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Meet Evy:The Baby Orangutan
2008-05-23 11:01:00
You can take a picture of yourself holding an orangutan baby nowadays in Bali.Yes, that's right, you don't have to depart to Borneo.There is a Bali Safari Park in Gianyar district you can visit. Here in the park, you will ride a specially designed vehicle and travel through "jungles" and witness numerous different kind of animals.you'll get an opportunity to see lions, tigers (Sumatran tiger and Indian tiger), mountain goats, camels, elephants, bears, crocodiles, cows, deer, hipopotamus, and even piranhas (in a big aquarium)There is an area where you will be able to take picture of you with baby animals. You can carry the cunning baby lion, baby tiger, and baby orangutan. Just don't carry their mothers.Evy, is one of othe baby orangutan that will happily sit on your lap and have her picture taken. She will be waiting for "her customers" in one corner of the Bali Safari Park.If you done with taking photos, you can go exploring this park and enjoy feeding the elephants and ride th...
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Hi Dude, Where is my luggage?
2008-05-04 22:23:00
I met Mr Garcia, from Mexico, who told me about his experience just when he got out of the plane when arriving in Bali. He and his wife was looking for his luggage but coould not see them at the airport.They look for their luggage around the airport for about half an hour but still could not find them. Finally, they see this group of people (porters) standing in circle. They were there all the time, but Mr. Garcia did not pay attention to them, until they saw that their bags were behind those porters."Look, there is our bags." Mrs. Garcia said as they realised that their bags were hidden behind those porters. That's why they could not find their bags all this time.When they try to take their luggage, those porters said, "No, no, no" "We carry your bags.""No, it's okay, we can carry them ourselves." Mr. Garcia said."No, no, no, we carry."The porters insisted to bring their bags outside into the parking area.. And when they were outside the porters said,".."We want tip."
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Stone Carvers At Batu Bulan Village
2008-04-12 07:58:00
If you go tour to Ubud or Kintamani, you will pass a village called Batu Bulan which located just outside of Denpasar. There is something special you can see along the way in this village; stone carvings.Hundreds of stone statues are displayed in front of studios along the street. These statues are made of different kind of material such as sand stone, lime stone, and volcanic stone. Sand stone is the softest and easiest to carve. It is what mostly also used for building Balinese Hindu Temple. The yellow coloured lime stone is harder than lime stone. While volcanic stone is the hardest.You will see different statues, from traditional theme to modern ones. But most of the time you will see statues of Hindu gods and godesses, temple door guardians (dwarapal), or Buddha statues. There are also statues of frog, and also people.The Balinese use the statues in the temples and for decorations in their gardens. You can also purchase the statues there for about USD 300 to 500 for a one meter...
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Around Kuta Square and Beyond
2008-03-13 12:09:00
Kuta square is a popular area in Kuta for shopping or just for hanging around and taking a stroll for windows shopping. It is about fourteen kilometres from Denpasar the capital city or five kilometres from the Ngurah Rai Airport (the only airport in Bali.)Many shops selling branded names of varieties of products ranging from clothes, shoes, bags or jewelry. There is a popular shopping centre around Kuta square called Matahari where you can buy all your daily needs and souvenirs. There is also a Timezone to relax.Next to Kuta square there is the traditional market which consists of hundreds of shops selling varieties of products. Mostly they sell T-shirts, pants, sarongs, mats, baby clothes, paintings, cushions, all tagged with Bali. This place you can bargain. (Many Balinese sellers now complained about how clever the tourist nowadays in bargaining. I think because those tourists have read my blog )Next to the Kuta market is a DVD stores where you can try before buy. And finally ...
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Calm pieceful village of Penglipuran
2008-03-12 13:55:00
Traditional Bali Village Penglipuran Village is located in Bangli regency, about 60 kilometres from Denpasar the capital city. It has about 170 families living in this village, and their house have same layout. All stretched from north to South. The northern part of the village is where the village temple is located. If you go further behind the temple, you will reach the bamboo forest.They use bamboo as tiles for their house roof. They also make other things from bamboo such as walls, wind chimes, chairs or pavilions.At the back of each house, you will see their garden. They plant coffee, snake skin fruit, jack fruit or spices. They also have pig sty with a couple of pigs. When you visit the house, you can see their houses are not a single buildings. But it is divided into several buildings of different functions such as main family building, kitchen, and pavilion which serves like a living room since this is where they have their visitors to sit.The kitchen is a higher building, ab...
