Nusa Lembongan administratively under Klungkung Regency has now been developed for tourism destination with the Lembongan center village is around 4km south-west along the sealed road from 
Jungutbatu. Most visitors come down to Lembongan island for doing sea activities including snorkelling, diving, kayaking, canoeing, fishing, boating and just relax around the white sandy beach of Lembongan island. Instead of sea activities, the island is also good place for getting new idea or refresh your mind after a few month in busy business and the island is very quiet and some of new couple spent their time in Lembongan island for the honeymoon trip. Now Lembongan island offers many hotels start from standard basic hotel until international one with affordable prices. In Lembongan island you still can find great Balinese Temple such as Pura Segara with an enormous banyan tree outside the temple and then a few step up you can see the beautiful Lembongan Beach, it is also one of charming tourist object on the island. Beside the temple you can also find the underground houses the only one available in our country. During your stay at Lembongan island, you 
can explore the villages by walking around and also do the surfing to break the lembongan wave which is consider very interesting one for the surfer maniak. Good surfing time is normally during dray seasons start from April to September every year when the winds blows from the south-east continent. In Lembongan island there are 3 main breaks on the reef such as Shipwreck is a right-hand reef break named for the remains of wreck that is visible from the shore, Lecerations is a fast hollow right that breaks over shallow coral, Playground is undemanding left hander. There are good snorkelling on the reef especially off the north of Lembongan island and some snorkelling site are accessible from the beach. Snorkelling gear can be rented at the hotel where you stay in. From Bali island you must take a boat to Lembongan island and strongly recommend to go there by cruis ship from Benoa Harbour to 
Lembongan island as more safe as the boat has international standard navigations. We suggest to join 2 cruises company such as Island Explorer and Bali Hai Cruises. Both these company also has property in Lembongan island for overnight or stay longer if you want to explore more time the island. Island Explorer built Coconuts Beach Resort and Bali Hai Cruises built Hai Tide Huts, the hotel doesn't have private bathroom and they offer 4 public bathroom & toilet, while Coconuts Beach Resort every room is equipped with bathroom and toilet. Other recommended hotel in Lembongan island such as Nusa Lembongan Resort the highest villas category and some of budget one and affordable prices. Please let us to organise your trip to Lembongan island through our agency "PT. Bali Kumala Sari (BISTUR)" and in our hand you will get the real thing you are looking for as we are expert on the field.
Batukaru Mountain Temple There is no historical fact to disclose the history of the temple except manuscripts called Kusuma Dewa, and the manuscript about Buleleng kingdom in 17th century. In Kusuma Dewa mentioned that Mpu Kuturan
Besakih Mother Temple When Indian influence spreading into South East Asia, the Sanskrit words become very special among the local. Many places were given Sanskrit name, such as kingdom, people, king, and even places
Gua Gajah Cave Temple First excavation was conducted in 1950 based on the surface findings and the scriptures. Before it was excavated the area was totally buried and no indication of the bathing place and the cave. The excavation by National Archaeological Service was successful and could disclose a monumental heritage
Gua Lawah Cave Temple Beside bats there are snakes which some times sleeping among the cliff on the mouth of the cave. Many said that some times white dog and chicken also appear on the area.
Taman Ayun Royal Temple A manuscript describing the birth of Mengwi kingdom called " Babad Mengwi " gives a description that the founder of the kingdom I Gusti Ngurah Putu after succeeded in extending his emporium he built Ulun Danu temple on the bank of lake Beratan, than moved his palace from Balahayu to Mengwi and built Taman Ayun temple
The Symbol of Pratima This symbol is put at the temple and considered sacred in it's function as the medium of homage and worship. Back to the conclusion of Drs. I Made Seraya that this Pratima has been considered important and experience great attention after the year 1343AD when Java controlled Bali.
