Baliholic

Bali, the world’s best fantastic island

Bali is the No.1 honeymoon destination selected by the domestic travel agents as well as “the best island” in the world by the world-famous travel magazine “Travel + Leisure” based on surveys conducted for several years.

The author who have lived in Indonesia for a short period of time cannot forget the charm of Bali, so he comes back to the ‘Island of Gods’ again.

The author stays in Ubud, the art village of Bali and experiences true Bali through its natives. From the unique Bali-naming method, which produces numerous identical names, a glimpse of three principles for Balinese cosmology, colorful, and pious religious ceremonies and landscape of holy days, special rite of passage like weddings and unique make-up and to Bali dance and paintings, the author brings new, interesting, and true Bali that has never been introduced before to the readers. In addition, the book delivers the vividness of Bali with lots of photos.

The wonderful landscape and view from the summit of Mt. Agung, the sacred mountain where the author had a hard time climbing in the middle of night are really mysterious.

The author confesses that he came to understand their strong faith through the close relationship with them. Bali is still a resort area to Koreans for their vacations, and a five-day package tour is not enough time to experience this attractive and dynamic island. Readers can find that Bali is an attractive island to honeymooners as well as travel travel and even long term travelers.

Don’t wander around Bali anymore. The book includes detailed maps of Bali and the inter-regional distances and transportation time table

Not only the Bali map but also key tourist area detailed maps of Kuta, Ubud, Seminyak, Nosa Dua, and Sanur will be your reliable guidance. Also, as readers will find what kinds of food are served at the restaurants, how long it takes to the places by foot, the map in the book is enough to travelers. Chapter 5 is a summary of Bali, it includes not only the history and culture of Bali but also various necessary traveler tips and the information of attractive places, food, and even basic conversation dialogues. This book summarizes useful information to the travelers heading for Bali.