BALI: BEST ….AGAIN

4.7 million readers of TIME magazine have chosen Bali as the world’s best island tourist destination. Similarly, Travel+Leisure has also again chosen Bali as the best island tourist destination recommended for international visitors.
Both international rewards were received by minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik from Jason Tedjakusuma of TIME and Peter Bakker of Travel+Leisure, at the Patra Bali in Tuban recently. These consecutive prestigious awards on an international stage will help Bali and Indonesia’s image, and in turn expect the world will choose to visit Bali as their holiday destination.

(taken from Bali & Beyond, December 2006)

The magic of Tana Lot

Bali, 2004

When I was in Tana Lot at first in 1998, I’ve got a different touching. The atmosphere so strange, different with other places. Is it a really Balinese’s God and Goddess home ? I saw many essentials that very mysterious, and absorb the magic of the world.

Balinese said that people who go to the Tana Lot with their boyfriends or girlfriends, they will break. Tana Lot is a very holy place, don’t do bad things there. It’s the most wanted place to marry especially for Balinese and foreigner. They want their marriage will be blessed by God and always get happiness forever.
Balinese always take care this place. Kecak Dance is always held in the evening to thank God. Tana Lot is a very magic place. We can touch the green snake that can’t move in a one of cave under the Pura. While touched, we were saying our wishing. After that we move to the next cave to wash our hands and face, and the pedande (priest) will give some rice on our forehead for our welfare.
Tana Lot is one of the many pura in Bali. It’s the most famous one. Many foreign choose it for marriage place.
I still can feel the magic touching of Tana Lot sometimes. When I was watching Kecak dance there, standing on the hill and seeing the wave, the rocks, and the sunset, that magic is come over me, run into my soul and make me so close with God, make me sooo……. Deep.
Just feel by yourself, perhaps you can get the magic touching too.

The magic of Tana Lot

Bali, 2004

When I was in Tana Lot at first in 1998, I’ve got a different touching. The atmosphere so strange, different with other places. Is it a really Balinese’s God and Goddess home ? I saw many essentials that very mysterious, and absorb the magic of the world.

Balinese said that people who go to the Tana Lot with their boyfriends or girlfriends, they will break. Tana Lot is a very holy place, don’t do bad things there. It’s the most wanted place to marry especially for Balinese and foreigner. They want their marriage will be blessed by God and always get happiness forever.
Balinese always take care this place. Kecak Dance is always held in the evening to thank God. Tana Lot is a very magic place. We can touch the green snake that can’t move in a one of cave under the Pura. While touched, we were saying our wishing. After that we move to the next cave to wash our hands and face, and the pedande (priest) will give some rice on our forehead for our welfare.
Tana Lot is one of the many pura in Bali. It’s the most famous one. Many foreign choose it for marriage place.
I still can feel the magic touching of Tana Lot sometimes. When I was watching Kecak dance there, standing on the hill and seeing the wave, the rocks, and the sunset, that magic is come over me, run into my soul and make me so close with God, make me sooo……. Deep.
Just feel by yourself, perhaps you can get the magic touching too.

Sunset in Kuta
Bali, 2004

I always have the most wonderful times in Bali. Bali is the most priority destination to go, even Bali become my hometown during these years,. I have the most enjoyable staying here. And I always miss it every time. Bali is a really Last Paradise and Morning of World.
During my staying here, I never pass sunset in Kuta on weekend. Just like somebody else, I always stand at the seashore with my surfboard, camera and wait for sunset.
Wow… those sea mews, the colour of the sky, sooooo…..beautiful. I can’t describe it with any words.
I walk from home to Kuta in every early morning after prayer just to see the God’s painting, sunrise and lie on the sand. Go home again and start doing my daily activities. Sunrise, sunset, beach, surfing, I can’t leave them.
I can see many people stand together with me to wait for the sunset. I’m sure they all have their own mind about Kuta sunset. Adore it, love it, will always miss it, or maybe hate it. Same as the sea mew, do they jealous with the sunset coz we are wait for it ?
The sun walk to its paradise slowly, change the sky into dark and the moon will appear and dance with the stars.
There’s only 1 sentence to say: God, thank you for the creature.
There are moments in life here that I can’t pass and forget. Here is my beginning and I’ll live here, wishing always happy ending here.
Bali, I will always ………