"Matahari Bungalows" Beach-Resort in Kuta, Bali

Bali: Kuta Beach

Bali, Kuta: evening lights on Jalan Legian

Bali: Sunset on Kuta Beach

Bali, Kuta, Legian Beach Hotel: Temple with umbrellas (left) and Temple protector (right)

Bali: Beautiful Frangipani flowers

Shopping in Jalan Legian, Legian Beach

Bali, Sanur beach at sunrise with Gunung Agung mountain

Alit's Beach Bungalows in Sanur, Southern Bali

Sanur Beach from aircraft (left) and from ground (right)
The Grand Bali Beach Hotel can clearly bee seen on both pictures

Bali, Sanur beach: boats

Bali Sanur Beach boat with fishermen

Bali, Sanur: devotional offerings for the gods on the beach

Bali Sanur: evening on the beach

Bali, Sanur: Museum "Le Mayeur" garden and interior

Bali, Sanur beach: people boarding the boat to Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida island

Rakasa, protecting demon

Oblations for the Gods

Tanah-Lot Temple, Southern Bali

Tanah Lot Temple from east (left) and Shrines near Tanah Lot Temple (right)

Bali: Impressions of Uluwatu temple at sunset

Uluwatu Temple cliff from south (left) and north (right)

Mengwi-Temple, Central Bali

Traditional Ogo-Ogo on Balinese New-Year (Nyepi), Sanur

Southern Bali: Goa Lawah temple and cave

Bali Klungkung Semarapura Kertha Gosa Hall of Justice with the famous paintings

Bali Klungkung Semarapura Museum Semarajaya bamboo xylophone player

Bali, Kusamba fishing village: salt production

The friendly staff and a view on the rice-terraces from their Restaurant, Central Bali

Tropical landscape near Ubud, Central Bali

If you want a truly unique experience and immerse yourself in the "true Bali", away from the crowds, I can highly recommend you my personal and "secret" hideaway resort in Gianyar, Central Bali: Gubah Bali Exclusive Villas. After my trips around Bali and Indonesia it is always a pleasure to return to this "heaven of peace". It is not cheap, but surely worth every cent and with a service level comparable to a 5-star-hotel, the price-performance ratio is excellent. They have only 6 (six!) spacious and luxurious rooms, heavily decorated with tastefully handcrafted Balinese interiors. I particularly like the traditional Balinese king size beds uniquely decorated with woodcarving and original "songket". All rooms have an own private terrace or even a garden with an additional private entrance gate in Balinese style. It is like having your own private villa in Bali! In the open air restaurant an excellent selection of very tasteful Balinese and international food is served. Only first-class ingredients are used and everything is prepared only after the customer has ordered it, thus freshness is guaranteed! If you are lucky and the swiss owner of the hotel is in town, then you may even be invited to taste some new creations from the kitchen and help to decide if they should be added to the card. The whole compound is surrounded by a lush tropical forest and very picturesque rice-fields. The friendly and highly professional staff is very proud to accompany you on walks to explore this wonderful surrounding countryside.

Bali, Ubud: street with coconut palm and hibiscus (left)
and secondary street near the city center (right)

Artist: DULLAH (1919-1996; Surakarta, Central Java) Title: MISS SASIH (NI SASIH) 1977 oil on canvas, 100x70 cm This realistic portrait is of an ideal Balinese maiden. Her name is the Sanskrit-Balinese word for "moon", which thus equates feminine beauty with the perfection of the full moon. She is dressed in a KAIN SONGKET (brocade) hip-cloth and lacey KEBAYA (long-sleeved blouse). She is picking up a frangipani flower, thus providing a setting that takes this painting beyond mere portraiture. At the top a pavilion, tree-trunk, and a shrine are visible. The original of the painting is displayed in the highly recommended Neka Art Museum in Ubud, Central Bali.

Bali, Ubud, Puri Lukisan Art Museum: garden panorama (left) and lotus flower with fruit detail (right)

Bali Ubud Royal Palace gate

Bali, Ubud: Royal Palace chairs

Bali, Ubud: main street (left) and street scene with people and rambutan trees (right)

Bali Ubud: street scene in small village

Bali Ubud, Monkey forest: monkeys on a tree

Bali Ubud, Monkey Forest: temple detail (left) and stone sculpture (right)

Bali Ubud: Antonio Blanco Museum roof

Bali Ubud small village on a slope

Bali: river in southern Bali near Bangli (left) and Ayung river near Ubud

Bali, Ubud: white water rafting in the Ayung river near Kedewatan

Ubud surroundings: small temple (silhouette)

Bali, Ubud: farm (left) and footpath trough the fields (right)

Bali rice harvest near Ubud

Bali Ubud: Lotus Pond Restaurant. Excellent food, superb views, highly recommended!

Bali, Ubud: Lotus Pond Restaurant panorama by twilight (left) and night (right)

Bali Ubud, Lotus Pond Restaurant: Lotus flowers in the pond of the restaurant

Ubud: Legong Dance performance in the Royal Palace

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Ubud: Barong Dance performance in the Royal Palace

Wedding ceremony near Ubud

Temple on Lake Bratan, Central Bali

Batur Temple near Kintamani / Lake Batur

Impressions of Mount Batur with Lake Batur

Bali Kintamani Pura Ulun Danu Batur Temple festival

Goa Gajah: Elephant Cave and bathing pools

Gunung Kawi Temple: Main cloister and Royal Tombs

Meduwe Karang Temple: Entrance gate and construction of a new pavilion

Rice harvest near Tanah Lot Temple

Rice terraces and rice plants near Gunung Kawi Temple

Rice terraces near Pupuan, Central Bali

Rice terraces near Pupuan: planting

Rice terraces on the road to Bedugul

Street Seririt - Pupuan, Northern Bali

Banjar Air Panas (hot springs) near Seririt, Northern Bali

Lovina beach, Northern Bali

Garuda Indonesia McDonnell-Douglas MD11 (PK-GIJ)
flying over Borneo Island, Indonesia

Garuda Indonesia's Boeing 747-200 at Rome's "Fiumicino"-Airport >(left)
and shortly after take-off at Rome Airport (right)

Garuda Indonesia Boeing B747-4U3 (PK-GSG)
at Ngurah Rai International Airport, Denpasar (Bali)

Sunset at Ngurah Rai International Airport, Denpasar (Bali):
Garuda Indonesia Boeing B747-200 landing (left)
and Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-400 preparing for departure (right)

Sunset over Java island from aircraft. Do you spot the volcano on the right picture?

Lombok Island

Mataram Airport, Lombok Island

Kids from Penujak "pottery" village welcome new visitors

Portraits: girls from Penujak Village, Lombok Island

basketware production in Suradadi, central Lombok

Kids from Suradadi "basketware" village, central Lombok

girl in rice fields near Belanting, north-eastern Lombok

Java Island

Jakarta: National Monument (137 m, with a golden flame on its top)

Rice-terraces near Bandung, Western Java

Train Bandung-Yogjakarta (left) and passengers waiting in station (right)

Yogjakarta: Borobudur stone Buddha in meditation position

Yogjakarta: Borobudur at early morning with volcano

Yogjakarta: sunrise at Borobudur

Yogjakarta: Borobudur panorama with palm trees

Prambanan archeological site, Central Java

Mount Bromo: an active vulcano on Eastern Java

Yogjakarta: Landscape near Dieng Plateau

Hindu Temples (Archeological site, 8th century)
on the volcanic Dieng Plateau, Central Java

Yogjakarta: morning-exercises in a school

Rice-terraces near Yogjakarta, Central Java