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Bali Driver Tour Guide with bigger car
2008-03-09 13:56:00
This is just a quick post about my friends, Nyoman Wiratha and Wayan. They are both driver and tour guides. They have experience taking tourists around Bali , taking people to many interesting places like Kintamani, Bedugul, Tanah Lot or Karang Asem.If you come to Bali in group, say 10 people, Nyoman or Wayan would be happy to take you around with their Suzuki Elf. It can hold to maximum 11 people, depending on the size of the people you are going tour with.The mini bus has airconditioned and comfortable to travel with. It is a private tour, so you can go whereever you like and spend time in places more you are interested in. No need to hurry.The price is 600,000 per full day. That's about 10 to 12 hours. It has included driver/tour guide and petrol. So, if you are interested, feel free to contact me at putu30@gmail.com, I will write to you back.(Nyoman or Wayan will probably will answer your email if I am not able to reply your email). Thank you.
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Meet Komodo Dragon at Singapadu
2008-02-17 05:09:00
Singapadu Village has a different attraction for visitors. Besides the stone carving area, it is also where the Reptile Park are located. Here is your chance to learn about all those slimy animals since many varieties are presented here.Many kind of snakes can be seen in their glass cages. There are the phytons, cobras, rattle snake and lots of other snakes. Lizards, from the smallest gecko to the big crocodille also joined in in the park. Frogs from different size, colours and types look at you from behind their cages. Not just from local area, but from all over the world.The setting of the park which imitates forest is also another plus point. When you walk around the park you will feel that you've been transported to a remote and wild tropical forest. There is an ancient temple like building in the middle of the 'forest' to make it more believable. Soon, you will begin to feel like Indiana Jones.At a certain point of the park, you can see the Komodo dragon. So, you don't have...
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Rice Field Terraces at Tegalalang
2008-02-16 03:46:00
Tegalalang village, beside the Jatiluwih, is a village you can stop to admire the view of rice terraces. Located just north of Ubud, the rice field can be easily spotted from the main road. It spreaded to little hills and valleys by the main road.Depending on the season you come to visit Bali, the rice terraces have different colours. It's black because of mud when farmers plough the fields. It's green when the paddy is already growing, and yellow when it is due harvesting.The farmers build terraces to grow rice so they can better manage the soil. It is not suitable, if not impossible, to grow rice on a slope because rice need still water.Tegalalang village is quite busy during the days because there tourists bus stopping just take pictures of rice fields. If you want to stay longer, there are local cafes, or small restaurants where you can sit and enjoy the food and the view rice field.There are also street vendors who try to sell you pencils, bone statues, postcards, chopsticks,...
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Visiting Bali from April to October
2008-02-14 07:43:00
You can say that there are more visitors coming to Bali from April to October since this is the dry season. You probably think twice before coming to Bali in the wet season (October to April), at least you will think whether you are going to have bright days if you come on the wet season. If you would like to make sure that you will see no rain (at least 99.99% chance to see bright days) than you can choose to come to come during this time of the year.There are few other things to consider. For example, the celebrations and local holidays.The Silent day can take place on between March and April. Everything will be closed on that day that you will have to stay lock up in your hotel. June, July, and August is the busiest time in Bali because it is school holidays. The popular tourist areas are mostly flooded by tourists from our neighbouring island, Java. But there are also many visitors from Australia, Europe and Asia who come and bring their kids to enjoy the warmth of the sun in Ba...

Why You Should Not Miss Kecak Dance?
