Bali

Bali is famous for its attractions include: beaches, waterfalls, landscapes, forests, lakes, art, dance and culture. Entry ticket is also not too expensive so, the average was still below Rp. 10 thousand.
If you want to try paraceiling curious, banana boat, surfing and even bungee jumping, may try tuh ... For local tourists, if clever Nawar can get paraceiling / banana boat for Rp. 45 thousand. Want to try the balls jump in bungee jumping from a height of between Rp 100 - 200 thousand dollars only.
Tourist attractions that must be visited:
· Pantai Kuta, Badung
· Nusadua Beach, Badung
· Sanur Beach, Denpasar
· Art Market Sukawati, Gianyar
· Ubud Art Market and Monkey Forest, Ubud - Gianyar
· Tanah Lot, Tabanan
· Lake Buyan and botanical gardens Bedugul, Tabanan
· Kintamani, Bangli
. Alas Kedaton, Kediri Tabanan
. Sangeh, Bali - Badung
. Lovina Beach - Singaraja
. Etc.
Dolphin The Extraordinary Tourist
Hunting dolphins (dolphin) at Lovina Beach - Singaraja, while enjoying the beautiful Sunrise and captivating underwater reef with snorkeling. This tour is perfect for you with your partner or your family.
For you do not worry, it is reasonably priced package is only Rp. 50 thousand dollars per person. Even plus the cost of staying at the hotel just pay Rp. 100 thousand (Package Dolphin and nginep One Night). More delicious food again if you've booked Sea Food, and after the Dolphins see the ocean and reefs, direct hungry stomach to eat baked fish. Um ... delicious ... feel like living in heaven.

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Tanah Lot Temple Charm: Bali Rock in Temple

" Bali Island of Thousand Temple ", a phrase or term is not a mere hoax. In some places in Bali there are some places praying / temple that is very big and special. Each - every temple in Bali is identical with the history of the formation of communities in the area. Many spiritual circles to make Bali as one of the places to visit (tirta Yatra), because the magical aura of Bali itself (maybe one of them caused by a would - be listed here.)

In relation to tourism, would - be it the main attraction for tourists, both foreign and domestic. Not infrequently they were amazed culture and ordinances praying Hindus in Bali. One of the temple which is visited by tourists is Pura Tanah Lot. Pura Tanah Lot is located in Tabanan regency, around 20 km from Denpasar. Tanah Lot in Bali language means "Land in the middle of the ocean", if we look at the position of Pura Tanah Lot is jutting out to sea. This temple stands on a rock boulder, where nature has been fashioned in such a way that it becomes a form of a very beautiful and unique.

Perhaps the story of this temple was founded by "Dang Hyang Niratha" in the 15th century. He was impressed by the aura of sanctity of this place, so that eventually ask people about to set up a "pelinggih" here. In addition to Pura Tanah Lot, in this location there is a "sacred serpent" decent attention. Many visitors curious to see and touch the sacred snake, which is said to provide blessings and salvation.

To get into the area of Tanah Lot, subject to cost Rp. 5000 per person. Along the road leading to the temple area, there are many souvenir hawkers and Balinese food. In addition because of the beauty of its temples, Tanah Lot is also famous for sunsetnya a very beautiful, and it turns out Tanah Lot is also one surf spot in Bali, though not as famous as Kuta, Dreamland, and other beaches. But, there is a new warning to couples going together, you have to be careful - careful if you come here, because according to myth, the relationship you will be going to last long.

Well for you who want to see another side of Bali, boring with the noise of Kuta Beach, and want to find a new nuance, Tanah Lot, a goal worthy alternative. Enjoy the sunset with a can of soft drink, cheeeers !!

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LOKASI WISATA TANAH LOT

SEJARAH TANAH LOT

Pada masa kerajaan Majapahit di Jawa timur, hiduplah seorang bhagawan yang bernama Dyang Hyang Dwi Jendra, Beliau di hormati atas pengabdiannya yang sangat tinggi terhadap raja dan rakyat melalui ajaran-ajaran spiritual, peningkatan kemakmuran dan menanggulangi masalah-masalah kehidupan. Beliau dikenal dalam mengajarkan agama hindu dengan nama "Dharma Yatra". Dilombok beliau dikenal dengan "Tuan Semeru" atau guru dari Semeru, nama sebuah gunung di Jawa timur.

