Bali’s Best Restaurants 2006
BaliEats.com Names Bali’s Best Restaurants for 2006
Bali’s Leading Restaurant Site Lists its Favorite Eateries.
(12/23/2006) The authoritative www.balieats.com has once again named its list of Bali’s Best Restaurants for 2006.
In a year that saw, according to balieats.com, at least 65 new restaurants open in Bali, here’s their list of the “best of the best” by category:
▪ Best Fine Dining – The Italian Restaurant-Nusa Dua
“Elegant room fronted by a magic poolside terrace offering the very best of Italian cuisine.”
▪ Best Restaurant – Breeze at The Semaya – Kerobokan
“New beachside restaurant with some of the best food in Bali. A chef with imagination!” (more…)
Airlines flying from Singapore to Bali
Many passengers opt to stopover in Singapore enroute to Bali. Singapore Changi Airport offers the greatest number of flight choices to Bali compared with any other airport. The airport code for Singapore’s Changi International Airport is SIN. The airport code for Bali’s Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport is DPS.
Singapore Airlines - daily, 21 times a week to Bali
SQ 942 : Dep 09.45 - Arr 12:05 - daily
SQ 946 : Dep 16:40 - Arr 19:10 - daily
SQ 948 : Dep 19:00 - Arr 21:30 - daily
Qantas Airways - every Tuesday & Saturday
QF 76 : Dep 21:25 - Arr 0:05
Garuda Indonesia - daily
Garuda flies daily to Bali. Flight times change every 6 mths.
GA 841 : Dep 18:55 - Arr 21:25 - daily (correct at time of writing)
Transaero (Russian airline) - every Saturday
UN 515 : Dep 15:05 - Arr 17:35
Jetstar / Valuair - 4 times a week
VF541 : Dep 19:05 - Arr 21:35 - Tues, Thu, Fri & Sun
Schedule changes every 6 mths. Above times valid till 27th Oct. 2007
Did you know?
Singapore Changi Airport passengers who have at least 6 hours to spare in transit can hop onto the Free City Shuttle to town, scheduled at regular intervals, to discover Singapore’s ethnic heritage at Little India, or opt for retail therapy at Suntec City or Bugis Street. (Subject to visa requirements)
Links
Singapore Changi Airport
AsiaOne Flight Information
Singapore Airlines Flight Schedules
Qantas Airways Flight Schedules
Jetstar / Valuair Flight Timetable, PDF files
Garuda Indonesia Flight Schedules
Nyepi Day - March 19th 2007
Nyepi Day is the Balinese New Year’s Day based on the Balinese Saka calendar system which has it’s origins in South India. There are 12 lunar months which end on a new moon called Tilem. Nyepi Day is actually the 1st day of the 10th lunar month of this calendar and is an important religious day. It is also Bali’s annual day of silence where all shops are closed and no one is supposed to be seen out on the streets. The purpose of this is to make it appear to the evil spirits that everyone has abandoned Bali. Seeing this, they too will leave…. Yes, so you will be safe … from the evil spirits at least.
The day before Nyepi is called Tawur Kesanga and the day when exorcisms are carried out at the main village crossroads which is where the demons supposedly meet. This is when many Ogoh-Ogoh are carried through the town in a carnival like atmosphere. Since they represent the evil spirits, they all look frighteningly ugly with fangs and bulging eyes. At night the Ogoh-Ogoh are set on fire to free the island of the evil spirits. (more…)
Biking in Ubud
Here are some photos from a recent morning bike ride with guests.
A common site in the fields is to see flocks of ducks feeding
Kori Agung - Temple Gate
Every major temple is divided into courtyards seperated by Kori Agung, which are elaborately carved gates with shrines on each side such as the one above. The grand style of this gate comes from the former Mengwi Kingdom which once stretched from Lake Bratan to as far south as Denpasar.
Kul-kul - Drum Tower
The drum tower is a four poster pavilion with one or more wooden slit drums in it used to summon the villagers for an assembly or other reason. The rhythm of the drum beat varies according to the reason for the summons.
Closer look at the drums in the kul kul
