So you want to visit Bali but don’t know where to start. Well firstly, you will want to know when exactly you can travel and how many days you plan to stay. Then you can check with your local travel agent on flight times and best prices. At the same time you want to start [...]

Tanah Lot is one of the most famous tourist sites in Bali. I am sure you’ve heard of this famous place. Its a temple that sits on a rock just off the South West coast of Bali. The temple itself is rather ordinary on its own. It is unique in that it sits on a [...]

Galungan Day falls on Wednesday, 18 March 2009.  However, activities start well before then and all Balinese Hindus have already begun to buy the necessary things for the ceremony. The main purpose is to prepare all the items for making the offerings. This might sound simple but making offerings is by no means a small [...]

Bhuta Yadnya is a type of purification ritual meant to cleanse or neutralise both physical and non-physical areas from the negative effects of the non physical spaces such as the bhutakalas which are the spirits considered to be of a lower nature than mankind. There are many types of ceremonies that require the bhuta yadnya [...]

Nyepi Day is the Hindu New Year in Bali and falls on 16th March 2010. Nyepi Day is also known as Bali’s Day of Silence. So called because it is meant to be spent in complete silence. But before you laugh at this seemingly absurd practice, take note that all visitors to this spiritual island [...]