2008-01-23 04:43:00
At the beginning of this dance, if you hear the dancers shout," chuck, chuck, chuck" they don't mean to call a guy named "Chuck". The dancers makes sounds like these (or in Balinese language it is cak, cak, cak, since we read the words as it is written) in order to imitate the Balinese musical instrument.This dance does not use any form of musical instrument. Instead it uses sounds combination which is made by all the dancers. (The number of dancers can be fifty to one hundred ) It may appear like a choir.Kecak dance was created by Wayan Limbak in around 1930 with Walter Spies a german painter who lived in Bali. The dance was ispired by Sang Hyang Dance (a kind of trance dance where the dancer is possesed by achestral spirit).The Kecak dance alway tells a story of Ramayana. It is a journey of Prince Rama and his wife Sitha, along with his brother laxman who together go to the forest. In the forest, Sitha sees a golden deer, and pleaded Rama to capture the golden deer.Rama goes away...
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Barong And Rangda: Two Eternal Enemies
2008-01-15 12:33:00
The problem of goodness versus evil is never really finish in this world. Many stories, legends, even the Hollywood movies set this theme as their focus in their stories.In Bali there are also many stories about good and bad. Barong story which is presented in the Barong Dance performed daily in Batu Bulan village is no different. It tells the story is about fight between good and bad, only this time the good does not win...Barong is a an animal which looks like a lion. Since no one has seen it in reality, it is safe to assume that Barong is a mythical character just like the leprechaun.Where do you see the original Barong? If you tour around with your tour guide or driver, you might have a chance to see a religious procession. You will probably the local Balinese who dances Barong dance on the prossesion.The function of Barong is believed to expel the evil spirit away, or neutralize negative energy (if this make more sense to you) so it will not interfere the temple festival. There...
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Why You Should Not Shout to Monkeys in Bali
2007-12-29 06:23:00
A friend of mine, Dar, a Bali tour guide, thought he could "summon" the monkeys at monkey forests any time he needed just by shouting loudly. Well, he is surely right about calling the monkey but he forgot something else. He was no Tarzan. And the monkeys didn't like people shouting at them disturbing their privacy.So, Dar was going to get a surprise he would never forget for all his mortal life.This is a story about my friend who took a client to a monkey forest somewhere north Denpasar, Bali on one afternoon. Dar's client was a very important client because he owned a travel agent in US. Therefore, my friend was on special mission to give the best service in order to impress this VIP client. "Make the client happy," his boss reminded,"we count on you."The client was happy touring around Bali, admiring the rice fields, beautiful temples and the friendliness of the Balinese. At midday Dar took the VIP client to the Kedaton monkey forest. They went in into the forest through the sm...
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When Is The Best Time to Visit Bali?
2007-12-21 10:55:00
"When is the best time to visit Bali ?" I often got this question asked to me. Not just once, but a lot of time. When you ask this question, I know what you mean is more than this simple question. You want to know when to visit Bali so you can have great times in Bali without any disturbance, for instance, rain. Rain seems to be the main concern for the visitors. I can understand that because rain can "ruin" your holiday. But of course there are other things you need to put into consideration other than rain.Let's talk about rain first. We have two seasons in Bali, the dry season and the wet season. The dry season is "scheduled" from April to October, while wet season starts from October to April. So, if you don't fancy rain in your holiday, best time to come is between April to October when the dry season is "on". The wet season, however, is not really really that wet. If you think, rain is pouring down on our island for six months every day, that's not quite the fact. It only st...
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When Is The Best Time to Visit Bali?
2007-12-21 10:55:00
"When is the best time to visit Bali ?" I often got this question asked to me. Not just once, but a lot of time. When you ask this question, I know what you mean is more than this simple question. You want to know when to visit Bali so you can have great times in Bali without any disturbance, for instance, rain or peak season.Rain seems to be the main concern for the visitors. I can understand that because rain can "ruin" your holiday. It is hard to enjoy Bali when rain pour from one morning to the next morning.Let's talk about rain first. We have two seasons in Bali, the dry season and the wet season. The dry season is "scheduled" from April to October, while wet season starts from October to April. So, if you don't fancy rain in your holiday, best time to come is between April to October when the dry season is "on".The wet season, however, is not really really that wet. If you think rain is pouring down on our island for six months every day, that's not quite the fact. It only s...
