Tell about Bali ?

Leave Food on Your Plate: if you are invited to a local family home for a dinner and you have had enough, you better leave some food on your plate to signify you are done (funny but the same thing is in Bulgaria!)

The late David Bowie requested in his will to have his ashes scattered in Bali in a Buddhist ritual.

The place in which Bali is located is quite interesting and is called Coral Triangle. Coral Triangle gets water from west of Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Timor and that’s why the area is like the Amazon of seas.

In the north of Bali Lovina is situated where a wide variety of Dolphins is found. Even though it is hard to believe that Dolphins can be found in a place like Indonesia. Yet no less than 5 varieties of Dolphins coexist in these waters.

Kuta is the most popular beach in Bali, which means you can be sure to find the life and party scene here in Kuta Beach.

World’s most expensive coffee Kopi Luwak is one of the specialties of Bali. The coffee beans for this coffee are gathered from an unthinkable object: Civat Cat’s droppings.

Kopi Luwak: The most expensive coffee is made from civet droppings! The price can go up to 50 dollars a cup! And the truth is that the most expensive coffee is not your typical coffee in the morning… The coffee beans are collected from the digestion of a civet cat. The coffee is mainly produced in Sumatra, Sulawesi and Bali.

It is the belief of every Balinese that when a child is born it is accompanied and protected by four guardian angels. Those angels are around the child until his / her fourth birthday!
Also special care is taken that Balinese babies do not touch the ground until they are 3 months old. So, babies are carried everywhere until twelve weeks are completed since their birth.

There were some press reports that his family had fulfilled these wishes in a closed ceremony, though these are unconfirmed.

This beautiful location is the reason behind Bali’s diverse marine life.

The source of best morning cup of coffee is actually poop… yuck!

Bali has a culture of welcoming everyone and hence they had a no–entrance gate policy. They were so strict about this open welcome that earlier in the past having an entrance gate was considered a taboo.
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Bali is Dependent on Its Tourism: More than 80% of Bali’s economy is related to tourism!

Other than the typical tropical white beaches it offers, Bali also boasts a golden chain of magnificent black sands, especially on the north-western coastlines, with tranquil pristine coves, wedged in-between.

The singer had a long-standing love for Indonesia, and even released a song in 1984 with Iggy Pop (‘Tumble and Twirl’) mentioning their journeys across the country.

Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim country. But amazingly it’s most popular island; Bali has a Hindu majority population. So, people who love pigs can enjoy suckling roast pig here which is otherwise off limit in other parts of the country. Yay! Bali.

world’s most expensive coffee Kopi Luwak is one of the specialties of Bali. The coffee beans for this coffee are gathered from an unthinkable object: Civat Cat’s droppings.
The source of best morning cup of coffee is actually poop… yuck!
But who cares when it tastes so good that a single cup costs as much as 50 dollars.

But who cares when it tastes so good that a single cup costs as much as 50 dollars.

Tegalalang Rice Terrace is one of the famous tourist objects in Bali situated in Tegalalang Village north of Ubud Bali featured by the amazing rice terrace set the cliff.

One of them is Mount Batur which is 5,600 feet high and the other is Mount Agung which is 10,000 feet high. Even though it is a major tourist attraction yet any eruption can claim large number of lives.

While the whole world keeps planning on unique baby names, Bali people know their baby’s name even before they are born. This is because all Bali people have only four different names and that too is in order of the child’s birth. First baby – Wayan, second baby – Made, third baby – Nyoman and the fourth baby – Ketut. The fifth baby is again Wayan and the rest follows in cycle.

People of Bali are pet lovers and in most home there are at least 2 types of pet. Pet animal can be dog, cat, birds, cattle, pigs and even chicken (especially fighter cocks). Most pets, even cattle are kept for fun

While the whole world keeps planning on unique baby names, Bali people know their baby’s name even before they are born.

Black Beaches: The black lava beaches are scattered all over Bali, but especially on the north-western coastlines. They are considered one of the best in the world! The very first time I saw a black lava beach was in Lanzarote, Canary Islands (here).

Not all popular tourist attractions are worth the crowds, but Tirta Empul water temple is a clear exception.