Bali Bird Watching, Herons in Petulu

Every evening around 17.00 thousands of herons gather together at Petulu. Petulu is a tiny village set within the rice fields just north of Ubud and with the herons returning each day, its street are pretty much covered with bird droppings... Ok that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but once the birds are in the tree you should not stand under them too long... Nevertheless, it is a...

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Bali Bird Watching, The Bali Bird Walk Tour Ubud

A question that Victor Mason, one of the organizers of the bird walk tour, might ask you is: 'Are you a keen bird watcher?' If the answer is Yes then you will have a grand time, if it is No then a whole new world called 'Bali bird watching' will open to you... Together with his fellow bird watchers, Wayan Sumadi (known as Su) and...

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Handicraft villages & Ubud

Visit the artisan villages of Batubulan (stone carving), Celuk (silver & gold jewelry), Mas (wood carving), and Pengosekan (painting). Stop at the "Art Market" in Sukawati to bargain for all kinds of handicrafts and textiles. Already in the 1930s Ubud had been made famous around the world as Bali's cultural center by the German intellectual Walter Spies, the Dutch painter Rudolf Bonnet...

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Denpasar-Ubud Art Route

Handicraft villages & Ubud Visit the artisan villages of Batubulan (stone carving), Celuk (silver & gold jewelry), Mas (wood carving), and Pengosekan (painting). Stop at the "Art Market" in Sukawati to bargain for all kinds of handicrafts and textiles. Already in the 1930s Ubud had been made famous around the world as Bali's cultural center by the German intellectual Walter Spies, the...

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