There are so many forms of body treatment offered in Bali, but perhaps for a spa treatment Aston Bali is worth a try. Therapies offered at the hotel located at Tanjung Benoa, Nusa Dua, is so diverse, one of them is “Bali Coffee Bliss”. With the spa therapy our body is indulged by soft massage [...]

KUTA A number of domestic and foreign tourists to Bali spenttheir time onNyepi Day, on Tuesday, by making sets of canangthatis usually used as a means of Hindus offering. Likely, it was done by the tourists who stay at the Hotel Grand Istana Rama, Kuta, Badung regency. “In addition to making canang, we also invite [...]

GIANYAR Nitiyari Berkaya Foundation or NB Foundation, one of the observers agency of the wildlife in Bali, thought that there is no more sea turtles butchering in Bali for commercial purposes. “It because the use of turtle meat for the ritual has been reduced because it can be replaced with other animals,” said Anak Agung [...]

DENPASAR Bali Provincial Government has received complaints from tourists visiting the island, including traffic jam, garbage and confusion in Ngurah Rai International Airport. “We continually strive to solve complaints from domestic and foreign tourists,” said Assistant II Bali Provincial Secretary Ketut Wija while receiving visits from the Commission V DPR RI in Denpasar. He said [...]

VATICAN Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, was elected new Pope, a cardinal announced from the Sistine Chapel. White smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican to herald the election by 115 cardinals of the new, 266th, head of the Roman Catholic Church. The new Pope, who will lead the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, [...]

DENPASAR Officers of Customs and Excise NgurahRai International Airport, Bali, thwarted the smuggling of 2.5 kilograms shabu-shabu by an Indonesian citizen who had just arrived from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. “Our suspect was arrested on Saturday (9/3) around 12.30 pm as caught carrying shabu-shabu after we detected by X-ray on the suspect suitcase,” said the head [...]

JAKARTA Real Madrid’s soccer star, Cristiano Ronaldo, named ambassador for Bali-based Forum Peduli Mangrove (Mangrove Care Forum), has agreed to champion the conservation of mangroves in Indonesia, the Artha Graha Peduli Foundation announced. In its press release, the Foundation said the Forum Peduli Mangrove is supported by five community empowerment organizations from regencies in the [...]

KUTA Two tourists from Australia were arrested for being out on Nyepi Day in Kuta. Both was secured in the office of the cuatomary village. “By chance we patrolled and found the two tourists,” said MangkuUrip, pecalang Desa Adat Kuta who participated in arresting the two tourists whose name is still unknown. The Pecalang caught [...]