Pura Besakih, known as the Mother Temple is the largest, the most important, and is considered to be the holiest temple in all of Bali! This 1000-year-old temple is located 1000 meters above the sea level on the slopes of the sacred Mount Agung, the tallest mountain and highest volcano in Bali (talk about a dramatic setting). The fact that the Besakih temple complex remained intact during the volcano that erupted in 1963 is regarded by the Balinese people as miraculous. It was apparently one of the largest and most devastating eruptions in Indonesia's history and is said to have destroyed several villages around the temple but the lava flows missed the temple complex by mere meters, a miracle indeed! So naturally, visiting this world heritage site was high up on our Bali ... Read the Post
Visiting Besakih Temple | Bali Itinerary | Travel Guide & Tips
Visiting Ubud’s Tegalalang Rice Terraces | Bali Itinerary & Travel Guide
Tips to enjoy hiking the stunning rice terraces in Bali… without falling into the tourist trap, or without being bothered by the number of tourists sprawling all over the place. If you have poured over numerous Asia travel sites, then there is no missing the mention of the stunning rice terraces in every single Bali guide you have ever come across. The cascaded emerald-green rice fields are an intricate part of Balinese people and their culture. They are also a dreamy backdrop and accompany you for the most part as you make your way exploring the island. Rice terraces were the very first images I had seen of Bali when I had first stumbled upon the gorgeousness of the island on the internet several, several years ago. The imagery of the rice paddies were even ... Read the Post
Bali Dining Guide | Hungry In Bali | Food Guide
Eating in Bali = Entering Culinary Heaven! And Bali + Food = Instagrammers Dreamland!!! #EatPrayLove Imagine having 3 meals a day on your vacation (in our case 6 or more a day ;)) and savoring every last morsel of every single meal and thinking that it was one of the best meals you have ever had? Such is the food scene in Bali… There wasn't a single meal that Vinay and I had in Bali which did not make us go 'HOLY YUM'!!! After having done extensive research on where/what to eat we tried to hit up as many restaurants and cafes as possible, and boy oh boy were we in a food coma the whole entire time or what!? A lot of the times it felt as if we were in Bali just.to.eat - we definitely tried our best to eat our way through Bali, and it was a nourish your #MindBodySoul experience. So ... Read the Post
