Fright Night: Bali is preparing to parade monstrous ogoh-ogoh effigies thought the island on Monday night, in raucous parades designed to scare away evil spirits ahead of the Nyepi day of silence that follows the next morning.

Precious: Indonesia is part-covered by cloud in this, the newest image of Earth released by the US space agency NASA. The photograph is among a newly released series taken by NASA’s Terra satellite. A NASA spokesman said, “These are spectacular ‘blue marble’ images, which show the beauty of our small planet.”

The Beauty of Nature: Lempuyang-Seraya Mountain, Bali’s most easterly peaks, in Karangasem regency, offer an unspoiled, picturesque respite for visitors to the island and residents. Despite massive development in southern areas of Bali, many other regions remain as they have for countless centuries.

WE ARE SAILING
Inbound: The mammoth Sun Princess ocean liner is due in Bali in May, with a compliment of over 2,300 passengers and a crew of more than 800, Indonesian tourism officials announced this week. Preparations are underway to improve facilities at Benoa Port on Bali’s south-eastern coast to facilitate the American-owned vessel. Tourism officials [...]

High Tide: Locals shove a stranded motorboat into the water, at Sanur Beach on Tuesday. The current rainy season has pushed sea levels higher than normal, with strong waves decimating many beaches in southern areas.