Even though the year of the sheep in 2015 is not the most fortuitous time for Chinese to have a baby, Garuda Indonesia will make this next Chinese New Year’s special by opening new routes connecting China and Indonesia. The airline will reportedly start chartered flights from 10 Chinese cities to Manado, northern Sulawesi and […]

After an exciting getaway attempt earlier this week that allegedly involved machete and poison arrows, the two recently arrested men accused of participating in Robert Ellis’ grisly murder have shed more light on what actually went down that fateful day in the Sanur villa. The men say they covered Ellis’ mouth with a towel to […]

A green BMW lays stuck in the side of a holy Bali temple. The car allegedly crashed into the side of Pura Beji temple in Buleleng at 3 am this morning but still hasn’t been removed from the site, reported Tribun Bali.  The accident reportedly happened when the car was moving from Kuta towards Denpasar […]

The tragic death of an Indian tourist caused by a rafting accident is drawing criticism to local rafting safety procedures. Katir Sheh, 29, was rafting in the Ubud area’s Ayung River when he reportedly fell from the raft. After the fall, Sheh swam over to a rock in front of him, according to Arum Jeram […]

Residents of Banjar Yeh Kuning, Pangyangan Village in Jembrana were shocked when they discovered the body of an elderly woman rotting away in a shack.  Tribun Bali identified the woman as Ni Made Jasna, 73. The deceased was found on Monday because of the stench coming from the shack. Upon discovery, the body was maggot-infested. […]

The Ministry of Tourism is moving quickly to increase the number of foreign tourists coming to our shores. One of the ways they are doing that is by giving free visas to tourists from five countries starting in 2015.  The five countries are China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and Australia. The announcement of the visa […]

You’ll find Bali dogs wherever you go throughout the island, but apparently you better be on your toes if you’re in Karangasem.  Of the 100 officially reported cases of dog-bites transmitting rabies from January to October 2014, 24 were in Karangasem, making it the most popular area for rabies-bite cases, according to Antara.  This number […]

“All-inclusive” no longer just refers to resorts including all-you-can-eat food and drinks while you lounge away at the hotel pool and sip your margarita. The glitz and glimmer of Bali is bringing it up to the next level.  You can now engage in all-inclusive weddings where you get the beach location and hotel staff at […]

Two members of the Bali Nine are more unsure of their fate now that former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) just left office without sparing them from the death penalty.  The AAP just reported that the two Australian prisoners of Kerobokan prison, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran had pleas for clemency before SBY, for the last […]

It was the beginning of an unconventional sort of ‘catch and release’ tale on Saturday for two sharks found off of Sanur’s Metasari beach. The sharks, netted by fishermen were allegedly rescued and put in “shark rehabilitation,” a surprisingly eco-conscious move at a time when sharks are often killed off in a flash by fishermen. […]