, Gajah Mada introduced the cast system to the Balinese. This obviously meant those clos
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Bali weather: Hot and sunny
Bali’s weather for the next 10 days looks to be a continuation of what we’ve got right now, steamy hot, the occasional night time shower and powerful sunshine.
If it’s a suntan you want, Bali is the place. Just 8 degrees south of the equ
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Indonesia pushing hard to be movie location hotspot
Indonesia may well be the location of some popular movies in the future, courtesy of a determined group of people. The Culture and Tourism Ministry and the Bali Film Centre promoted Indonesia as movie destination at the Association of Film Commissioners In
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Bali’s NE coast: A quiet place to enjoy
The NE coast of Bali is one of the quietest parts of the island. Most tourist never make it up there and those that do are simply on their way from Amed to Lovina. What is up on the NE coast and why should you go there?
There are 3 main ways to get to the
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How’s Bali right now?
At the moment Bali is in a kind of transition. The wet season is dragging its feet to a close and the tourists are dragging theirs. Things are looking up, with new businesses opening, but so far Bali hasn’t kicked it into gear.
Writing this from an
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Map of Kuta Lombok
Here is a map of Kuta Lombok detailing the accommodation options layout.
Check out these other maps:
Bali.
Bali Barat National Park.
Bangli
Bukit Peninsula.
Central Bali.
East Bali.
Map of Gili Trawangan
Jimbaran.
Kuta / Legian.
Lombok.
North Bali.
Nusa
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Accommodation in Kuta Lombok
Most of the accommodation in Kuta Lombok is budget style, simple places lined up on the beach road. There are however mid-range and luxury places, which will no doubt increase. The great thing about the cheap places in Kuta Lombok is even with a
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Surf movies for when you can’t be in Bali
Bali’s tourism industry owes a lot to surfing, after all it was the surf at Kuta Beach that first drew Aussies here in the 60′s and 70′s. The surf movie is a part of the culture too, with epics like The Endless Summer, Morning of the Eart
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Goodbye ‘Cripsy’: Bali expat passes away
Mark Cripp (‘Cripsy’) from Australia, owner of Kangkung Cottages in Jasri, East Bali, passed away recently, while working on a freighter in Australia. He was around 50 years old and suffered a heart attack. It always comes as a huge shock whene
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Pura Sarawati & Cafe Lotus in Ubud Bali
Ubud is sometimes referred to as the heart of Bali’s culture. That’s debatable but one thing is for sure, it does have enough stuff for an interesting ‘culture oriented’ day trip. One of the little packages that is user friendly and
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Australian in Bali hashish trial
Australian expat Ian Pieter van Wieringen appeared in Gianyar District Court today charged with possession of hashish. Mr. van Wieringen is a painter who has lived in Ubud for 35 years. Ubud is in Gianyar district hence that court being used.
The maximum
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Bahasa Indonesia: The warung
Here’s a little tune up on some words in Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) relating to a warung.
Makan – to eat
Makan pagi – breakfast
Makan siang – lunch
Makan malam – dinner
Daftar makanan – menu
Saya seorang vegetaris &#
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Downtown Ubud accommodation options
Ubud is often the first place that Kuta based tourists visit on a day trip. It offers a totally different scene which only gets better the longer you stay. The great thing about Ubud is that downtown is loaded with accommodation options to fit every budget
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