What You Have to Bring When Visit Bali

Bali is the most popular tourism destination from Indonesia. This Island is well known with its exotic and beautiful sceneries. At this island you can see various tourism spots and attractions. Some vacation spots that you can visit at Bali are Beaches, Temples, and shopping places. You also can do various things in here such like learning traditional dancing, joining traditional celebration, and practicing to make some traditional clothes (batik). Bali offers a wide range of travel experiences, from the cheap guest houses of Kuta, to the enclosed luxury of Nusa Dua. Traveling Bali Island, we have to spend at least one month to explore all great vacation spots in there. But if you want to visit Bali for a Short Period, I will give you some useful advice what should you bring to Bali outside of the obvious money, passport, ticket etc. Here are what you have to bring to Bali:

1. Guidebook. There are many very informative and helpful guide books on Bali. I discover new ones all the time. Lonely Planet and Rough Guides are very nuts & bolts oriented, listing guest houses, places to eat, travel times etc. The Natural Guide to Bali and others, focus more on the culture and feel of Bali.

2. Ear plugs. You can get these at camping stores and they are useful if you wind up in a hotel on a busy street, or in a guest house with a snorer.

3. Padlock. Some of the cheaper guest houses in places like Padangbai have a small lock you can use to get into your room. I prefer my chunkier Master Lock.

4. Family photos. Indonesians are extremly family oriented and will ove to see photos of your family.

5. Postcards. Small gifts will be readily accepted and a postcard from a foreign country will be treasured.

6. Balinese / Indonesian phrase book. A few words of the local lingo will unlock many socail encounters.

7. Notebook. I was never much of a diary writer, before I did Baliblog, but a small notebook will be very handy for recording all the special people you meet and names of cool places you encounter.

8. Sarong & sash. Armed with these you can access most Balinese temples and easily join in a celebration if invited. (You can buy the sarong and sash in Bali)

9. International driving licence. Your mode of transportation is one of the main factors that will affect your trip. Having an International Driving Licence will aloow you to rent cars and motorbikes.

10. A good attitude. Bali is a strange place when you first arrive. Common sense and logic sometimes seem like they don’t live here, and unfamiliar surroundings can make people anxious. If you can let go of the western ‘control complex’ and go with the flow, meeting strangers, spending extra time to explore and relax, you’ll probably have a better time in Bali.

You also can see many Bali vacation spots in at this blog. So wait for another article ok.


Food and Hotel Expo 2011 Finally Starting

Indonesia is holding Food and Hold Expo 2011 in Jakarta. This expo performs 1000 food companies from 29 countries. This exhibition was opened by Indonesia Minister of Tourism and culture ministry. “Eight countries made their own paviliun at this expo, so we can promote Indonesia’s culiner and tourism to them”, said Firmansyah, Indonesia tourism and culture ministry officer on Wednesday.

Indonesia Tourism ministry hopes this exhibition can attract many tourists to come to Indonesia. Moreover this exhibition is also held to promote new Indonesia tourism brand “Wonderful Indonesia 2011” which is released to replace “Visit Indonesia Year”. At the same time firmansyah also said that wonderful culinary is a part of wonderful Indonesia.

Indonesia is enriched with thousand cultures which have thousand traditional foods as its legacy. This exhibition can become promotion event to promote Indonesia traditional food through the world.

Food and Hotel Indonesia Expo 2011 is held in Hall A and D, JIEXPO Kemayoran Jakarta. This exhibition will be held from 6-9 April 2011. (Kompas.com, 6th April 2011)


The Beauty of Indonesia Submarine

A simple survei by using Google as the popular serach engine, we will find that Indonesia submarine has become one of the most popular destinations in the world. If we input Dive+Indonesia in related seatch engine (google), it will shows 10.7 million pages which means higher than Dive+Egypt (Is Very Famous with its red sea) which is only 9.44 million pages and Dive+Thailand which is only 9.3 million pages. Defeated by Dive+Australia which has 25.1 million entries, Indonesia is still considered as one of the most beautiful submarine in the world.

Different from Australia which only has Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia has many great submarine parks which become the best vacation spots in the world. We can say some diving site which has beautiful undersea environment such as Raja Ampat (West Papua), Komodo, Bunaken Islands, Tulamben (Bali), and Nusa Lembongan (Bali). The other places which start to run are Wakatobi, Derawan (East Kalimantan), and Alor (Maluku).

The Indonesia Tourism and Culture Department has listed not less than 56 diving locations and 13 among them have been famous through the world. Indonesia is located in “the world coral reef triangle”. It means almost every sea in Indonesia has beautiful submarine and can beour best submarine top vacation spot. (Kompas.com, 5th April 2011)


Practicing to Make Thailand Handicraft at Baan Tawai

Some people will have their own experience when they visit Thailand. So do I, eventhough I have visited this country several times but still I can get much great exeperience that I never have before. Today I will tell you about my new great experience in Thailand. I decided to visit Baan Tawai at my my last visiting time. Baan Tawai is very famous as the central of Thailand wood handicraft. Located just about 12 kilometers toward the south of Chiang Mai city, off to Hang Dong District, Baan Tawai has long been known a home of artisans of wood carvin.

The best thing for you when spend your holiday at here is that you can learn how to make Thailand wood carving handicraft. At this village you can find many workshops which open short time class to learn how to make a unique Thailand handicraft. At this village, we also can see the artisans moving their skillful hands at work is also another way to have fun while visiting the handicraft village.

Visiting this village, you will get another best experience that you will never get in another place. So,don’t forget to visit this place when you come to Thailand ok.


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