Tag: Ubud
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A Stroll Through Balinese Markets
Balinese markets are a feast for the eyes. In Ubud’s bazaar and food and produce markets, there are stacks of colorful rattan offering boxes, wooden masks with intimidating gazes, small cases comprised of beads in swirling patterns, delicate batik silk scarves, walls of oil-adorned canvases, and overflowing mounds of tropical fruits. The markets are a shopper’s…
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Photo du Jour: A Balinese Balancing Act in Ubud
With baskets of soil balanced on their heads, three Balinese women ascend the stairs of a performance theater in Ubud, Bali. The graceful stance of the laborers is reminiscent of the dancers who perform there regularly in the evenings.
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Photo du Jour: A Red Hibiscus in Buddha’s Hand – Ubud, Bali
At our home away from home in Bali, Indonesia, this Buddha statue greeted us daily with a splendid flower in hand. The flowers — quite often hibiscuses or frangipanis — had been carefully selected and placed by the homestay’s hostess, Ayu. Like the practice of making canang sari, Ayu’s ritual is another example of the…
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Photo du Jour: Ubud, Bali’s Royal Residence By Night
Cars and motorbikes motor past Ubud’s Palace at night. Only their light trails are visible.
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Patience & Passion United: A Visit to a Balinese Art School
The Wayan Gama Painter Group sits on a dusty road connecting agricultural villages not far from Ubud, Bali. At the end of a day trip that took us to a Kopi Luwak ‘poop coffee’ plantation, the Elephant Cave and Rock Cave, our driver, Mowgli, suggested that we visit the quiet art studio directed by his…
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An Afternoon with “Eat Pray Love’s” Ketut Liyer in Bali, Indonesia
Eat Pray Love’s footprint is everywhere in Ubud, Bali, where the best-selling book’s author, Elizabeth Gilbert, spent her “love” chapter. From the plethora of readers who wander Ubud’s streets, to the clichéd tours and Balinese people who name-drop locals Ketut Liyer and Wayan Nuriasih (who were featured in the best-seller), the book’s influence is ever-evident. Having heard…
