A whole lotta pumpkins If you know about the good and bad spirits of the Balinese culture and religion and the demonic statues they create leading up to Nyepi, it is surprising that the Balinese don’t embrace Halloween. We arrived back from a couple of weeks in North America, after seeing pumpkins and Halloween paraphernalia everywhere, …
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I have to admit it, and I hate to admit it, but I am finding myself getting increasingly addicted to Coke Zero!! Now I know you’re all out there thinking “What? …How could you, a dietitian, drink that poison?” Well let me elaborate a little: Bali is HOT, so very hot and humid that you …
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Babi Guling is a Balinese institution. The word is Indonesian and the literal translation is ‘Rolling Pig’. Otherwise called Roast Pig or Suckling Pig. The word being Indonesian is unusual as most of Indonesia is Muslim and they don’t eat pork! So this delicacy is only found in Bali (and a couple of other small non-Muslim areas). It is a must …
The finished product I had scoured the shops looking for a piece of jewellery that had some meaning for me. After being disappointed and realising that no shop would make a piece for me (minimum order of 20), I decided I would try to make it myself. I wanted to incorporate three elements that represented my …
reflections of the Gilis There are three islands that make up the Gili Islands, off the north-east coast of Lombok. Gili T is well-known as the party island. What is less known is that there is a great kid-friendly option in the Gili Island group, Gili Meno. We spent five nights there and it was surprisingly …
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They say getting there is half the fun. We would be hard-pressed to call our journey to Gili Meno fun, but it certainly was an adventure. And throughout the day there were many lessons to be learnt about living in Indonesia. boats waiting for passengers on Gili T, with Gili Meno in the distance Gili Meno is one of …
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Bali roads take you places Driving in a different country certainly comes with its challenges. When we started driving here in Bali it all seemed like chaos, and after our first adventure of driving the wrong way down a one way street we have quickly learned to navigate the streets a bit better, and adjust our …
Playing in a cubbyhouse During the last six months we have found some good child friendly places to eat in Ubud, but finding a range of playgrounds to entertain the kids has not been as easy. Flat land is obviously too valuable for the Balinese to create playgrounds like we are used to in Australia, either the …
the 11 tiered tower centrepiece of the garden This is our final post describing a part of our recent 10-day road trip (the other posts were about White Sand Beach, Amed and Lovina). We stayed for two nights in a lovely part of Bali near the Tirta Gangga water palace (Tirta Gangga means water of the Ganges). View from …
Bedugul and Candikuning, the towns located around the crater lake Bratan, are at an elevation of 1200 m, providing a cool retreat from the hot Bali climate. We passed through this area on our way back from our recent road trip but didn’t stop. It had a great feel about it, mostly the cooler air, so we wasted …
