Bali Street Food: An Introduction

I thought it might be helpful to write series of posts on Bali street food as it could be helpful to the average tourist coming to Bali for the first time.

Bali street food is a topic that many associate with the dreaded bali belly which has been known to strike down even the most travel-hardened visitors. Although not often very serious, bali belly is something which you would rather not get and therefore a bit of inside info when eating on the street will come in handy.

Bali Public Holidays 2012

As many of you have requested, here is the list of Bali's Public Holidays for 2012 (you can still see the list of Bali Public Holidays 2011 also.)

As always in Indonesia, public holidays are subject to change at short notice and it seems that the regional governments do this often at the last minute for the more minor holidays so be aware that these dates are not (and probably never will be!) set in stone.

Pemuteran, Bali: Saving coral reefs with electric 'shock therapy'

Up on Bali's northwest coast lies Pemuteran; a tiny hamlet renowned for its snorkelling & coral reefs. However, due to dynamite fishing and other unsavoury practices, and with increasing water temperatures attributed to global warming, the coral in Pemuteran was in a state of  steady decline for many years.