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Wayang Kulit: The Bali Puppet Show
2007-12-18 13:01:00
To my astonishment, a reader wrote me an email asking where she can watch a "Wayang Kulit" or shadow puppet show in Bali . I never thought shadow puppets show can also be interesting for tourists, so I decided to write a little note about this matter (not a comprehensive article).Shadow puppet show, despite all these bombardment of movies with computerized special effects, still alive in the heart of the Balinese people. Thanks to the great puppet masters in Bali that Wayang Kulit is till watched by many Balinese, even the youngsters.Shadow puppet which can be a part of sacred ceremonies are prepared very carefully. Not any Balinese can be puppet master because it requires special skill for example in changing voices when talking as different character. A puppet master must also be knowledgeable in Hindu religious teaching and social matters.The preparation of a Wayang Kulit may appear very simple. All it needs are large screen, a torch, a banana tree trunk for placing the puppets so...
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Bali Traffic “Road Rules”: The Revealation
2007-12-17 05:55:00
As you step your feet in our island, you'll soon notice that we have different traffic "road rules" with those European or American countries. Some of the rules may appear strange to you. And here are some of the "rules" you will observe in the tiny streets in Bali .Beeping "rules". People seems to beep a lot more here. A driver beeps when asking other driver to give way to him, so he can drive through. A driver also beeps when saying hello to a friend he meets in the street or offers transport service to tourists.Hazard lamp "rule" for cross road. The hazard lamps are lit when going straight in a cross road. Maybe the logic is that when turning right or left, we have to light either right or left sign lamp. So, if going straight, both lamp; left and right, should be lit."Rules" for crossing the road "Zebra crossing" for pedestrians. Cars will not stop at zebra crossing, even though you have stepped your feet on the zebra crossing area. This will make crossing the road a little bit ...
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Bali Traffic ?Road Rules?: The Revealation
2007-12-17 05:55:00
As you step your feet in our island, you'll soon notice that we have different traffic "road rules" with those European or American countries. Some of the rules may appear strange to you. And here are some of the "rules" you will observe in the tiny streets in Bali .Beeping "rules". People seems to beep a lot more here. A driver beeps when asking other driver to give way to him, so he can drive through. A driver also beeps when saying hello to a friend he meets in the street or offers transport service to tourists.Hazard lamp "rule" for cross road. The hazard lamps are lit when going straight in a cross road. Maybe the logic is that when turning right or left, we have to light either right or left sign lamp. So, if going straight, both lamp; left and right, should be lit."Rules " for crossing the road "Zebra crossing" for pedestrians. Cars will not stop at zebra crossing, even though you have stepped your feet on the zebra crossing area. This will make crossing the road a little bit ...
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How To Say No To Street Vendors
2007-12-15 14:27:00
How do you say no to the street vendors offering you goods they sell? Easy. Just say No, Thank You.Right, but often it is not as easy as it seems. The reason? They don't take no for an answer. They keep offering you post cards, chess set, T-Shirt, wooden statue, beach sarong, bone statue, a pack of chop sticks (we don't use them here) and a lot more. So, how do you "handle this situation"?When you are in Bali, especially in tourists area you will meet many street vendors. You will meet them at tourist objects like Kintamani, Tegalalang, Goa Gajah, Kertha Gosa, Bat Cave, Ulun Danu Batur, Lake Batur, Seribatu village, Lovina Beach or in the street outside your hotel.The street vendors are just the Balinese people who work to earn a living. They don't have stall, or capital to start their own business. The easiest thing to take part in tourism industry is to become street vendors or "pedagang acung". They just need merchandise to sell, and off they go.They way they offer their merch...
