Bali Tour Guide

Spending evening with your loved ones in Jimbaran Bay is worth a try. Jimbaran Bay, or Kedonganan Beach (15 minutes drive south of air port) is a very popular site of sea food restaurants or cafes. Located just by the beach, these restaurants have unique setting. Many visitors enjoys the taste of sea food prepared with both local and international recipes. One of the restaurant that I recommend is the Sea Side Cafe which is owned and managed by the local Balinese. The perfect time to come to this restaurant is in the evening, during the wonderful sunset. You can have table on the white sand waiting as the sky turn orange and the gentle breeze wipe your face. There are many selections of fish you can try. They will give you the menu offerings what is available there. Usually you will be asked to go to the front of the restaurant where they grill the fish. This is where you can choose what kind of fish you'd like to have. A few of the selection available are: fresh lobster, prawns, r

Every August the 17th, Indonesia commemorates her Independence Day. Bali, as one of the Indonesia’s province, has lots of activities during this month. Fun games and competition are conducted in every village to celebrate the nation’s independence. In the streets of Bali, you can see, groups of students marching. They are practicing for the competition which usually held on the 14 of August. On the August the 18th, there will be a carnaval on the main street in every regency in Bali. The carnaval is supposed to show people the prosperity achieved by the nation, and to relive the freedom spirit. What special with the Balinese is the kite festival which will be conducted at Padang Galak, Sanur area. Every village nearby will come with big kite, maybe 3 to 5 meters long, so the kite has to be flown with at least ten people. The judgment for the best kite is based on the design and whether it actually fly well. The kites will come in different designs, such as, animals or flowers. These ki

Nusa Lembongan island is a very popular place because of its marine beauty and landscape. Besides lying on the white sandy beaches, on the island, there are many kind of water sports and inland tour you can do. The island is has great places for fishing, diving, surfing, trekking, exploring caves, or cycling around the island. To reach the island you can join one day cruises available in Bali that depart at 7 in the morning from Benoa Harbour in Bali. It takes about an hour and a half to sail to Nusa Lembongan, but it is worth it. Some of the Cruise operators are Bali Hai Cruise, Bounty Cruise, and Sail Sensation. All offers many activities for a memorable time on the island. The island, located 12 miles south east of Bali, can also be reached by 30 minutes on a speed boat. Nusa Lembongan which stretches 4 km long and 2 km wide, has a lot of sea weed farm. The sea weed is cultivated and harvested in various parts of the island and exported to many countries, I have been told. Other in

Bali offers lots of tours, adventures, and activities you can choose from. Cooking lesson can be one of your option if you want to know how Bali food is prepared or cooked. There are several tour operators and restaurant that you can go to. Here are a few options. Rural Charms Tour : Take a walk in the street at Gulingan village before entering the pavilion located in the middle of a rice fields. You will learn how to cook yellow rice, chicken sate (chicken kebab with little peaces of meat on skewers so it can cook quickly), plecing kangkung (fried water spinach with sliced garlic, onion,big chilly, shrimp past and salt fried in coconut oil), Tum Be Pasih (steamed sea fish wrapped in banana leaf). Bumbu Bali Restaurant Cooking Programme For a more recipes and varieties, you can try cooking lesson at Bumbu Restaurant, located at Tanjung Benoa, Nusa Dua. This place is ideal for chefs and even home cooks. Even the kitchen is designed to look like Balinese kitchen. The programme is starte

I have a quick scan on this book entitled The Rough Guide to Bali and Lombok 5 and found it is very handy for traveler. Especially it contains of detail information about places to go, how much you pay for certain things like tipping, and where to go to stay, or to eat. It is quite an interesting book for me to read, especially to look at Bali from outsider’s eyes. One very interesting explanation made I found is about introducing yourself to some one. The book explains (page 80) that for a Balinese when meeting somebody new, or just being introduced to someone, they will say "Where do you sit?" I need to think for a moment, because, as a Balinese I never bother about where people will sit, whether they want to sit on the coach or on the sofa. Just joking. The phrase "Where do you sit?" is translated from the Balinese phrase " Nawegang antuk linggih?" . Indeed, the word linggih means to sit, but in this regard, it talks about position in the society.

To visit temples in Bali , there are few rules you need to know. One very common rule is that you need to wear sarong when entering the temple. There are other rules to bear in mind so you can easily enter the temple without any doubt or fear offending the locals. This is also to make sure you will not spoil your holiday in Bali. Here are the list of rules for entering temples in Bali, (some may sound funny to you). Wear sarong . Some temples, especially those that have lots of visitors, provide sarongs at the entrance. You can put it on before entering the temple. Why sarong? Sarong is meant to cover the "unholy" part of our body, especially under the waist part. (Note: most of the temples in Bali do not provide sarongs, so it could be handy to have it if temple is in your tour itinerary.) Dress properly . It means to cove your shoulder, and all your body. Ladies in period are not allowed to enter the temple. People whose relatives recently passed away and still conduct

Forget about sight seeing tour on a bus, this one is quite uniqe way of enjoying beautiful Bali’s sceneries. You are going to drive a quad for 18 kilometers on scenic journey in Payangan village 15 kilometer south of Kintamani where the Batur volcano located, passing forests and rice fields by Ayung river. Imagine the lush green vegetation, fresh air cleanse your lungs and the adrenalin rushing in your blood. What will you experience in this quad adventure? Well, you will see a lot of beautiful sceneries. You will see: Rice fields spreading in your left and right as you hold the steering wheel. Farmers ploughing and planting rice on a wet and muddy fields with their smiling happy faces. Coconut trees, snake skin fruit tree ( the skin of the fruit is just like snake skin, and the taste of the fruit is like anaconda ), cocoa plant, cloves, jackfruit, papaya, bamboo forests, and varieties of colorful flowers. You can stop briefly anywhere you like to admire the scenery, or to taste th