Barong Kuta Hotel

Hi Today we went for our second day of sightseeing Firstly we went to Batu Bulan to see the Barong and Keris dance performance which is a Balinese dance. There were about five different acts my favourite costume was the big fluffy barong monster who was ...

... and some members of the choir had to scurry out of the way. The other dance that I saw on a different day was the barong dance- a tale of the battle between good and evil. They had some crazy costumes for this one with elaborate wooden masks, and the ...

... the number of his brother-in-law, Lanying, who he says can drive us around the island.  Lanying shows up at our hotel about 8 AM to take us to the volcano Gunung Batur.  Lanying introduces himself by his nickname, Gede.  In Indonesian Gede ...

Once again, I'm behind in updating the blog- but when you're enjoying a city it's hard to always take time out to sit in an internet cafe for a few hours to upload all the photos, but as we are heading off to Thailand tomorrow and we've been here for 3 ...

... us! That's about all we've done today, besides change hotels.  And boy am I glad that we did.  We are now in Barong Hotel (http://www.baronghotel.com/) in room 518 if anyone wants to call or stop by...  The hotel is fantastic; it has 2 ...

... Bali sef Dawns y Barong & Kris. Mae'r stori yn dilyn y frwydr rhwng y da a'r drwg - rhwng anifail mythelgol o'r enw Barong ag anghenfil drwg o'r enw Rangda. Roedd yn ddiddorol gweld y ddawns ac roedd yn eitha doniol hefyd. Roeddwn yna tua awr i gyd.O ...

... for the day and experience more of what Bali has to offer. The day started at 9am with an impromptu trip to see traditional Barong and Kris dancers. This was an hour long show which depicts the iconic lion-dog (Barong) and the eternal fight between good ...

... . on our 3rd day we went on an all day tour into the interior of bali. first we went to batubulan to watch a public barong dance. that was great: the music, costumes and dance were spectacular. then we went on to the ubud region. this is evidently where ...

... I finally got my design printed, had a fitting at 6pm and then ran around getting quotes on my tattoo. I finally setteled on Mr. Barong's tattoo studio which had been rumored to being the best. Mr. Barong's brother-in-law did my tattto and did an amazing ...

... the stalls claimed fixed prices, but luckily their asking prices where extremely low anyway, so I didnt mind. After travelling back to Kuta and our hotel, we decided to walk back to the beach and spend at least one night at a nice restaurant. Although the ...

... 1st. Rico picked us up from our diva cottage at 9am with his wife Wayan and shortly after we were in Denpasar at the Barong and Kris Balinese Dance Performance. This was quite the tourist attraction as the stands were full of people just like us, getting ...

... this we went to GWK cultural park to see the biggest statue in Bali and we also saw a Keris danced which was similar to the barong dance but these men started running through a fire and on hot coals that must of hurt! We then went back to Kuta and had a ...

... Kris dance was not just a dance but also a play. It represents the eternal fight between good and evil spirits. Barong (a mythological animal looking similar to a lion or dragon) represents the good spirit and Rangda (a mythological monster) represents ...

... I finally got my tickets, or 2 bits of A4 paper to be precise, and carried on in my cab to my hotel in the centre of Kuta.  First impressions are that the roads are really busy with traffic and that there are mopeds absolutely everywhere you look. ...

... dance exhibitions, of which there were at least seven to choose from every night.  Our first performance was the enjoyable Barong and Keris dance, whose storyline included, "the dark, chaotic forces of death and black magic embodied by Rangda being ...

... experience Balinese culture we chartered a minibus and driver and took a day tour to see some the sights inland. We saw a Barong dance performance, a wood carving shop (where we were talked into buying something), a couple of Hindu temples and Mount Batur ...

... horrendous the next morning but manned up and we left the hotel bright and early at half 8 for the tour. Firstly we saw some Barong dancing, which was more like a play than a proper dance, but it was interesting to see a bit of the local culture. The ...

... in the pool. So, if you go to Kuta and you do not care not being right on the beach: the place to be.   Barong: http://baronghotel.com/   Tomorrow morning, Dr T has to call the manny of our hotel in Tulamben: our diving destination. And ...

...   Montericco (Guatemala) alot more... I like it rough around the edges. Upon returning to Ubud, I went to see a Barong dance in the royal palace.  Beautiful and indescribale.  The music was like something from another world, all ...

... donner une idee de ce que ca va donner.  Vers la fin de notre visite, on a vu une danse traditionnelle, la danse Barong.  C'etait tres bien, mais ma camera a commence a me faire des miseres alors je n'ai pas pris beaucoup de photos.. :(  ...