Bali Tour Guide

There were already many cars and even few buses when we arrive at the parking area of the temple. I was not expecting it but suddenly I remember, that day was weekend and just one day before full moon. A good timing to do tirta yatra, spiritual journey, by many Balinese people these days. Read the rest of this entry →

This is a two nights overnight trip in Pemuteran, north west coast of Bali. I and a family from Costa Rica; Erick, Lorena, Andrea, Laura and Sergio start the trip from Nusa Dua, overnight in Pemuteran and back to Ubud. It is interesting to accompany this family that has many different interests. Read the rest of this entry →

This trip rather extensive driving but we can cover most visited places in one day.
We start the trip from Sanur at 8.30 AM heading to Elephant Cave temple. By the 9.30 AM, we arrive at this 11-century site. Few people have been arriving earlier then us. I think most tourists still at Barong Dance performance that we skip. Read the rest of this entry →

My client is a painter. He likes painting landscape. After 40 minutes drive from Ubud on the scenic route, he finally decides to stop at outside of Batunya Village. The curvy and hilly small road that look like roller coaster amongst the vegetable valley of Bali, attract his artistic eye. Interesting lines of mountain and saturated blue sky with dramatic cloud above the terraced valley make the composition just perfect. Read the rest of this entry →

We arrive in Gunung Kawi around 7.30AM. None of souvenirs shops along the step down open yet. The rice and the grass are still a bit wet from the rain the night before. We sprinkle the holly water to our head before we enter the rocky gate as we reach bottom part of the valley. Read the rest of this entry →

My client this time is a couple that come to Bali more then ten times already. They told me just want to see something different. We started from Ubud around noon with no real plan. I took them to local warung for lunch. This warung is popular amongst the local, and it hardly tourist dare to come there. The place is clean and set nicely in Balinese house compound. They serve only ‘nasi campur’ with chicken. On the plate, there is steam white rice, steamed and friend chicken meat and fried of other part of the chicken, string bean vegetable and hot chili ‘sambal’. For three drinks and two portion of nasi campur, we spent IDR 24.000 Read the rest of this entry →

Last Wednesday was my Balinese birthday. I didn’t even remember until my mother called me to be home that night. My Balinese birthday falls on BUDA WAGE UKIR. This is the name of the day based on Pawukon/Wewaran system in Balinese circle calendar system. Read the rest of this entry →

This is a religious event as it is part of the temple anniversary ceremony in one of the temple in Tegalalang village, north part of Ubud. But if you look at the participants of the ceremony you will consider this is a young funky event. The event is locally called ‘ngerebeg’. An event that symbolically to tame the negative forces of ‘demon’ in the village and neutralize them so they won’t disturb the temple anniversary ceremony. Read the rest of this entry →