October 2007
Finding Ketut Cantik (The Beautiful Ketut)
I have several emails coming because of this blog. One of them is very unique. It was from a guy in Western Australia. He came through Google searching for "Balinese phrase" or maybe "Indonesian phrase" and ended up in my blog. And he eventually decided to write this strange email to me. (Later I knew he looked up at Google for this phrases to write a letter to a balinese girl)
by putu on Fri, 10/26/2007 - 08:17
Wireless Internet Connection In Bali
You can get fast internet connection nowadays in Bali especially in Denpasar and Nusa Dua up to 3.5 Megabit per second. (so, that't what they claimed) This is if you have the so-called HSDPA phone to connect to Internet for example the Nokia 6120C.
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by putu on Thu, 10/25/2007 - 12:48
Sanur Village; A Quiet Tourist Area in The Eastern Coast 1
Sanur is a tourist area which was a fisherman village, that you can achieve by driving twenty minutes from the Denpasar air port. What's in Sanur? Well, if you'd like a quiter place than Kuta, Sanur is the right place. There are less shops, traffics, or street vendors compared to Kuta.
by putu on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 14:11
A Master Wood Carver from Mas Village
Mas village is a welknown village for the woodcarver. Many of the famous wood carver come from this village. I was lucky to meet one of the wood carver. His name is Pak Tiru. In the photo that I took from my phone, he was working on his wooden statue.
It is going to take six months to accomplish such a statue. It was two meters high and the material is local wood called Suar wood. The statue he is working on now depicts the Goddess of knowledge, Saraswati.
by putu on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 19:45
Lonely Planet Bali and Lombok
This excellent guide book offers a complete and comprehensive information about touring, activities, and accomodations in Bali and Lombok. Written by two great authors who had conducted a 68 days of in-country research, drawing 51 detailed maps.
The book also talks in detail about all new outdoor activites with details of diving and surfing information. It also covers many accomodations ranging from budget hotels to five stars hotel as well as detail prices of staying in those hotels.
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by putu on Thu, 10/11/2007 - 22:06
Finding The Real Bali
Bali has changed a lot since tourist booming in 1970-ies. Many hotels, restaurant, and villas are built to accomodate the incoming visitors. Many local leave their villages, and their farm lands to go to get better promising job in tourist area. Some are successful in changing their life to a better standard, others are still trying to survive.
by putu on Thu, 10/11/2007 - 16:34
Five Reasons to Rent Villa in Bali
You have many options for staying in Bali from homestays, budget hotel, star hotel, or villa. Depending on what your purpose and length of stay, or most importantly, budget you can choose any accomodation you need. Some people prefer to stay in villa than in hotel. Here are the reasons to stay in villa.
by putu on Thu, 10/11/2007 - 14:52
Melanting Temple at North West Bali
This is another beautiful temple located at North Bali, somewhere in the Pulaki village. If you travel from Denpasar, you will arrive in three hours. If you go to the west via Negara ( a town in West Bali) you will pass the Bali Barat National Park which is ideal trekking place.
by putu on Tue, 10/09/2007 - 11:46
Do You Like The Rain?
October is the start of the rainy season in Bali. Normally the rainy season will last for six months from October to April. Meanwhile, the dry season is from April to October.
Actually it does not rain every day during the rainny season. In fact, rain will usually start on December or January. So, there is no need to worry the rain will spoil your holiday if you are planning to visit Bali.
by putu on Sun, 10/07/2007 - 14:32