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How To Say No To Street Vendors
2007-12-15 14:27:00
How do you say no to the street vendors offering you goods they sell? Easy. Just say No, Thank You. Right, but often it is not as easy as it seems. The reason? They don't take no for an answer. They keep offering you post cards, chess set, T-Shirt, wooden statue, beach sarong, bone statue, a pack of chop sticks (we don't use them here) and a lot more. So, how do you "handle this situation"?When you are in Bali, especially in tourists area you will meet many street vendors. You will meet them at tourist objects like Kintamani, Tegalalang, Goa Gajah, Kertha Gosa, Bat Cave, Ulun Danu Batur, Lake Batur, Seribatu village, Lovina Beach and many other places.The street vendors are just the Balinese people who work to earn a living. They don't have stall, or capital to start their own business. The easiest thing to take part in tourism industry is to become street vendors or "pedagang acung". They just need merchandise to sell, and off they go.They way they offer their merchandise is a l...
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Problem With US Dollar Bank Note in Bali
2007-12-05 04:41:00
You agree to buy some sarongs for USD 10 in an art market somewhere in Bali and think "wow this is a good price". The seller wraps your lovely sarongs and put them in a plastic bag and give them to you while you hand her the USD 10 bank note. The seller look at your note and say, "Sorry, I cannot take this money, do you have other money or do you have rupiah?" And all you can say is,"What??"If this happen, there are some possible reasons the seller can not accept your money. The most common reason is because your bank note is old. It has torn a little at one edge or just "dilapidated" money. The local bank in where we change the US bank note, only accept new bank note. Meaning it has not folded yet, just like a shirt when you finish ironing it. (I am struggling to find the right terms because English is not my first language, I hope this is clear).Another reason is, although the bank note looks new, but it is an older edition. The bank note which is published earlier, though it is ...
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Bali Shanti Shanti Shanti; The Brand New Bali
2007-11-28 06:20:00
For centuries, the number three is very important in Bali 'nese Hindu in Bali island. For example, the number 3 can be clearly seen in the brand new logo of Bali introduced in June 2007.First, the shape is a triangle. The triangle actually means stability and harmony. Besides, it also represent the three manifestation of God, Brahma (the creator), Wisnu (the preserver) and Siva (the sin destroyer). The Balinese belief in the existence of 3 worlds, called Bhur, Bwah, and Swah which is also indicated by the triangel. There is three stages of life, birth, life and death.Next, the popular concept of Tri Hita Karana (three that causes happiness) does underlie the idea of the new logo of Bali. It is the THK that actually is believed to be responsible to the peaceful feeling and harmony the visitors feel when they step their foot on the Bali island. What are those three creating happiness?The three things that causes happiness areParahyangan: the harmonious relationship between men and God...
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Finding A Bali Tour Guide and Driver
2007-11-22 14:31:00
Since having this blog, I have received many emails asking for a tour guide who is also a driver in Bali . I always try to reply as quick as I can, but since I am usually on tour and far away from my computer, then I have to wait before I can write back.But I also would like to say thank you to you all who have sent me emails and using my service as a tour guide or driver. Since there are many people that come to Bali wanting tour guide and driver, and I can not handle it by myself, then I decided to organize all friends that I know who works in tourism business. So, if you have plan coming to Bali, and would like to hire a tour guide and driver you can do it through me. My friends and I will be ready to take you around the island. You can decide where you want to go, or you can consult me your itenerary by writing email to me.What Are Inluded in Our Tour ?What normally included in our service is, first, English speaking driver or tour guide. We have years of experience handling touri...
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Meet My Friend, Beni: The Spanish Speaking Tour Guide
2007-11-12 11:18:00
I'd like to introduce my friend, Nyoman Beni. Also a tour guide like me, but he is also fluent in Spanish . He speaks both English and Spanish and currently learning Russian, as many Russian tourists are now visiting Bali. Especially on December and January.If you need a spanish tour guide or get in touch with one, you can contact me through my email address. He'd be happy to drive you around and show you great places in Bali. You can also tell him where to go if you already have plan in your mind where you'd like to go.Having more than 10 years experience tour guiding both english and Spanish tourist, he is ready to take you around. He also has great knowledge of Bali, its culture, temples, geography and beautiful places to go in Bali.So, no need to say more, contact me to get in touch with your private Spanish tour guide in Bali. Technorati : Bali spanish tour guide
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