Everything You Need to Know to Visit Tenganan Village on Your Own

Everything You Need to Know to Visit Tenganan Village on Your Own

Tenganan village located on Bali's east coast is, ultimately, a heritage village. With cobbled paths, hand-built houses, locals attending to temples, and women carrying fruits and vegetables in baskets on their heads, Tenganan is where you can really get an idea of what Bali from days gone past must have once looked like. And this post provides you with everything you need to go to visit Teganan without the assistance of a guide.

A Visit to Berawa’s Traditional Balinese Healer

A Visit to Berawa’s Traditional Balinese Healer

The last thing that comes to people's minds when they think of Canggu is "traditional" anything... and yet, just across the infamous Canggu shortcut you can find a traditional Balinese healer who is not only very knowledgeable about the human body, but also extremely funny.

A Master List of Every Self-Improvement Activity You Can Find in Bali

A Master List of Every Self-Improvement Activity You Can Find in Bali

Bali - and especially Ubud - is known for being a place of spiritual enlightenment. People come from all over the world to Bali to re-connect with themselves, strengthen their mind-body connection, and align their actions and words with their goals and desires. And if that's what you're looking to get out of your trip to (or time spent living in) Bali, then you're definitely going to want to start by joining in on one of these activities...

Stay More than 30 Days in Bali: Getting a Visa on Arrival (VoA)

Stay More than 30 Days in Bali: Getting a Visa on Arrival (VoA)

If you want to stay in Bali for longer than 30 days, you're going to want to pay for a Visa on Arrival at the airport. This way, you can put off doing a visa run until after you've been in the country for 60 days instead of 30. Not only am I going to give you the step-by-step process to extend your VoA, I'm also going to give you a few of my "off-the-record" tips for saving time and money on the whole thing.

The ONLY App You Need When Traveling to Bali

The ONLY App You Need When Traveling to Bali

Anyone who travels to Bali ABSOLUTELY MUST download this one app: If you've never heard of it, that's only because you haven't been to Bali yet. It's the island's own personal solution to Uber, Grubhub, Pharmeasy, and almost anything else you can think of to have personally delivered right to your door. You'll most often [...]

Canggu’s Weekly Farmer’s Market

Canggu’s Weekly Farmer’s Market

The Sunday Farmer's Market at Samadi is one of my favorite weekly happenings in/around Canggu. Even if you don't cook here in Bali, it's definitely worth stopping by because there are tons of stalls that sell everything from fresh produce and fish to homemade kombucha, organic spices, the BEST baked goods I've eaten in Bali, and even clothes and jewelry. As cliche as it sounds, there's really something for everybody at Samadi's weekly market.

Everything You Need to Know About Renting a Scooter in Bali

Everything You Need to Know About Renting a Scooter in Bali

Renting a scooter is CHEAP and EASY in Bali if you know what you're doing. And that’s why I’m giving you my step-by-step instructions for how to get the best scooter rental in Bali for the cheapest price, as well as the 5 steps you need to follow before you fork over the cash.

3 Proven Ways to Get Out of a Traffic Ticket in Bali

3 Proven Ways to Get Out of a Traffic Ticket in Bali

When it comes to driving a scooter around Bali’s tourist areas, it’s really a matter of WHEN – not IF – you get pulled over by the police. And chances are you won’t be singled out; More often than not, you’ll be one of about a dozen other cyclists (all or most of them uncannily Western-looking) who get stopped by a large group of police hanging out on the side of the road.