Trip on February

Thank you fof Mr.ALex Volynsky from Ukraine but They live in Seatle USA, who visiting Bali by cruise Holland America - Volendam .

Exploring Bali in two days,,,visitin,..Ubud....mengwi royal family,tanah lot temple....Dream land beach....Uluwatu temple and Nusa Dua.

Hopefully bring sweet memory and back to Bali.

Taman Ayun Temple

Taman Ayun
Taman Ayun,which means beautiful garden,with a panoramic view of beautiful water park empire,captivating also cool water,this place is very attractive and suitable to servce as spritual attraction,rt and culture where tourist seemed to be in the heday of the royal Mengwi.Taman Ayun is a true symbol of the nobility charm.

Taman Ayun Located in the village of Mengwi,Badung,approximately 30 minutes driver to north of the city of Denpasar.It was precisely constructed in 1634 bt the first king of the Kingdom of Mengwi,I Gusti Agung Ngurah Made Agung Sakti or Tjokorda Blambangan.Taman Ayun Temple serve as a source of irrigation,Pura mother and unifying the community.Irrigation fuction indicated by the pools that surround the temple thats used by farmers to be used as a source of irrogation,in which water pools were channeled to the rice fields around the temple.Mother Temple and unifying function,indicated by the prensense of the temple as a place of worship for the people who the same ancestral lineage,so as to unite them as a big family.

Given the history of the establishment and its functions,it can be said Taman Ayun Temple is a combination of natural beauty and springs with the expertise of a king Tjokorda Way Blambangan successfully intergrate into a beautiful place as well as  build an irrigation system for the prosperity of its people.A perfevt  harmony between  man and nature  that should be preserved.Taman Ayun Temple is in order  with the concept of the traditional Balinese garden surrounded by an artificial river with  a variety of rare plant species typical of Bali.The beauty of the landscape coupled with the sacred building Meru overlas SOLAS ( the building with the roof of the fibers that accumulte above amounts to eleven ) Meru typify sthana believed to be a sacred place of the gods.

Melasti Ceremony

Melasti is yadnya ceremony which is aimed to purify oneself spritually and physical,namely,by enhancing the serenity of mind,the procession to purufy the universe si symbolized by serving the offering to the sea and purification to all statue,Pratima,Nyasa,pralingga symbol or sthana ( shire ) of Ida Sang Hyang Widi Wasa,God Almighty in all His manifestation.

Melasti which is also called as Melis or Mekiis is done three days before Nyepi Holiday which aimed to remove all kinds of defilement thoughts,words and deeds,as well as to obtain holy water for life.Melasti can be done at the sea,lakes,and purified water spring.

Jimbaran Beach

Jimbaran beach ie one of the beaches in the south side of the International Village of Kuta about 30 minutes drive and 10 minutes from Ngurah Rai Airport through by Pas Ngurah Rai to the south.

White sandy beaches,clear and clear water,makes it comfortamble to swim,relax and sunbath.There are some great hote;s with complete facilities in international standardin Jimbaran beach.Seafood cafes lining along Jimbaran Beach is unique.Locates in quiet fishing village ,these cafes were originally from some reed hits on the beach which gradually evolved into q well established culinary industry.

Trip This week (7-9 Feb) wtih Phillipines Customer.

Firstly Thank you to Mr.Willbert Crus and his friend Lace Ragaza from Phillipines,already use our service for 3 days.

1st Day that do Kintamani tour,this the most tour that peoples take it,it will be visit;
Batubulan to enjoying perfomance barong Dance,take 1 hours,,then continue trip to visit long tail monkey at Ubud Monkey forest,this monkey forest quite big with friendly monkey and nice path for walk around...from here we directly to Mount Batur or Volcano to enjoying magnificent view.It was bit cloudy when we were here but still lucky,mount batur still appear,the weather is really cold,,keep moving to coffee plantation to try kopi luwak,it will be good because cold to warm the body,,,last stop for this trip is Tirtaempul.holy spring temple,not so crowded bit sill lots people who want to purification their soul,not only local but there are touirst who believe it.

