Blue Mountain, Ontario: Winter Tourist Places in Canada

Travel and tourism is also a holiday in Canada, such as the one you want. In Canada, the attraction of what it is worth a visit, is there? In Canada, special, following the main tourist attractions. This Niagara Falls, CN Tower, Banff, there are various parks. But let's start in the Blue Mountains, Ontario is as follows:

Blue Mountain, Ontario

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Jimbaran at Night visited tourists area

Bali remains one of the world most visited tourists area. It is a strong magnet for travelers with interest in beautiful beaches, serene places, rich culture from the arts and crafts, never ending rituals, as well as its culinary attractions. I revisited Bali recently, and Bali everlasting magic brought me back to taste local seafood restaurants that line the seafront of Jimbaran while enjoying the ambiance and catching the ocean breeze.

Located at Bali’s west coast, Jimbaran that I knew along time ago was a quiet beach less visited by tourists in comparison to Kuta for the younger crowd and Sanur for the people who prefer less busy environment. It was not until 20 years ago when hotels developers identified the Jimbaran ocean front, not only because it is close to the airport but also because it is simply beautiful.

As time goes by, the area is known to be the place to eat any style of seafood. Rows of seafood stall from the less expensive place where you can eat and sit “a la fresca” and order your meal the Makassar way, Javanese way, Balinese way or any which way you prefer it to be prepared to the very pricy place where you can sit at private beach attached to five stars hotels.

The food is pretty good, but some chefs said that they don’t need much help when it comes to fresh seafood. As long as it is fresh, they can make it good. So, while the food is good, what is it then that attract those tourists?. It is probably the combination of the fact that they are in their “vacation mood”, there are entertainers (mostly a type of 3 or 5 Batak Mariachi quartet) or traditional Balinese musicians which somehow coordinate their time with the quartet, and finally the ambiance, the noise of water crushing the shore, the smell of salt water on the air mixed with the aromatic barbeque marinade, and, yes, probably the companionship.

A Barong dance and a few other traditional Bali dances entertained Jimbaran visitors.

Whilst I have probably visited most of the interesting places in Bali, it is always nice to go back to the Island of Gods again, as there are still quite a number of tourist attractions need to be explored. Maybe one needs to stay a couple of weeks in Bali to really savor the richness of the Balinese culture and to experience the interesting places around the island

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Wandering around

Well there is nothing special about this post, so you may just want to skip reading it and do other more useful things. It’s just about pictures of things that attracted my attention while I was wandering around a hotel. The hotel is located in one of the 17,000 islands belongs to the Indonesian people. If you know where it is and what the name of the hotel is, tell me, I’ll probably be able send you a book as a gift, as long as you live in one of those 17,000 islands.

The posting reminds me that wonderful things sometimes are just a few meters away from where we are now.

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Statues around Bali

Bali is the island of thousand temples and statues, with no close rival around the country. It’s the religion and belief that inspired art works, and both are closely interconnected and become inseparable. Grand vision, love, advance knowledge, techniques and skills on arts, supported with wealth and personal sacrifices have created stunning masterpiece.

There I was wandering around Bali a few weeks back, and had the liberty to make a couple of stops and took photos of some of the big statues. Here they are.

Statue of Indra, god of war and greatest of all warriors, rulers of thunder and storms, is located at Tegal Tugu Village, east of Gianyar. He’s shown riding on giant turtle, shooting an arrow straight to the west, where Kalarau statue is located, preventing Kalarau from drinking Tirta Amerta, the elixir of immortality.

Prince Gatot Kaca statue is located at intersection of Jl. Airport and Jl. Raya Tuban, near Ngurah Rai International Airport. The statue is one of the works of I Wayan Winten, a sculptor from Teges Peliatan, Ubud. The statue depicted a story taken form Mahabharata myth about Prince Gatot Kaca, son of Bima, who’s fighting an enemy. The statue was inaugurated on October 30, 1993.

Statue of a gigantic baby is located at Ubud, Gianyar, symbolizing fertility. According to a legend there once was a giant baby born in Gianyar. The baby was named Kebo Iwa, and the statue was erected as a remembrance.

Dewa Ruci statue, located at intersection of Jl. Sunset Road, Jl. Setiabudi and Jl. Bypass Ngurah Rai, was created also by sculptor I Wayan Winten. Bima, one of the five brothers of Pendawa family, was fighting a dragon in the legend of Dewa Ruci.

It seems that the more prosperous the societies, the higher the appreciation of the people are towards classical or contemporary art works and cultural activities, and the more they’re willing to spend money and time, and to provide ample public space for it.

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