A guttural "Yah!" pierced the air as we checked into our little house at Puri Lumbung Cottages. The sound was to punctuate the three days that I spent with my son in this small town in the northern mountains of Bali.
Beyond the cottage windows, human scarecrows patrolled the rice fields from...
S/f: The charming and quaint Desa Seni village resort lets you appreciate Indonesian architecture and art, set in the midst of rice fields.
My husband had promised me a pre-wedding holiday within Bali, the island that we visit often. It was not the first time that he would organize similar...
When one awakens in the early morning the fragrance of the flowers and incense of the offerings stimulates one’s appetite to explore the many treasures of Ubud. Geographically only 30 kilometres separates the hustle and bustle of Denpasar, Kuta and Nusa Dua from Ubud. Artistically, culturally and...
Bali is probably one of the few places on earth where it is accepted as safe and normal for a young woman to hop on the back of a stranger’s motorcycle to “get a better view of the volcano.” Certainly, the most popular tourist destinations on the island of Bali in the...
Tenganan is home to “Bali Aga” (original Balinese) hidden in the hills of Karangasem near Candi Desa, well away from the normal tourist routes of Kuta, Nusa Dua and Ubud. It is a ‘closed’ village where the conservative Bali preserves a unique 900-year-old history. Their art and culture are...