Other similar squealing invades the silence of the night...These are not babies, but pigs being killed at the same time, all over the island, on the 'day of slaughter' or 'penampahan', the day preceding the Galungan and Kuningan festivals...more

'There was a time, not so long ago when most foreign artists visited Bali in search of an exotic side of the tropical island. Now, however, some modern and contemporary artists have also made Bali their permanent home and their creations touch Bali in quite a different way'...more

The streets of Legian, Kuta are hardly synonymous with discreet luxury, the grinding traffic, over-zealous hawkers, tasteless bars and ghost-town restaurants immediately dispel any notion of stumbling across even the slightest hint of five star pampering in this part of town...more