Rajapurana Myth of Bali It is a pity that kings as far as back to 9th century did not leave a systematic record on the temple. To mention one of the manuscript that claim to know and explain about Besakih temple of Bali is Rajapurana
Tanah Lot Sea TempleThe temple as a whole is dedicated to the god of the sea. Fishermen pray to get fish and prosperity. A story mentions that one of the shrine at Batukaru temple was lost, and was found here standing at Tanah Lot temple complex
Tirta Empul Water Spring Temple It might be the real spirit of Balinese nature and culture are mixed here which can give various inspirations, probably from business of small handicrafts until 5 stars hotels or restaurants for those who saw this as an opportunity. This has been proved by the tremendous development of tourism facilities in Bali from 1980s to 1995
Ulun Danu Lake Side Temple Current pavilions, shrines and basements at the site looks to have been newly renovated and no historical facts can be used to trace the history of the temple. The only source to disclose the history of the temple is a chronicle of Mengwi kingdom
Uluwatu Sea Temple Where truth is an absolute, and body is embraced into it, so it only exist " enlightment ". But one can not enter the sorga with worldly body except their holy spirit when he/she during the life had completed duties and behaved as indicated by religious teaching. The other way one can reach sorga by the way called "moksa"
Yeh Pulu Ancient Relief Temple From iconographic study we can only use as typological date based on the ancient relief of Candi Penataran in east Java.. It is commonly agreed that Penataran temple was constructed during the end of Majapahit kingdom, around 1400 AD. If it is associated with the chronicle about Wayang puppet in Bali,
Other Important Bali Temples The rock-cut candis ( shrines ) are hewn in a relief deep enough to be protected from water flows and dirt sweeping from the top of the slope. The height of the frame in average of 7 meters and 2 meters wide.
Bali Fruit Salak Known as Snake Fruite For well mature fruits, the thorn itself will come off easily but when the fruit is still young the thorns glue on the scale strongly for natural protection. It is prohibited to touch young fruit directly by hand as the thorns are sharp and may injure easily
Bamboo Craft of Bali In the past, Balinese planted bamboo to avoid land erosion . So if you are doing the trip around Bali, you can see bamboo clump grows at the margins of the planted along the border between one's land to others
Bali Coffee Plantation After Indonesian independence a big estate again developed in Padamaran area, Toraja, a joint with Japanese business organization, this product is famous in Japan as one of the best coffee products.Coffee estates are now managed by government as state's corporation
Balinese House Compound This third type a family usually has 2 houses, one as normal house and the other as kitchen. The first and second types are usually found at low land where people live with irrigation system. Their house compound or one standing house is normally enclosed by private wall with entrance gate called "angkul-angkul"
Balinese Kinship and Families In the concept of lalintihan Balinese knows the following related words:
Sameton = Relative for higher casts such as Brahmana and Kesatrya
Balinese Mother Language Thanks to the writing which was already introduced since 8th century which can preserve and keep the language more stable. Based on the writing we can traced back the lexicon and pattern of the languageble
Balinese Naming Tradition Current fact in Balinese society is not consistent with what are written and what people know from the tradition. It seems that the cast is based on genealogy instead of function. It is hard to know when it's concept was changed, but a period from 1345 AD to 16th century was supposed the probable time of the shifting.
Bali Rose Flower Beautiful but not Sacred To fill this need every family usually plants some kind of flowers in their land in limited number. Among dozens of cultivated flowers, there are some of them can not be used in religious ceremony with the reason that the source of the flower related with bad myth such as the origin of flower to be said from nasty and dirty place
Bali Ancient Writing Craft Early Pallava scripts, which is basically agreed that the scripts found on the Yupa ( inscriptions ) in Kutai represents the Pallava scripts. General shape of the scripts is beautiful, although many strokes to long, straight and vertical, with the straight angle, but common expression of the scripts is round, and makes a nice curve
Popular Beaches of Bali Kuta beach is the continuation of Jimbaran to the north as long as the western coast line of south west Bali. The beach which is around 4 kms long divided consecutively into Kuta Beach, Legian Beach, Seminyak Beach, Peti Tenget Beach, Berawa Beach, and Canggu Beach
Early Chinese Trade Trace The relation between South East Asia and China brought some records in Chinese chronicles about kingdoms in South East Asia. On 2nd to 3rd century AD is mentioned a kingdom of “B’iu-nam” a Chinese pronunciation for “Funan” a place now known in modern Cambodia
Bali Various Museum As of the nature of religious ritual related to any material, it is considered sacred object and no one will risk to touch it without special ceremony to be carried out before. That was, when archaeologist made a research to read the inscriptions of ancient king
Bali Painting Art and Style Traditional rules seem to have been limiting the range of artist's creativity. Although seeing from the present phenomenon it would not be possible to say without observing closely what guides the present artists in working.
Bali Older Village War Dance elating to the origin of the village and its people there are myth still alive among the residents. Any way such myth has the same nature with almost all ethnic or tribe's claim to their ancestor's divine origin
Bali Black Magic Trace and Remnants Thank also due to Ir. I Wayan Gelebet, an architect who is an observer of Balinese culture especially on historical architecture and it's concept, from him I got pictures and concept on spatial functions
The Special Cloth of Bali woven in Double Ikat Methode "Ikat" weaving. "Ikat" means to tie or bind, is used as the name for intricately patterned cloth which threads is made in many regions of the archipelago, from Sumatera to Maluku and Nusa Tenggara
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