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Some Things To Do On Your Bali Vacation

November 23, 2009 - Posted in Bali vacation packages

On your Bali vacation, there’s more to do than soaking up the sun on the beach, shopping, or seeing the sights. If you want some adventure, here are a few suggestions for activities, and if you’re not quite sure what to do, try them all. Your Bali vacation package will include some of them. Just ask.

Diving and snorkelling are of course the most logical activities, and that’s not just because the sea is lovely and warm, it’s also because you can say hello to spectacular marine life in between the corals and underwater caves.

Lovina Beach, for example, has a calm coral reef area where it’s safe to teach your children to snorkel. Or just off the East coast, Ceningan Island is fantastic for snorkelling beginners because the currents are not too strong.

If you’re an experienced diver, don’t miss a dive off the East coast, or dive amongst the sheltered coral reefs off the South coast and marvel at the vast variety of fish and corals. Be aware, though, of the strong under currents.

Bali beaches are known for their waves, so surfing and body boarding are definitely a must. Kuta is amongst the most famous surfer’s paradise, and it’s possible to get surfing lessons from surf schools.

While you’re in kuta, visit Bali’s only waterslide park. Amids lush tropical gardens, you slide for over 1 km, a childrens’ delight. For the more sedate adult visitor, there are great restaurants where you can relax and restore your equilibrium.

Only to get the adrenalin rushing through your body again on a white water rafting adventure in the 8 km stretch of the Ayung River.,Telaga Waja River, and Unda River, and enjoy awesome waterfalls and spectacular drops on some of the best river runs.

Ah, water isn’t really your thing? Here are some great land-based activities you can do on your Bali vacation.

Get off the beaten track on a bicycle and go on a guided excursion through mountain trails.

Or perhaps climbing a mountain is more your thing? There’s the day trip to reach the top of Mount Batukaru, or up to 6 hours to clime Bali’s highest mountain, Mt Agung.

And then of course there’s the Elephant Safari Park in Taro where you can watch Sumatran elephants or take a ride in the Elephant Taxi and feel like being in one of the Arabian night tales.

The Bali Safari and Marine Park houses yet more animals, such as orang-utans, leopards, the white Indian tiger, even alligators and camels.

These are just a few of the many things to do on a Bali vacation. You will discover many more once you’re there. And I’m sure you will always remember the awesome vacation you had in Bali.HCpackedHotelDealsBanner468x60 Some Things To Do On Your Bali Vacation

 

 

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Luxury Travel Agency for your comfortable and luxurious travel – BigNews.biz (press release)

November 2, 2010 - Posted in bali accommodation


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Luxury Travel Agency for your comfortable and luxurious travel
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Ingredient of Indonesian Dishes

August 8, 2010 - Posted in Bali vacation packages

INGREDIENTS OF INDONESIAN DISHES

Indonesia dishes are amongst the most delicious in the world, to make Indonesian dishes we need a lot of ingredients. But sometime we have a problem to find or to know ingredients we need to make Indonesian dishes.

Have the following ingredients on hand in your pantry to make it easier to prepare Indonesian-style dishes. Most ingredients can be found in your local supermarket or greengrocer. Some of the specialized ingredients can be found in Asian Food stores.

These is some of the following ingredients of Indonesian dishes:

- Capsicum: Also known as red or green peppers.

- Capsicum:From the candleberry tree, these nuts look like macadamia nuts and taste like Brazil nuts. Available from Asian Food strores.

- Cardamon: Spice from the ginger family. Seeds are purchased whole, either in or out of their pods, or grounds.

- Chillies: Small red chillies are the hottest. The larger red chillies are milder and green chillies are milder still. Seeds are often discarded as they are the hottest part of the chilli..

- Coconut Cream: Thick white liquid that rises to the surface when coconut milk is left to stand.

- Coconut Milk: This is not the juice from the inside of the fresh coconut but the liquid extracted from the white flesh.

- Coriander: Indonesians use only the seed of the coriander plant, not the leaves or roots.

- Cumin: An aromatic spice with a pungent flavour, seeds are available whole or ground.

- Egg Noodles (fine, dry): looks like fine spaghetti which has been wound into a small bundless.

- Ginger: Fresh ginger root is recommended, rather than dried. Indonesians also use laos and galagal which give a similar flavour and are occasionally available fresh from Asian Food stores.

- Palm Sugar: Dark brown sugar made from the juice of the coconut palm flower. Sold in hard blocks, cut off required amount and crush it. Available from Asian Food stores.

- Peanut Oil: A light oil used extensively in Indonesian cooking. Coconut oil is also used.

- Rice Flour: Is finely ground white or brown rice and often used as a thickener.

- Shrimp Paste(terasi): Extremely pungent, salty paste, sold in jars. Also available in hard blocks, use sparingly.

- Soy Sauce (kecap): Light soy sauce which is thin and salty. Kecap manis is dark soy sauce which is thick and sweet.

That is some of the following ingredients that we can use when we make Indonesian dishes. To learn more about the Indonesian dishes recipes, please visit: http://recipes-idea.blogspot.com, good luck for all of you guys.

About The Author

Hermawan is an entrepreneur, and he has a lot of recipes idea to share, please visit: http://recipes-idea.blogspot.com

Hermawan
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Diving Pulau Weh and the Mega Mouth Shark

August 1, 2010 - Posted in Bali vacation packages

 

There are currently just 42 sightings of Mega Mouth Shark on record to date, two of which have been from the remote island of Pulau Weh in Aceh, northern Sumatra. This volcanic isle represents the beginning of Indonesian territory to the west, the start of archipelago that spreads through 17,000 islands and the meeting point of the Indian Ocean and the Andaman Sea. The deep oceanic trenches that surround the island bring nutrient rich waters which in turn attract ocean giants such as mantas, whale sharks, mola mola and it seems the mega mouth shark.

On the 13th of March 2004 the first known sighting was made by a Dutch couple who own a dive centre at Gapang Beach on Pulau Weh. The couple spent many years Diving in Indonesia and came across the island whilst backpacking throughout the region. The specimen washed ashore and after some confusion and was later identified; this was the second to be recorded in Indonesia and only the 21st to date worldwide. An earlier sighting was made in Manado, North Sulawesi but it rapidly swam off before any photos could be taken. On the 8th of September 2005 there was another sighting around Pulau Weh on a deep wreck dive on the Sophie Rickmer. At 50m a pair of Lumba Lumba Divemasters watched as it passed before descending into the deep. Unfortunately neither diver’s had a camera to record this rare occurrence.

Very little is known about the migratory habits of the mega mouth although it is known from Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the distribution of sightings are more common in territories between Indonesia and Japan and also on the western coast of America. Typical characteristics include a blackish brown coloration, a wide purplish tongue with a silvery tinge on both sides and of course a bulbous head from which it gets its name.

Diving in Indonesia has long been known to offer the rarest of encounters, and even if you don’t make it to be one of the lucky few to spot a mega mouth the island of Pulau Weh is surely worth a visit.

 

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Fortis Healthcare eyes 30 pc jump in medical tourist arrivals – Economic Times

June 27, 2010 - Posted in Bali News

Fortis Healthcare eyes 30 pc jump in medical tourist arrivals Economic Times
Fortis Healthcare eyes 30 pc jump in medical tourist arrivals
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We will witness 30 per cent growth in patient arrivals this year," the company''s Chief Executive Officer, Vishal Bali, told PTI. In calendar year 2009, …

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