Showing posts with label Karangasem Regency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karangasem Regency. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Taman Ujung Water Palace

Ujung Water Palace, which by the local people is called as Taman Soekasada Ujung, was built in 1919. However, the launching of this complex of water palace was performed in 1912. The water palace was constructed by the late King of Karangasem, I Gusti Bagus Jelantik, that reigned in Karangasem between 1909 and 1945.

Ujung Water Palace was majestically built to welcome and to serve important guests and Kings from neighboring countries, besides for the pleasure of the King and his royal family.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Candi Dasa


Candi Dasa is located in the east Bali, about 2 hours from the airport, you can see black sandy beach during the low tide, when high tide you can’t go to the beach because they built a wall to protect the land from the abrasion, most of the tourist here is a diver and some transit tourist if they do the Bali round trip. From here you can see the beautiful view of Padang Bay ferry harbor.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Besakih Temple

Besakih Temple is one of tourist places and destination in Bali, it is popular with the biggest and holiest temple in Bali , below is the information.  Over a thousand years old, Besakih is known as the 'Mother Temple of Bali' , Pura Besakih is the biggest and holiest temple in Bali and is perched nearly 1,000m up the side of Gunung Agung. Besakih is the biggest and holiest of all the Balinese temples. Bali's mother temple stands against a stupendous mountain backdrop on the southeastern slopes of Mount Agung.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Tenganan Vilage

Tenganan Village is one of the oldest Balinese Traditional located in Karangasem Regency, east part of Bali. This village is much referred by cultural literature science of Tenganan Pegringsingan, which is very famous in the island. It own very unique local community life pattern which is one example of Bali Aga Village cultures (Hindu Prehistoric) and different with other countryside in plain of Bali. Nowadays, this village has been appointed as a place for tourist destination which can present the attractive and unique matters which able to add the variation of object and fascination for tourist to come.