Pada masa abad ke 15 beliau datang ke bali untuk menyebarkan misinya yang pada masa itu Raja Dalem Waturenggong sebagai penguasanya,  menyambut beliau dengan sangat hormat. Disebutkan Saat beliau menjalankan dharma yatra di Rambut Siwi, beliau melihat sinar sucidari arah tenggara dan mengikutinya samapai sumbernya yang ternyata adalah sumber mata air. Tidak jauh dari sumber mata air tersebut beliau menemukan tempat yang sangat indah yang disebut "Gili Beo" artinya gili=Batu karang dan Beo artinya Burung, atau menurut artinya Batu karang besar yang berbentuk burung Beo. Ditempat inilah beliau membangun tempat untuk bermediasi dan melakukan pemujaan kepada Dewa Penguasa Laut.

Beliau mulai menyebarkan ajaran pertamanya "dyang Hyang Niratha" yaitu mengenai ajaran agama hindu kepada penduduk desa Beraban yang pada saat itu dipimpin oleh pemimpin suci "Bendara Beraban Sakti". untuk menghindari serangan dari pemimpin desa tersebut beliau memindahkan Batukarang besar tempat beliau bermeditasi ke tengah lautan dan menciptakan banyak ular lautdengan selendag saktinya disekitar batukarang besar tersebut yang kemudian di berinama "Tengah Lot" artinya Tanah di tengah Laut. Akhirnya Bendara Beraban sakti mau mengakui kesaktian dan kekuatan spiritual dari Dyang hyang Nirartha. sebagai ungkapan rasa terimakasih beliau dihadiahi keris suci dengan nama JARAMENARA/ ki Baru Gajah. Keris pemberian tersebut disimpan di Puri Kediri, dan setiap hari raya Kuningan di upacarai. sedangkan di Pura Tanah Lot diadakan upacara Piodalan setiap 210 hari sekali pada hari buda wage langkir sesuai penanggalan kalender Bali.

Sebagai obyek atau lokasi wisata Tanah Lot memiliki bagian-bagian seperti

- Sunset Terace

- Pura Enjung Galuh

- Pura Batu Bolong

- Pura Luhur Pekendungan

- Surya Mandala Culture Park

- Pasar Seni/ Market

- Ular Suci

SUNSET TERRACE

 

Merupakan tempat menikmati sunset dengan latar belakang Pura Luhur tanah Lot dan Laut Lepas dengan gelombang khas pantai selatan. Dari ketinggian diatas tebing sunset bisa dinikmati sambil menikmati makanan, minuman yang disediakan oleh jejeran warung-warung yang menyediakan minuman khas berupa kelapa muda dan lainnya. Dan suasana yang pakling berkesan apabila kita tepat berada di depan Pura Tanah Lot ini.

PURA ENJUNG GALUH

Pura Enjung Galuh berlokasi di atas Enjung yaitu batu jarang yang menjorok ke laut. Dilihat dari abhisekanya, Pura Galuh ini jelas bahwa istadewata yang berparahyangan di Pura ini berwujud Bhatara Srishaktinya Dewa Wisnu. Pura ini diperuntukkan bagi umat hindu untuk memohobn kesuburan dan kesejahteraan hidupmasyarakat hindu. biasanya di lakukan upcara pemujaan setiap hari Rabu Umanis, wara medangsia sesuai dengan kalender bali. 

PURA BATU BOLONG

 Pura Batu Bolong Berlokasi di salahsatu Enjung di Segara Kidul Tanah Lot yang di tengah-tengahnya berlubang (Bolong), sehingga pura tersebut di sebut Pura Batu Bolong. Bentuk Bolong (Lubang di tengah Enjung) tersebut berbetuk bulan sabit, sehingga kalo di potret dari enjung galuh menciptakan panorama yang khas dan indah ditambah dengan deburan ombak yang berbenturan dengan ombak yang datang dari pantai. Pura ini setiap hari Rabu Wage wara langkir sesuai kalender bali di adakan pemujaan.


