Get away from the hype and the hassles of the usual Balinese tourist areas and experience the beauty and culture of the real Bali. Pondok Pisces is located on beautiful Balian Beach in Lalanglinggah, Tabanan district just one and a half hours drive north/west of Denpasar international airport but a world away from the hustle and bustle of Kuta and Legian.

Here you can also enjoy one of Bali’s most consistent surf breaks at Balian beach on the south/west coast of the island.

There are five unique bungalows available for rent at Pondok Pisces plus a delightful garden cafe. Three of the bungalows are situated right opposite the beach and the other two villas are beside the Balian river nearby. All rooms are private and set in lush tropical gardens.

There are many activities and tours you can enjoy during your stay at Pondok Pisces to make the most of your Bali holiday. Also we offer special package deals for those booking via the web. Check our web site at www.pondokpiscesbali.com for full details.

Long before the Latin script use by public in Bali (Indonesia), Balinese used their own script called “Aksara Bali”. In the picture below is the sample of Balinese script usually used for streets name or temples name after the Latin script.

Ancient educated Balinese wrote using aksara on a palm leafs called “Lontar” and it consider to be holy because most of it were taken from the Hindu Bible contains spells and other Hindu’s religious things.

The story of Mahabharata, and Ramayana also written and draw on a palm leaf, almost similar to comic book. You can still find this in Tenganan Village where many artist still producing and preserve this unique traditions.

Lontar with Mahabharata Story in drawing.

Do you know that this small island was also the home of Bali Tiger (Panthera tigris balica)? The poor tiger was one of three subspecies that already extinct. And the main reason why they extinct is so abvious, the human. This island is too small for us to share with those wild animal, so people started to shot, hunt and killed every animal that can harm us, including tigers.

I remember that my dad’s story long ago, that his grandfather had seen tiger foot print in his house backyard (my great grandfather lives near the forest). And that the forest in Bali in 1950 (in west Bali) was so virgin, lots of birds, anykind, monkeys, anykind of fish lives in the river, he sad they never hunger of foods, there was always some fish to eat, and easy to catch, and birds is in their backyards, they colorful. Oh, Bali was really the island of paradise, I imagine. And now after pestiside, and guns rules, the paradise lost its beauty, forest is not that green anymore, river is empty, only few of fish still survive.

Sorry … back to the tiger. The last Bali tiger is believe to be shot in 1925 (as in pic). And also tiger in other island, Java, is now extinct, last found in 1965. Now only the sumatra tiger still lives a few in the forest, but they are protected under Indonesian Government as endanger species.