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Jul
22

Scenes from Villa Tukad, Bali

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Categories: Living like Locals, The Digs

Tags: authentic travel, Bali, Balinese villa, holiday rental, HomeAway Holiday Rentals, Indonesia, Kuta, Local Travel, rice fields, Seminyak, swimming pool, tropical gardens, Tumbak Bayuh, Ubud, video, villa, village

Jul
12

Getting Giddy with the Gamelan in Ubud

by Terence Carter

As a musician, the gamelan and its music has always intrigued me. This Indonesian ensemble of metallophones, xylophones, gongs and various other instruments is wonderful to listen to, but I have little idea of how the hell they make that enchanting noise. Is there a score they’re all following? Are there different instruments and different …

Categories: Learning Locally

Tags: Agung, ambient music, Arma, Arma Museum, authentic travel, Bali, Balinese music, experiential travel, gamelan, gongs, Indonesia, living like locals, Local Travel, metallophones, music lessons, Rai Museum of Art, sustainable travel, tropical gardens, Ubud, xylophones

Jul
07

A Stroll Around Our Balinese Villa Gardens

by Terence Carter

The gardens of our Balinese villa are so gorgeous, we decided to devote a whole photo gallery to them instead of including them in our ‘Home Away from Home in…’ post as we usually would. The place is so beautiful and the gardens so tranquil that even when we had to work it was a …

Categories: The Digs

Bali is to Australians what Mallorca is to the British and Cancun is to Americans, a cheap beach holiday destination. But one person’s popular vacation spot is another’s exotic off-the-beaten-track escape. Our Bali is altogether different again and, somewhat surprisingly we’re besotted with it. We must have been the only two Australians who didn’t have …