On Java, Bali's neighbouring island, there are places that look like sets from a fantasy film.
The trees here grow to incredible sizes, their branches intertwine high overhead, and their trunks are covered in thick green moss.
Java is one of the most dynamic islands in the world. Something is happening here every single month—candlelit ritual processions, batik costume parades, trance dances in remote villages, jazz concert…
Imagine this: you’re sitting in an elegant dining car with live music, rice terraces and Java’s volcanoes gliding past the window, while a waiter serves Indonesian dishes. It’s not a fantasy—these tra…
The flooding in Bali has inadvertently pushed tourists to seek out other destinations in Indonesia, and more travelers are discovering Java Island — a cradle of culture, history, and spirituality, loc…
Bali is not a country — it is an island and one of Indonesia’s 38 provinces, located in Southeast Asia between the islands of Java and Lombok, about 8 degrees south of the equator. The provincial capi…
The recent death of a 27-year-old tourist from Brazil on Mount Rinjani shocked the public. The tourist was climbing the summit of Rinjani (3,726 meters) along with five friends and a local guide. Howe…
In western Bali, traffic through Gilimanuk is running into problems again. Queues at the port stretch for kilometres. Anyone heading from Bali to Java or back should allow extra travel time.
Ahead of the New Year holidays, getting off Bali traditionally turns into a complicated logistical quest.
Every December, thousands of island residents travel to Java for a holiday or to visit relatives, and as a result traffic backs up for kilometers at the port of Gilimanuk.
A porter has been detained at Ngurah Rai airport: he pulled cash out of a backpack that a passenger had checked in as luggage.
The passenger was missing 18 million rupiah, and 15.8 million was found at the detained man's home in Kuta.
