Bali News / Bali Travel and Holiday Updates

Four Afghanistan immigrants that has been taken custody for more than a week by Ngurah Rai Immigration party still keep silent and only willingly to speak if they accompanied by official from international commission for refugee division. They stated that they would not utter any statement if there is no UNHCR accompanied them. Since their arrested day on May 19 2010 on Singaraja Sea of Buleleng Regency, those four immigrants cohesively did not want to give any statement accordance to their arrival to Bali. Together with those four Afghanistan illegal immigrants, the police also seized one Pakistan and one Iranian immigrant. However, differently with those Afghanistan who kept quiet, those Pakistan and Iranian more cooperative when investigated by the Immigration officers. Read more about Illegal Immigrants in Bali here.

A unique religious ritual aged hundred of years held in Kesiman Village, Denpasar Bali. in that ceremony there is a ritual called ‘Ngerebong’ tens of people went tranced or mass trance. Read the rest of this entry …

Combine security forces involved Densus 88 – Indonesian anti terror police officers – conducted “sweeping” at Gilimanuk Port of Jembrana Regency due to US President, Barrack Obama into Bali. Read the rest of this entry …

Traditional salt farmers in Bali are very rare. This is due to the raising of salt material from Madura in addition to the numbers of salt factories in city. Thus, make the existence of salt farmer existence in Bali becoming more and more shifted. Read the rest of this entry …

Going through Mount eruption and earthquake, one of the historical relic from the glorious time of Karangasem Kingdom is reopened in 2004 after gradually effort conducted by the government to save it from the very serious state. Taman Ujung Sukasada tourism object is located in Ujung area of Tumbu Village, Karangasem Regency. This tourism park is the relic for the glory of Karangasem Kingdom in Bali, located only 85 kilometers away from east of Denpasar. At this nine hectares park, the visitor could see the beauty of the park, artificial pond as well as some hall buildings built in the middle of the pond. Some of them built with combination architecture of Bali, China and Dutch. Read more about Taman Sukasada Ujung here.

Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, Muhaimin Iskandar, slated to open the 2nd conference of Associaiton of Indonesian Hindu Worker Joys and Sorrows (ISDPI) at Sanur Beach Hotel, Bali, June 13, 2010. Read the rest of this entry …

Besides Uluwatu temple, Monkey Forest in Ubud Gianyar also planned will be visited by Barrack Obama. The US president arrival plan welcomed happily by Ubud people. That, surely gives impact for Ubud future promotion and tourism image as an international village. Read the rest of this entry …

Cruise International Agent starting to take an interest for cruise pier in Tanah Ampo Village, Manggis District, Karangasem. Even though the pier development still in process. It is proved by the arrival of world cruise agent, Mr. Lamy in order to check the existence of Tanah Ampo Cruise Pier. Positive response is given to the port development especially due to its strategic location that is at bay. Besides pier physic development, road access to the pier also developed. Both development have received assistance from Bali Provincial Government as well as from Central Government in Jakarta. Read more about Tanah Ampo Pier here.

Six illegal immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran were secured when they tried to infiltrate to Australia.

Four of them are from Afghanistan, as for Feda Hussain (23), Abdul Azim (18), Asadullah Hazim (35) and Rohulloh (20). From Pakistan are Ali Ghulam (30) and from Iran is Hassan Saadatzadeh (38). Read the rest of this entry …

Bale Pawedan of Penataran Agung Tamanbali Temple in Bangli was on fire, Wednesday (May 19th) around 12.30 a.m. and almost extinguished everything. The losses estimated reached hundred of million Rupiah.
From Bali Post observation on scene, the raging fire caused that tiled roof building razed. People effort calling for firefighter was kind of difficult. The firefighter trucks arrived at scene when the fire started to extinguish and the whole building flattened with the ground. One of the witnesses, I Wayan Oka, told that the fire estimated begin to pervade around 12.30 p.m. when he want to go to Denpasar and rushed in front of the scene, accidentally my eyes catches cloud of smoke from the temple. Read more about Agung Tamanbali here.