Sunday, August 29, 2010

Bali 5

GWK Cultural Park @ Bukit, Bali


Mandala Garuda Wisnu Kencana, or Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) is a private cultural park on the Bukit Peninsula at the southern end of the island of Bali in Indonesia. Bukit is a limestone plateau with Uluwatu to the west and Nusa Dua to the eastern. It is devoted to the Hindu god Vishnu, and his mount, Garuda, the mythical bird who is his companion. Currently, the statue of Vishnu is 23 m high, although the original plan was for a 146 meter gold plated Vishnu riding Garuda on top of an 11 storey entertainment complex.



Entrance fee is IDR50,000 per person








Plaza Garuda











Rice Terrace @ Tegalalang


Tegalalang village located on the north-south road from Kintamani.Tegalalang village is famous with rice terrace, but now on the way go to tegalalang village both side of the road you find many shops with selling woodcarving. The first example of Balinese landscape is the rice-field












BaBi Guling@ Ibu Oka, Ubud

A suckling pig (or sucking pig, ) is a piglet fed on its mother's milk and slaughtered between the ages of two and six weeks. Suckling pig is traditionally cooked whole, often roasted, in various cuisines. It is usually prepared for special occasions and gatherings.The term derives from the word "suckling", which refers to a young mammal still being suckled.The meat from suckling pig is pale and tender and the cooked skin is crisp and can be used for pork rinds. The texture of the meat can be somewhat gelatinous due to the amount of collagen in a young pig
Balinese cooking has a type of suckling pig called Babi Guling
Source:Wikipedia







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