Bali Travel Info: August 2017

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Don’t Miss The Cheapest Flights To Bali, Thailand, India And More For $250 This Fall.

Please take advantage of the China Eastern Airlines it’s currently offering some of the cheapest flights to Asia for all year: $250 one-way fares from the West coast to several destinations across Asia.

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By Ekarini

Nusa Dua beach, Bali photo by Ekarini

Please keep in mind that these prices are all for one-way flights. If you need a return flight as well, most of those are available for just double the one-way price, or about $500 total.

Photo pinsdaddy: Seminyak beach

Please check out below cheap tickets from other cities in the West coast:

Happy Travels!

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Join Us in Bali!

Cultural Immersion Experience on Bali Island 2017

Flower offering of Bali

(Availability: September 1 – October 15, 2017)

Balinese Spiritual Journeys

(Indigenous knowledge for the 21^st Century)

Available for Groups OR Individuals

Oleg Dance

-Sacred journey to the sacred sites on the island of Bali

-Personalized experiences with a healer in Bali, Yoga, Purification, and Meditation.

-Experience Balinese ceremonies.

-Making offerings and “Mejejaitan” are the daily activities of Balinese people as their gratitude to worship God. The beauty of the art form of Mejejaitan is very interesting to learn (Participatory workshop).

-Learn to play traditional music and to learn Balinese dance.

-Cooking Classes to learn to make Balinese food

Our Cultural Immersion Experience Bali program is part of The Balinese Spiritual Journeys event 2017. We work together with the locals Balinese with expertise in their fields.

This program is designed to provide a casual journey for the participants, who are interested to explore the traditional Balinese way of life and culture through our Cultural Immersion program 2017.

The participants will be guided (English speaking instructors) for the program.

For more info and itinerary: balilight12 at gmail.com

Blessings,

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Bali Celebrates its Indonesia Independence Day 2017

Dear Travelers,

If you are in Bali this month, plenty of events you can enjoy during this month connected to the Indonesia Independence Day (From the west coast to the east coast of Bali).

Bali citizens have started the celebration of independence day of the Republic of Indonesia by raising red and white flags at Kuta Beach and many other areas on the island few days before the 17^th of August.

August 17 is a special day for the Indonesian people, 72 years ago, the flag raising ceremony was held for the first time on the Indonesian land.

Here are some unique photos of the celebration around Bali:

Ongoing "Fun Surfing Merah Putih" by the Magic Wave Bali surf community in celebration of the 72th Independence of RI on the coast of Berawa.

More info about Bali: Bali Travel Info

By Ekarini

Photo Info Denpasar

Some photos from the KUTA SEA SAND LAND Festival August 15-19, 2017:

Photo Kuta sea sand land festival

The Legian Beach Festival August 26-29, 2017

The annual Lively Legian Beach Festival or LLBF will be held from 26 to 29 August. The nine-times festival will center on Legian Beach from the Stones Hotel to the road of Padma Resort.

The festival presents a variety of activities including beach cleanups, international competitions and band performances. Not only that festival end of August will bring many local artists from Bali such as Navicula Legian Legend, / Rif and The Groove.

In addition, the festival held this August also can attract domestic and international tourists. LLBF will also present 100 exhibition stands such as culinary, textiles, handicrafts and competitions between hotels in Bali.

Photo, Legian Beach Festival

For more info:

+62 812-3987-9117

https://www.facebook.com/livelylegianbeachfestival16/

Happy Travels!

Friday, August 11, 2017

“I’ve Been To Bali Too” the 80s Music Video Goes Viral This Week.

Redgum - I've Been To Bali Too - promo video 1984 - YouTube

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This song caught my interest in my Facebook news fed this week when local surfing magazine Bali Belly posted the music video to their Facebook page, in a version complete with lyrics.