2nd Day...Bedugul & Tanah lot
Our tour start bit late because,they want to enjoying sunset at Tanah lot temple,Our 1st stop at Royal family temple,,and to Bedugul to visit Batur lake and Ulun danu temple,very cold here.if visiting this temple.don't forget to bring jacket...from Ulun Danu temple we drive to Tanah Lot,,,this time not lucky because we could not enjoying sunset becasue clody.

3rd Nusa Dua & Kecak Dance Uluwatu.
This is very relaxing tour because Willbert & Lace want spend their time in one of resort in NUsa Dua,they spend time in resort more than 5 hours..meet then about 4.30 pm,drive to Uluwatu to enjoying Kecak Dance and Sunset...this time is very lucky because it is wonderful sunset.

Kuta Beach

Talking about Bali,Of Course Kuta will be in our mind and automatically we will reminded about the surfing beach,shopping lot and one of the most crowded night life which usually open till late night.
It's phenomenal every year Kuta will be dirty in between January- February.It's nature circulation,storong current from indian ocean will bring all rubbish to the beach.

Any kind of rubbish,but mindly wood and plastic.Usually every morning,goverment staff and peoples who making money from kuta beach will hand in hand to clean the beach from rubbish, to make beach looks beautiful and comfortable for visitor.

Menjangan Island

Menjangan Island
Menjangan island It lies at Sumber Klampok village,Groggak district,Buleleng Regency,under the maintenance of Natural Reservation Association of Bali Province.It is about 76 kilometers from Singaraja city. It will be take about 3 hours drive from Denpasar,drive throu Munduk.

It is small island in the west Bali National park,rigt in the North West cornen of Bali.A long away drive from Denpasar-three hours by car,and then Labuhan Lalang board on motorized wooden boat to Menjangan Island it takes abour 30 minutes on the calm sea.Possible do as a one day trip,but better stay night near by here,if you want to do dive or snorkelling.

Menjangan island well known diving site in Bali due to its fine and preserved corals and rich aquatic animal,truquoise clear water,and very calm sea.Every divers coming to Bali emphasize on diving program in Bali will put Menjangan Island and Tulamben sites as the priority sites.Menjangan island is unpopulated,but there is an old temple,supposed to originate from 14th century named "Pura Giri Kencana".It's popular not only for dive site but also for snorkeling,Menjangan Island with beautiful coral and abundant tropical fish is claimed to be one of the best Bali diving or snorkeling site must be offered.If you lucky you can  see deer in this island," Deer" in Baliese language is "Menjangan" that why this island called Menjangang Island.

No need to worry about gear for diving or snorkeling,because snorkeling gear shops for rent are available at Labuhan Lalang,as well as local restaurants.

Tour Destination.

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Batu Bolong Temple is a secret Hindu temple set on the hole rock located in Tanah Lot Bali. This temple is set uniquely on small peninsula big hole underneath and it was interesting point to see when visiting Tanah Lot.

  Mangrove Forest is an alternative way to spend your romantic moment. Do not imagine to walk along a dirty mud to enjoy the spots in this forest, as a wooden road is provided to enter most of the area. Take your loved one to stroll along the wooden road, deep into the jungle, and feel the sunshine peeping through the leaves of the mangroves.

 Pengelipuran village is a traditional village which has their own charater,the beauty of the village and the surrounding act that the pengelipuran village is untouchable village by the modernization era.

 Sekumpul Waterfall is one of Bali’s most scenic natural attractions. The waterfall is actually a cluster of six to seven narrow cascades that form the centrepiece of a lush green bamboo forested valley. You can reach the falls on a nature trek through the namesake village of Sekumpul, which is located in upland region of the Buleleng regency in North Bali. The village is within an hour’s drive southeast from Lovina Beach.

