The Cush Cush Gallery continues to expand their workshops and classes for kids. In July and August, they will offer bookbinding, shadow puppet making and Balinese dance classes for kids. Basic Book Binding, Japanese style, is offered on Saturday, 20 July. Make your own handmade sketchbook. The workshop uses Japanese bookbinding techniques and recycled items […]
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Bali for Kids
Check out Bali’s Best Babysitting Facebook page and enter their competition to win prizes including free babysitting, free baby equipment hire, free family photo sessions, free baby food and free adventure journals. Bali’s Best Babysitting website is www.balisbestbabysitting.com. Follow links on the website for their Facebook page or do a search on Facebook for them. […]
Read moreBali Island School A dynamic, community focused IB World School
As parents, we want our children to be safe, happy and learning at school. At Bali Island School we have a committed, qualified and effective teaching faculty from a diverse range of international backgrounds. “Community” is the word that is most frequently used to describe the strengths of BIS and this is evident in so […]
Read moreBali’s FNPF is Instrumental In Reforestation Efforts In South Central Kalimantan
On a recent trip to explore Tanjung Puting National Park in South-Central Kalimantan and the orang-utan rehabilitation efforts in the various camps it became apparent how much the surrounding palm oil plantations are encroaching on the perimeters of the national park. It’s a sobering realisation to find that commercial interests are gravely infringing on the […]
Read moreBali’s Late Night Feasts
Hungry after a night of partying or just feeling peckish while binge watching your favorite TV show? Luckily, McDonald’s and KFC are no longer your only options. Bali is booming and so are its options for a midnight snack, or feast. Here are just a few of the island’s late night eats. Warung Laota […]
Read moreBalinese Beauty Secrets
Balinese women have long used nature’s gifts to beautify themselves. While today Western-style cosmetics, with dubious ingredients, are the order of the day on the island, many Balinese women continue to use traditional recipes to produce their own botanicals. Ketut Jasi and Dewi Rusty are two such women. Both have started their own natural beauty […]
Read moreBandit Saints of Java by George Quinn
When Islam first arrived in Indonesia in the 15th C., it came ready-packaged in a mystical doctrine that was widely welcomed across Java. Though widespread conversion from the Hindu-Buddhist faith to Islam was complete by the 1600s, the old belief systems did not disappear. Buddhism and Hinduism had a presence on Java for 1000 years […]
Read moreBlissed out at Balila — creating a home with integrity
One of the first things I do on returning to Bali after an extended trip to the UK is head up to Amed; it feeds my soul to spend time in the shadow of the Gunung Agung. One of my favourite places to stay is Balila Beach Resort, a peaceful eco-chic retreat resting above a […]
Read moreBokashi Treatment
I’m always open to new things and willing to try them out. So when someone suggested I check out this place, which he described as soaking in mud I was intrigued. Located on the by-pass near Lotte Mart it was easy to spot the poster advertising Bokashi Therapy. Entering the place I noticed that there […]
Read moreBusiness Spotlight
Benny Santoso is a successful young foodpreneur who makes and sells tempeh at the organic markets in Ubud, Canggu and Sanur. A culinary school graduate, Benny turned away from a career as a chef to start his own small food business (IniTempe). BA: How did you first get interested in tempeh? BENNY: The idea […]
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