We Stayed At The Base Of Mount Batur The Day Before Our Sunrise Trek The Family’s Private Temple in Songan, Indonesia Since Mount Batur sunrise trekking tours start with a 2 AM hotel pickup on the coast, and because most of those tours don’t go to the summit,...
Time was passing really fast and Sarah and I were looking for one last adventure to have before we left Bali and we hadn’t even been to the Jatiluwih Rice Terraces. Even though we had been in Bali a month there were still plenty of things we wanted to do. It is...
Farming Seaweed on Lembongan Island, Indonesia Photographing Nusa Lembongan Seaweed Farming There are times when you see a scene, and you know it would make an amazing photo story and knew this right away with Nusa Lembongan Seaweed Farming. Last fall, when I was...
For over a thousand years Balinese Hindu worshipers have been drawn to a mysterious place, that is also one of Bali attractions, the Tirta Empul Temple. Known to the Balinese as Pura Tirta Empul and more casually as Holy Springs the temple is the site of bubbling...
A Family of Monkeys at Monkey Forest in Bali Ubud Monkey Forest in Bali, near the town of Ubud, consists of three 11th-century Balinese Hindu temples on 27 acres dedicated to (again) monkeys. Around 600 of these sassy simians, monkeys otherwise known as Balinese...
Ducks With a Mission There is a hidden army in the rice fields of Bali. Although small in stature the soldiers in this army perform a big job —protecting the paddies from invasion. For little glory these little fighters battle, the field of insects, weeds and garner...
Fair Warung Bale in Ubud Bail Ubud, Bail, Indonesia is a town rich with great restaurants but Fair Warung Bale is my favorite. Bail’s cosmopolitan makeup ensures there is great food available no matter what you are craving and over the last few weeks we...
Since I posted my Easter greeting from Bali, Indonesia yesterday I have had a lot of people ask what it costs to live in Bali for a month. The cost of living in Ubud, Bali does not have to be expensive, but how much do you have to spend? The flippant answer would be...