 Taman Ujung ( Ujung Water Palce) is composed manily of water,garden and sculptures.It's situated at the southern east of Amlapura city.This garden is known as " palace on the watr ".It was built by the King of Karangasem called "A.A Gde DJelantik " in the year 1901.This Garden was famous in the world because a lot of photos are collected and publicized at Holland.This garden has been destroyed by the Agung's eruption for several months>UJung's traditional open palace was accumulated on the green valley with backdrop of Bibis Mountain view,Lempuyang mountain in the north and Ujung beach in the south.

Bali Island

Bali is the most popular island holiday destination in the Indonesian archipelago. That is with good reason. You’ll experience a fine combination of sandy beaches and rolling surf in Bali. The island is also home to an ancient culture that's known for its warm hospitality. Exotic temples and palaces set against stunning natural backdrops are some of its top attractions. Travel inland, and towering volcanoes and pristine jungles greet you with plenty to see and do. However, most can’t stay away from the beach for long. Dining in Bali presents endless choices of local or far-flung cuisine. After sunset, famous hotspots come to life offering exciting clubbing scenes and packed dance floors.

Bali is its people so we think about helping the Balinese and not only just about business. Over many years as I have driven around Bali as a driver, I have come to realise that many Balinese living in remote locations or lacking opportunities for education have not reaped the benefits of prosperity from tourism. Their economic situation continues to be very difficult.

Telaga Waja River

Visiting Bali without visit Beach is not feel that you are in Bali. Many other outdoor activities that you can do in Bali such as ride bike, trekking, snorkeling dive and white water rafting. I think most people already known about white water rafting. It is recreational outdoor use an inflatable raft  to navigate water.

In Bali there are few rivers that you can do white water rafting Ayung River located near Ubud,Ayung river rafting is good for beginning because this river has grade 2-4,and smooth rapid, but need more extra energy to get to river, there are long stairways to get to the river from the lobby where you start it.But panorama in Ayung River is magnificent, long the way in the river.

But in this article,it will talk about Telaga Waja River, located  on the eastern part of Bali,Karangasem ( Menanga,Rendang )about 1,5 hours  drive from Kuta.

Here is some characteristic of Telaga Waja River :

Ø  The Longest River Rafting for Rafting in Bali  : It’s offers 16 kilometers rafting route, normally take about 2.5 hours from starting point to the finishing point,but sometime take more than 2.5 hours depending on how high is the water in the river in that time when dry season water bit low, and of course need more extra energy to paddling your river raft,when wet season,it will be more fun because river rapids it will be ok.

Ø  No Long Stairways  :  Talking about white water rafting in river of course thinking about how the way to get river from starting point to the river where River Raft parking.But in Telaga Waja river most of the way to the river is not long walk or just short stairways.

Ø  Real Family Fun : Because Rapid in telaga Waja River not too strong is good  for family having fun ,Telaga Waja River has level 2- 4 river rapids classifications.

Ø  Away from Air Pollution  : Because located of this river away from city so the air still fresh .

Ø  Natural Beauty :  Telaga Waja River offers a natural tropical environment with plenty of coconut tree on the edge of Rivers,and also you see lots animal,Monkey,bird and Monitor Lizard if you are  lucky, when resting in one of rest area…Monitor Lizard will jump to the River Raft,of course Monitor Lizard will jumpin to the River Raft  when no body in the River Raft.

Trip today,January 26, 2018

Trip today January 26^th,2018.

Trip today with Jonathan with his friend fromAustralia…tour start from ubud pick up time at 9.00 am,First stop at Barong and Kris Dance…… The barong – Play Represents eternal fight between good and evil spirit.Barong ( a mythological animal ) represents a good spirit and Rangda ( a mythological monster ) represents an evil one. This performance take about 1 hour.

After Barong dance …continue our trip with visiting Batuan Temple, it’s village temple but open for Public. Batuan Temple were founded in the year 944 isaka (1020 AD). Nearly 1000 years old.The Batuan Temple is a Puseh Temple category based on the concept of “Tri Kahyangan or Tri Murti” taught by Mpu Kuturan around the 10th century to the Balinese Hindu community at the time.

