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This ninth edition published October 2017
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BALI &
LOMBOK
This ninth edition updated by
Iain Stewart
Based on original text by
Lesley Reader and Lucy Ridout
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Contents
INTRODUCTION 4
Where to go 8 Things not to miss 12
When to go 10 Itineraries 20
BASICS 22
Getting there 23 Spas, traditional beauty treatments
and yoga 38
Visas 24
Culture and etiquette 38
Getting around 25
Shopping 40
Accommodation 28
Travelling with children 42
Food and drink 29
Charities and volunteer projects 43
Festivals and events 32
Travel essentials 43
Health 33
Outdoor activities 36
THE GUIDE 52
1 South Bali 52 5 West Bali 218
2 Ubud and central Bali 108 6 Lombok 242
3 East Bali 148 7 The Gili Islands 282
4 North Bali and the central volcanoes 190
CONTEXTS 300
History 301 The impact of tourism 333
Religion 311 Books 336
Traditional music and dance 318 Language 338
Modern Balinese music 326 Glossary 344
Village life and traditions 329
SMALL PRINT & INDEX 346
OPPOSITE PURA ULUN DANU BATUR, BALI PREVIOUS PAGE SANUR, BALI
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Introduction to
Bali & Lombok
Part of the Indonesian archipelago, Bali and Lombok boast dramatically
rugged coastlines, gloriously sandy beaches and world-class surf. Both
islands are small – Bali extends less than 150km at its widest point, Lombok
a mere 80km – and dramatically volcanic, graced with swathes of extremely
fertile land, much of it sculpted into elegantly terraced rice paddies.
Culturally, however, they could hardly be more diferent. Bali is Southeast
Asia’s only Hindu society, and religious observance permeates every aspect
of life here; the Sasak people of Lombok, on the other hand, are Muslim,
like the vast majority of Indonesians.
Bali landed on the tourist map over ninety years ago and is today an incredibly popular
destination, drawing everyone from backpackers to high-end travellers, divers to
sun-worshippers, package groups to people seeking spiritual healing. Visitor numbers
plunged after the terrorist attacks of 2002 and 2005 but they have boomed in recent years,
fuelled by a huge increase in Asian tourists, particularly from China. Te island boasts
stunning hotels, amazing restaurants and world-class spas but lacks the infrastructure to
cope with this new infux, and trafc congestion and commercialization have afected
swathes of Southern Bali.
Tat said, the island’s original charm is still very much in evidence once you leave the
densely populated southern strip, with evocative temples and vibrant festivals set of by
the verdant landscapes of the interior. Just to the east of Bali, Lombok plays host to far
fewer foreign travellers, but numbers are steadily increasing thanks to the island’s many
unspoilt beaches, terrifc surf and forested mountain slopes. Blessed with such natural
beauty, the island has a burgeoning reputation as a more adventurous destination than
its illustrious neighbour.
Until the nineteenth century, both Bali and Lombok were divided into small
kingdoms, each ruled by a succession of rajas whose territories fuctuated so much
ABOVE REEF, NUSA PENIDA RIGHT BALINESE FAMILY IN TRADITIONAL DRESS
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that, at times, parts of eastern Bali
TRADITIONAL DRESSand western Lombok were joined
It is customary for Balinese men and women
under a single ruler. More recently,
to wear traditional dress to attend temple
both of the islands have endured festivals, cremations, weddings, birth rites
and other important rituals; men also wear years of colonial rule under the Dutch
temple dress if playing in a gamelan
East Indies government, which only
orchestra and occasionally for banjar
ended when hard-won independence (neighbourhood) meetings too.
Many women wear a vividly coloured was granted to Indonesia in 1949.
bustier under the kebaya (blouse), and
Te Jakarta-based government has
some don famboyant hair accessories
since tried hard to foster a sense of as well. For big festivals, women from
the same community will all wear the national identity among its vast
same-coloured kebaya to give their group
array of extraordinarily diverse islands
a recognizable identity.
and peoples, both by implementing Men also wear a type of sarong (kamben
sarung), a knee-length hip-cloth (saput) and a unifying fve-point political
a formal, collared shirt (generally white but
philosophy, the Pancasila, and
sometimes batik) or a starched jacket-like
through the mandatory introduction shirt. The distinctive headcloth (udeng) can
be tied according to personal taste, but of Bahasa Indonesia, now the lingua
generally with a triangular crest on top
franca across the whole archipelago.
(shops sell ready-tied udeng). As with the
Politically, Bali is administered as sash, the udeng symbolically concentrates
the mental energies and directs the a province in its own right, while
thoughts heavenwards via the perky
Lombok is the main island in West
cockscomb at the front.
Nusa Tenggara.
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