Articles tagged ‘Denpasar’
Visa on Arrival now available in Palembang: South Sumatra
By Barrie | June 14th, 2008 |
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Great new for travellers wishing to enter Indonesia from South-East Asia as now they can enter through Palembang in south Sumatra at the Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin International Airport. Medan in central Sumatra is another entry point but if you want to visit the fascinating areas around southern Sumatra then this is ideal. According to a [...]
Hari Raya Waisak: Indonesia
By Barrie | May 19th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Today in Indonesia is Waisak Day. This is a Bhuddist holiday to celebrate the anniversary of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Bhuddism. To all my friends that are Bhuddist I wish to express…
SELEMAT HARI RAYA WAISAK
Hari Waisak - Waisak Day
The Ritual of Med-Medan: Bali
By Barrie | March 7th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
The residents of the village Banjar Kaja in South Denpasar celebrate the unique ritual tradition of med-medan. Practices with roots clouded in the distant past, the members of Banjar Kaja always gather on the day immediately following Nyepi to engage in an activity where young boys and girls of that community gather on the [...]
World Wayang Show a Highlight at the Bali Art Festival
By Barrie | March 2nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
World “wayang” (puppet show) and ethnic music of the ASEAN region will highlight the 30th Bali Art Festival (PKB) from June 14 to July 12, 2008 in Denpasar. Positive response from overseas art workers has been given to the international wayang show which is to be the first of its kind in the Bali Art [...]
Denpasar City Pollution: Bali
By Barrie | February 28th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Having just spent two months on holiday with my wife in Bali, we had on occasions to go to Denpasar albeit reluctantly. I actually found the pollution there worse than in Yogyakarta. There are constant traffic jams (macet) and it is these that are one of the causes of pollution with smoke and other pollutants [...]
Farming Snails: Bali
By Barrie | February 26th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Five months ago, Putu Suastika deliberately inundated his rice field in a daring business decision. He turned the field into a freshwater snail farm to cash in on the growing demand for traditional freshwater snail delicacies at his food stall in western Denpasar. Suastika is a man of many talents. He is an experienced farmer, [...]
Ubi: Bali
By Barrie | February 4th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Adi Kharisma began producing ubi, a purple sweet potato in January 2006. His motivation to produce this nutritious potato took hold when many people in his family started dying from cancer. What started as a personal search to find the key to a healthy long life, has now turned into an amazing vision for a [...]
Nusantara Challenge of Indonesia
By Barrie | January 9th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
The unexplored terrain of West Nusa Tenggara wilderness will welcome local and foreign four-wheel-drive enthusiasts as they take on the Nusantara Challenge of Indonesia later this month.
Direct International Flights to Reopen: Yogyakarta, Central Jav
By Barrie | January 4th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Yogyakarta’s tourism industry is expected to bounce back this year thanks to the reopening of direct international flights from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by the end of this month, says a tourism official. Yogyakarta Tourism Office head Tazbir said Yogyakarta would recommence direct international flights as local tour operators were convinced the province was ready to [...]
Rain for New Year’s Eve Predicted: Bali
By Barrie | December 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Tourists planning to welcome in the new year in Bali might have to celebrate indoors, with the meteorology and geophysics agency predicting the resort island will continue to experience heavy rains until at least February. Rain has poured down across the island for the past few days, triggering a landslide that killed a Gianyar couple [...]