PURA LUHUR PEKENDUNGAN

Bermula dari perjalanan suci IDA Pedanda Shakti Bawu Rawuh dari Pura Rambit Siwi, Lanjut ke Pura Srijong, dimana dari pura Rambut siwi beliau melihat sinar suci menyala dengan terangnyadi segara kidul Tanah Lot, yang menjadi lokasi Pura Luhur Tanah Lot dan Pura Luhur Pejendungan. Melalui Pura Srijong beliau terus melanjutkan perjalanan menuju sinar suci tersebut, namun sebelumnya sempat melakukan yoga semedhi di desa Sanggulan terlebih dahulu hingga sampailah beliau tepat disebelah barat  Segara Kidul Tanah Lot, dan beliau kembali melakukan Yoga semedis di sana. Hutan lebat tersebut kemudian dinamai alas Kendung yang kemudian menjadi abhisekanya Pura Luhur Pekendungan.
Pura Luhur Pekendungan selai berfungsi sebagai Pura Dyang Khayangan, juga berkedudukan sebagai pura Pengulun Subak untuk wilayah Kecamatan Kediri Kabupaten Tabanan. Pura ini dipuja pada hari Sabtu Kliwon, wara kuningan bertepatan dengan Hari Raya Kuningan.

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Travel Fish Bali

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Metis Bali: a review at Unwrapped travel
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An encounter with flesh eating fish! - Bali, Indonesia Travel Blog
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Janger Dance

Dance janger is the kind of social dance (social dance), especially for young people who are very popular in Bali, carried by about 12 people male and female dancers. During the dance lasted a group of dancers women (janger) and the group of male dancers (kecak) dancing and singing each other replication, which generally track the song is happy in accordance with the nature of their lives.

The emergence of dance in Bali estimated Janger century xx, is the development of dance Sangyang. If kecak an outgrowth of the choir of women. The plays are usually performed in jangger include: Arjuna Wiwaha, Sundanese etc. Dance janger can be found almost all of Bali's just the areas each have their own variations in accordance with local tastes. At the Tabanan area, equipped with a performance of dance Janger war (one dressed like a Dutch army generals with motion movement improvisation, sometimes give the command to the dancers and kecak Janger).



Metra Village Bangli Janger that there are dance performances at the dancers kerawuhan, there Badung Sibang Village Janger dance accompanied by the local community Kebyar by Gambelan named Gong Janger.



Some sekaa janger which is still active ie: Janger Kedaton Denpasar, Janger Peliatan gambelan now commonly used to accompany dance called Janger Cancel (Tetamburan) equipped with a Gender Wayang.

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Travel News Kuta, Bali

Aston Opens Bali Kuta Resort & Convention Center

Today Aston International announced the opening of the groups 9th hotel in Bali, the Bali Kuta Resort & Convention Center. Located in Jalan Majapahit less than 10 minutes walk from central Kuta the Bali Kuta Resort & Convention Center by Aston is a stylish new condotel featuring a choice of 267 Studio Rooms and 1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments.

As a first in Bali the Bali Kuta Resorts rooms and apartments come in 5 different interior designs concepts that Aston refers to as Modern Classic, Modern Minimalist, Modern Retro, Modern Ethnic and Modern Exclusive. In additions the Resort will offer a large inner courtyard outdoor pool, a restaurants, pool side bar, meeting rooms and a full service spa but the resorts signature feature will be the “Love is in the Air” roof top lounge and bar set to open later this year.