Tri Kahyangan or Tri Murti including 3 temples :

Desa or Village Temple as a place to worship of God Brahma (the Creator)

Puseh Temple  to worship of God Vishnu (the Preserver)

Dalem Temple  to worship of Lord Shiva (the Destroyer)

Batuan Temple is not only emitting a high spiritual vibration, but also representing the historical values. You can look inside there are many stunning ancient relics from prehistoric times.

It’s bit hot but,it’s nice weather….keep exploring Bali next stop is Tegenungan Waterfall. But not lucky because water dirty so couldn’t swim.Water bit dirty because it was raining last night,at Tegenungan waterfallyou can see waterfall from the top,,,,can enjoying the view of waterfall while enjoying Cold Beer……….time back to hotel after Tegenungan Waterfall …..drop about 1 hour to Seminyak.

Mount Batur for Trekking

Trip for those who like adventure

This is my first adventure to climb a mountain Batur-Kintamani, I often take tourists (guests) to climb but I have never accompanied them, usually I take a nap in the car at the time the the guest is gone, but this time I wanted to have a new experience. Before I left I was really perplexed and also I felt scared. "Would I be able to make it to the top?", because until this time I had never climbed. But my fears were overcome by my wish to know 'what does it feel like at the top (summit) and what is up there'? This question chased away my fear.
The three of us left Kuta at 2 AM, the feelings of fear returned to the point that I was thinking of not going along to climb. But the feeling of wanting to know was greater so the fear disappeared. We more or less covered the distance from Kuta in an hour and a half because there wasn't much traffic so that we could speed up a bit ( go fast) in order to arrive more quickly.
.Finally we arrived at our destination. At the start of the climb there were two trails; the one closer to Pura Jati was for those who wanted to climb to the summit starting from a further distance but a less steep ( flatter) trail. We started our climb from the other trail on the eastern slope of the trek. The air was very cold ( tiang bingung yen 'begitu', so cold, very cold, rather cold?) and it was also very dark. After we met out guide, we started to climb. Before I proceeded onward, I thought "was there anything that we needed that was at the bottom? Food? Drink?". We started to trek in the dark of the night so our guide brought us a flashlight. I was in the first group that left. I was afraid my fears would again show up because before we had traveled 30 minutes, I was out of breath because the trail was becoming steep and rocky. My friends and I walked rather slowly. Below us I was able to see a light that was moving. The closer the light got the more it moved.....the shining light was like a butterfly, the longer the time, the closer it got. Because I was hiking rather slowly, finally that group of tourists with the light went ahead of us. The farther they went the more they were lost in the dark of the night so that all that was seen was the shine of their lights.

The longer I walked, the more I was out of breath. I started to think about stopping because I was really tired, and my legs were feeling really heavy. Luckily, my guide was giving us encouragement, 'Keep going, don't give up'. Our guide kept saying we were already getting close. The color red was already starting to appear in the eastern sky, and I myself slowly walked with the remaining energy I had. The conditions were getting clearer and I began to be able to see around me. The beauty was beginning to appear, before I could only see darkness. The feeling of exhaustion started to be healed by the view that was so beautiful.
The sun began to appear, ...finally I myself arrived at the summit....I was so happy..the feelings of exhaustion disappeared as I was able to see the view from the summit. It was a really really good feeling....the view was so astonishing... beautiful very beautiful. The beauty of the view was worth the exhausting efforts!

A true an excellent tour guide!

A true an excellent tour guide!

Upon arrival in Bali, we were warmly welcomed by our Driver/Tourist Guide Gede, my name was mentioned on the board and we felt welcomed and with such a friendly atmosphere we had a fantastic start! The guide and tour were extremely good, very flexible (appreciate this!) and for that, he deserves special thanks. We had 5 great days there, which obviously also added up to the experience.

Gede is such a warm personality and highly motivated guide (recommendable!). I truly enjoyed walking through the area. The scenery was beautiful and it was a relief to walk in such a quiet and peaceful environment.

The atmosphere is so special that it really felt like home to all of us. All respect for Gede who does a great job there; a true sample of an excellent tour guide!

Many thanks again and I recommend Bali Driver Gede - Day Tours to everyone!