Saturday, June 07, 2014

Tegalalang Village Great Panorama of Rice Terrace

Tegalalang is one of the most popular tourist destination in Bali. It is located in Tegalalang Village in the north part of Ubud, Bali. Tegalalang offers amazing view of rice terrace set in cliffs where visitors can see from the main road from Kintamani to Ubud. Coconut trees and beautiful small river valleys makes this village look more paradise. This rice terrace one of the best tourist destinations to visit during Ubud Village tour and Kintamani tour.


Tegalalang Village is located 600 meters above sea level, hence, it has a good cool temperature. The local villagers mostly work as a farmer in the rice field and some work as a government officer. Besides the beautiful panorama of rice terrace, Tegalalang Village is also well known with the village handicrafts. Along the roads, visitors would see many shops selling variety of painted woodcarving and other Balinese art products. Most of the wood carvings are made from light wood with wonderful and colorful design. Lots of restaurant are provided in Tegalalang, visitors can have lunch and enjoy meals in the beautiful village with great rice terrace view. Another interesting moment is when visitors get the chance to see local farmers do their activities in the rice terrace. Especially for foreign visitors seeing the farmers activities may be an unique moment that could not be seen in their own countries. 

This rice terrace is quickly developing as the most favorite tourist destinations. Visitors who visit this beautiful site will discover the beautiful rice terrace on the cliff and understand how local farmers work hard to make rice. Tegalalang Village is a great site that visitors must visit when having a holiday in this island.




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Having lunch while viewing 
the beautiful rice terrace

A farmer working on the rice field

Friday, June 06, 2014

Padang-Padang Beach | Bali Best Surfing Spot and Relaxation


Pecatu Village has various types of attractions such as the Green Park, New Kuta Golf and Dreamland beach. Padang-Padang Beach is another popular beach situated in Jalan Labuhan Sait. It is a beautiful beach with white stone cliffs and meadows surrounding the beach area. The beautiful and exotic beach scenery made this place as one of the Hollywood movie (Eat, Pray, Love) shooting spot, with Julia Roberts as the main character. Padang-Padang Beach is also very famous for surfers, many surfing events are held in this beach every year. It is one of the favorite spot for surfing trips in this island of God.

Padang-Padang Beach is located in Unggasan Village, South Kuta, Badung Regency. Approximately 32 kilometers from Denpasar City, this beach is about 30-45 minutes away from Ngurah Rai International Airport and about 10 minutes from Jimbaran Beach.To reach the beach, visitors must go through a cliff that can only fit one person, and go down small stairs, that makes this beach more interesting. Besides that, the beautiful panorama of corals and sunset can also be seen from this beach. The calm and clean atmosphere with clear sea water and nice sea breeze makes many visitors want to spend most of their times in this beach.

Along the beach side, there are some stalls and cafe that sell various types of food, beverages and drinks. For surfers, the best season to come surfing at Padang-Padang Beach is on the dry seasons. Great waves occur in dry seasons, the wind flows well and create big and powerful wave in Padang-Padang Beach area. There are many beautiful beaches in Bali, Padang-Padang is another alternative for visitors who wants to feel a calm beach atmosphere in Bali.


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Julia Roberts in padang-padang beach

Thursday, June 05, 2014

Devdan Show a Fascinating Cultural Performance

Bali Devdan is a spectacular night show performed in Bali Nusa Dua theater. The theater is located in Nusa Dua's Bali Tourism Development Corporation's area. Bali Devdan or Treasure of the Archipelago show offers wonderful performances with great idea and something to be proud of in Indonesia. Classical and modern performance are mixed together with harmony that overcomes an unforgettable performance. The duration of the show is approximately 90 minutes. This amazing show is performed 4 times in a week, every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 19:00pm until 20:30pm, but it is recommended for visitors to be in the theater about 18:30pm.

This entertaining stage act began to present in 2011 and rapidly developed as one of the tourist attractions in Bali. Bali Devdan is a show that features a mixture of Indonesian traditional dance with modern dances, acrobatics as well as hi-tech special effects and costume changes. Devdan show takes all the audiences through the Indonesian archipelago. The diversity of Indonesian cultures from Bali to Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan and Papua are performed spectacularly accompanied with great sound effect, light effect, musics and costumes from all over Indonesia. The purpose of Devdan show is to preserve and show the potentials of Indonesian culture to everyone.



The auditorium is fully air-conditioned with capacity of 700 seats. The ticket prices are Rp 1.000.000 for VIP, Rp.600.000 for category A, Rp 450.000 for category B, Rp 300.000 for category C. Bali Devdan is a very entertaining show for all audiences of all ages from the word.







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