Norbert Vas, VP Sales &Marketing for Aston International commented: “Bali Kuta Resort is a unique new condotel concept different from most hotels in Kuta as it offers a mix of studios and resort condominiums making it ideal for families and longer vacations but combines this with a youthful spirit as characterized by the modern room design concepts and the attractive “Love is in the Air” lounge. Our motto for this new Aston, our 9th in Bali and the 4th we opened this year, is “You’ll Love the Difference”. Already we are seeing that the hotel is being well received by mostly Japanese and Australian tourists coming for a week or longer and Indonesian Families who appreciate the central location and larger than usual accommodations”

About Aston International

Aston entered the Indonesian market in the late nineties and has an underlying portfolio consisting of 40 properties including hotels, resorts, serviced apartments and boutique villa resorts, of which 20 are operational and 20 under development due to open between now and 2011.

Aston properties currently operate under the 5 star Grand Aston, 4 star Aston and 3 star Aston City Hotel brands but the company is also developing Life Style Designer Hotels under the Royal Alana and Alana brand, Luxury Villa resorts under the Royal Kamuela and Kamuela brands and 3 star hotels under the affordable lifestyle Quest Hotel brand as well as 2 star favehotel.

The first luxury Royal Kamuela Villa resort is due to open in May 2010 in Nusa Dua - Bali and the first 3 star Quest Hotels are under construction in the Indonesian City of Semarang and in Bali’s fashionable Kuta. favehotels are envisioned to open in literally every major Indonesian city with the first one due to open in September in Denpasar Bali.

With a proven track record of success, Aston has a very definitive vision of the future - to be universally recognized as the preferred hospitality management company in the Asia Pacific.

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Backpakers in Bali

Bali is a friendly island, so if you’re visiting Bali, you don’t have to think about “expensive”. Many “backpackers” can enjoy a long holiday in Bali, sometimes longer than a week. They know how to find a low-budget place to stay, low-budget food, and even low budget transportation to enjoy, such as bicycles and motorbikes. Some hotels — and even some people rent some of their rooms for low budget tourists.

If you’re renting someone’s room for a stay, congratulations — you’re in a home stay program. You can find these locations all over Bali; from towns to villages. These people are used to receive backpackers even though they sometimes can’t speak in English fluently. But they know your currency, especially dollars, so don’t worry about payment. If you got some extra cash, you can pick your hotel, from the lowest — I mean lowest — budget to the luxurious five stars hotels. You can even choose the classy and elegant boutique hotels. They are unique to other kinds of hotels, with not many rooms, but real exclusive. You can find these hotels all over Bali. Budget holiday in style? Yes, why not?

Some favorite locations are Bukit Jambul, Besakih Temple, Gunung Agung mountain, Seminyak, Tirta Gangga, Kuta, Nusa Dua, Sanur, Ubud, Lovina beach, Candi Dasa, Tanah Lot, Bedugul, and lots more. Souvenirs are also abundant throughout Bali, mostly traditional handiwork. Expect to find a wide variety of goods, from traditional clothing to wood carving and even kites. No matter what you do in Bali, remember to stay cool and relax. The Balinese people are known to have a rather laid-back personality, but can offer world class service. The Balinese people are exposed to many kinds of cultures from the outside world, and the many cultures actually interact well with the Balinese culture. But their culture remains unchanged, and it still exists in harmony with other cultures.

No matter what you choose, just relax. Bali, as a tropical island, only has two kinds of season, the dry season and the rain season. Even when it’s raining, you can still feel the warm sun or see the sun sets and rises in several spots. Feeling like surfing? No problem. Bali is the heaven of surfing and seafood. Kuta has been the main choice for world class surfers visiting Bali.

The Jimbaran beach near Kuta offers a wide variety of local and international food, mainly seafood. Remember to enjoy a beautiful dinner at Jimbaran beach, especially with your spouse, friends, or lover. It’s unforgettable.

You can travel to Bali by land, sea, and air. Just call your travel agent, so you will get more information.www.panoramabalitour.com

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Kuta Beach Bali Tourism

Kuta Beach Bali Tourism

Fashion on the water: Dozens of female surfers wearing Javanese long-sleeved kebaya blouses ride a wave Sunday during the Kebaya Surf Culture Exhibition on Kuta beach, Bali. The event was held to commemorate Kartini Day, which falls on April 21. JP/Zul Trio Anggono

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