Erotic Bali –

Balinese are very erotic. Maybe it is their Indian blood – kama sutra and all that. But there are many sex symbol all over.And nobody blink an eye. Like these: Wooden carving in a batik shop Painting for sale The buttock of a statue Another nude couple! And all these phallic bottle opener! And these…

Uniquely Bali – Head Strong

Balinese women are head strong, err I mean  strong with their head. They can carry practically anything on their head as these few photos show This street vendor has some t-shirts on her head This one has knife, scabbards and all sort of killing objects This lady is carrying canangsari  This one has 3! Fruits…

Uniquely Bali – Flowers

Balinese are very religious. Everywhere, there are temples, shrines and unique little trays of flower offering. These cute little flower trays called canangsari (I hope I got that right) are placed as offering to the spirits and for blessing. Hence they can be found everywhere. Stack of canangsari for sale A vendor at the market…

Makan Bali – Seafood

This one is not so much about good food but about seafood in Bali. Bali, being an island surrounded by the sea, should have plenty of seafood right? Well, yes there is Jimbaran Beach which has a whole cluster of seafood restaurants. Naturally when we said we wanted to eat seafood, our driver cum guide…

Beautiful Bali – Kuta Beach

On the 3rd day after the race, we moved from Sanur to Kuta and finally got a chance to walk the world renowed Kuta beach. But our first impression was marred by the rubbish and trash all over the sands. And the locals were lying among all the filth like it didn’t exist. And there…

Makan Bali – Ayam Betutu

On the 3rd day of Bali, the guide bought us to this place where there were surprise surprise – no tourist or at least the majority of the diners were locals. This place sells Ayam Betutu which is some thing like our beggar chicken ie the chicken have been slowly cooked for a long long…

Beautiful Bali – Tanah Loft

Another place we went was Tanah Loft. This is a temple that is built on rocks in the sea and accessible only during low tide. Most tourists come for the sunset and the guide told us it is very crowded then and taking pictures will be a problem. So we went in the morning with…

Makan Bali – Local ZhiZhar

The night before the race, we didn’t want to try new food or go to far so we asked the driver cum guide for some recommendation for local food near our hotel in Sanur. He pointed us to this place. At first we weren’t sure we got the correct place. It was a local warung…

Makan Bali – Coffee

One of the must try that tourist coming to this part of the world must try is coffee. Because Indonesia is one of the major grower of coffee. And also beside Coffee Bean and Starbucks, there is this. Yes the most expensive coffee in the world. A cup in Singapore cost about S$45 – S$50.…

Beautiful Bali – Mount Batur

One afternoon, we went to view this active volcano. We were excited. We had watched on tv that we could walked up to the top of the volcano but unfortunately we didn’t get to do that. Instead we had to contend ourself with staring at it from afar. There is also a lake next to…