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.