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Cooking it Up Bali Style
When I’m traveling I want to eat the local food and learn as much about it as I can. Food tells us so much about a country’s culture. In Ubud travelers can participate in a cooking class at a number of local restaurants or sit down to a Balinese buffet at a local restaurant. I…
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Bali’s Batik Experience
Bali is a shopper’s paradise. One product that is extremely popular with visitors to the “Island of the Gods” is batik. Many small shops sell batik products, ranging from wall hangings to table clothes to men’s, ladies, and children’s clothing. Prices and quality range from one extreme to another. A great way to see a…
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Canang Sari – Bali Offerings
One of the first things you will notice in your travels around Bali are the small colorful baskets of flowers on the sidewalks and roads in front of homes and businesses, and at the temples. Canang Sari are Hindu offerings to the gods. “Sari” means essence, and ‘canang” is the coconut leaf basket that the…
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Traveling to Bali for Christmas
Gunung Kawa, Bali One of my favorite times of the year is almost here. I know you’re probably thinking Christmas, but that’s not it. I love the holidays, but what I love even more is the beginning of my winter travel break. Due to an outbreak of H1N1 and my university opening two weeks late,…