Category: culture
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Bali in the Middle of Pandemic
Last year we visited our homeland Bali twice. The first one was in mid-April by air, and the next one was in mid-June when we decided to drive. Enjoy some time in Villa Sabasanti. Catch these beautiful sunsets. Bedugul is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Bali. It was pretty eery to see…
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My Travel to Japan
So, this is actually a re-post of a page from my other blog. But, as July is ending and uncertainty about the COVID-19 remains the same, I browsed to beautiful pictures from some Japanese Twitter accounts that I recently follow. This brought me back to 2009 when I had the chance to travel to the…
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Balinese Blends Modern and Traditional Life
Bali is known for its beautiful landscape and unique culture…the image of Balinese women dressed modestly, carrying offering in their heads across rice field have been the object of a lot of paintings, postcards and posters. But, Bali is not immune to the lure of modernization. Development driven by tourism has certainly changed the face…
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Gunung Kawi Historic Site
One of the most important historic sites in Bali is Gunung Kawi. I visited it several times when I was a kid. Once with my school friends during a field trip and other times with my family. Recently, during our stay in Sabasanti Villa, I went with my husband and two girls. It was actually the…
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Lombok: Between Mosque and Beaches
Last February, I got a second chance to visit Lombok. Just like my first, this time it was mainly for work…with a little bit of traveling in the end 🙂 But, unlike my first time in Lombok where I mainly visited cultural site (read about it here) this time around my friends and I stayed…
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Bali: the Island of a Thousand Temples
Aside from beaches and nature, Bali main attraction is inarguably its art and culture. The majority of Balinese are Hindu and they conduct their main religious activities in a temple, known as Pura. You can find pura in every corner of Bali, from the houses, markets, courtyards, or cemeteries. There are Puras located in the…
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Yogyakarta
Jogjakarta always held a special place in my heart. I have fond memories of it since I spent almost two years of my childhood there when my father studied for his Ph.D. Jogja also reminds me of him and his struggle. Yogya was known as the City of Education. It is home of Universitas Gadjahmada…