Secret Bali An Unusual Guide

Let Secret Bali guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Bali guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Black sand that has healing power, why you should not whistle while strolling down a beach at night, Bali's mostbeautiful and least-visited rice terraces, a very special giftto take home from Bali, a workshop where Batiks arecreated with unique natural dyes, a place to petition thespirits for a baby, the flute-playing pigeons of Ubud, anenchanting village of traditionally styled bamboo roofs, ahaunting reunion of some of Bali's most outrageousdemons, one of the world's best unofficial street artexhibitions, a tree it is impossible to plant, an ancientfertility statue with "more than the usual quota of penises",a mysterious breed of cattle, a village of the deaf, aminiature version of Java's Unesco-listed Borobudur,fantastic tranced bull races, the world's most spectaculartraditional fishing craft, an architectural wonder of Bali'sChristian heartland, Bali's only colonial-era rubberplantation ... Bali offers countless opportunities to step off the beatenpath and is home to any number of well-hidden treasuresthat are revealed only to residents and travellers who areready to explore. Secret Bali - An unusual guide is an indispensableresource for those who think they already know Bali orwould like to discover its hidden places, taking you farfrom the crowds and the usual cliches.