This song about Bali island in 1980s. I have been listening to this song over and over again. This brings me back to my childhood era. This time I was spending a lot of time at the Kuta beach with my uncle, when he was a hotel manager in one of the Hotels there (I remember of the quiet and mellow beach, very few tourists, and a lot of palm trees). I cannot believe next month my uncle will be cremated in a special cremation ceremony. This song has made a viral comeback, prompting “netizens to remember the island’s golden days before “it got too crowded.”

“Making waves in 1984 when it was first released, Australian singer-songwriter John Schumann with his floppy hair and thick beard, takes us to his upbeat tune through Poppies in Kuta before it got so hectic, out on a boat ride in some very peaceful waters, along green-terraced rice fields in Ubud, and other nearly unrecognizable spots that have now been built up with the arrival of mass tourism to the island.”

The song gets its name from the lovely lyric, “You can’t impress me, because I’ve been to Bali too.”

One of our favorite lyrics, alludes to the time Paul McCartney was locked up in Japan in 1980 for nine days for trying to bring in half a pound of marijuana into the country—which is still relevant given Indonesia’s own obsession with drug smuggling:

“Went through my bags like McCartney in Japan, I didn’t have a thing, so I didn’t give a damn.

“You can’t trick me, because I’ve been to Bali too.”

“Since posted on Wednesday, the video has been viewed over 400,000 times, shared over 6,000 times, and has a couple of thousand comments, reminiscing about Bali back then.”

Enjoy!

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

The Ubud Village Jazz Festival 2017

You don't want to miss the festival this weekend, August 11 and 12, 2017

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By, Ekarini

The theme of the festival this year is “Embracing Uniqueness”

The Ubud Village Jazz Festival returns and bringing together a

lineup of various Jazz artists from Indonesia and all over the world.

This year's community Jazz you will see include the East West

European Jazz Ensemble featuring Gregory Gaynair from

Germany, Peter Bernstein from USA, Piotr Orzechowski from

Poland, Youn Woo Park Trio from South Korea, and a big lineup of

Indonesian performers such as The Daunas, Arman & Penina, Bali

Gypsy Fire and Mia Samira.

Photo The Ubud Village Jazz Festival

Photo, The Ubud Village Jazz Festival

The festival will take place on an open stage at the

ARMA Museum in Ubud.

For ticket inquiries, contact main promoter ANTIDA Music

Productions, at +62 (0)812 3637 1982.

http://www.facebook.com/UbudVillageJazzFestival/

Location: ARMA Museum Ubud, Jalan Raya Pengosekan, Ubud

Bali

Friday, August 4, 2017

The 12^th Sanur Village Festival August 9- 13, 2017

The Sanur Village Festival is the Annual Celebration of Arts, Culture, Food and the Environment in Sanur, Bali

Author, Ekarini

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The theme of the Sanur Festival this year, “The new spirit of heritage”, realizes that the Unity in Diversity value is an important part of the moral movement that should be grown continuously.”

Photo, Yayasan Pembangunan Sanur

According to the chairman I.B Gede Sidharta Putra, MBA, “Lately various issues in the country has moved community elements to acknowledge the difference in Indonesia’s united soul. But this condition does not mean we just stand still and gradually let these differences create disharmony in unity. “Restrengthening the values of Bhineka Tunggal Ika is a nations awakening process. The extensive hatred and violence in both the cyber and real world has kindled awareness, as these a threats to the nations unity. Sanur Village Festival with its programs attempt to create an “awakening festival”

The unity and diversity are the main theme of this festival.

Photo, Bali Magazine

The festival features: art and culture from all of Indonesia archipelago, so you don’t want to miss the Sanur creative expo, cultural activities like music and art performances, horticulture, culinary and food festival, food heritage, painting activities, photography competition, sport activities, kite festival, games, golf tournament, jukung (rowboat) race, fishing competition, kid’s zone and village cycling tour, so much more.

Hopefully, the visitors who come to the festival become an

integrated part of the awakening process of the unity and diversity

itself.