{"id":165,"date":"2008-06-28T16:36:09","date_gmt":"2008-06-28T14:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=165"},"modified":"2018-11-05T02:26:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T01:26:14","slug":"les-petites-choses-que-jaime-a-bali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/les-petites-choses-que-jaime-a-bali-20080628\/","title":{"rendered":"The little things I like in Bali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hadn't been to Bali for a few years. And there are a lot of little details here that I really enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>To begin with, many of the houses and hotels look like temples, with their slit portals and carvings. In fact, there are temples everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>And there are altars guarded by mythical creatures of stone, more or less monstrous, even in the gardens of small family hotels, type <em>losmen <\/em>or <em>guesthouse<\/em>. It is always very pleasant to sleep surrounded by gods and demons.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8506.jpg\" alt=\"Morning offerings in the garden of the hotel Sorga. (Kuta, Bali)\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8506.jpg 600w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8506-390x293.jpg 390w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8506-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8506-385x289.jpg 385w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8506-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8506-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8506-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morning offerings in the garden of the Sorga Hotel. (Kuta, Bali)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And then, every morning, fresh offerings are deposited in their small vegetable basket: flowers, rice, incense stick... All accompanied by a delicate gesture of the hand, to spread a few drops of water, a flower stuck between two fingers.<\/p>\n<p>I love this little morning ritual, it has something reassuring. The gods and spirits are everywhere, so we try to conciliate the good ones and appease the bad ones. On the doorsteps, at the crossroads, small baskets of offerings litter the ground.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8474.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-167\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8474.jpg\" alt=\"Small basket of offerings in front of the entrance of a warung (restaurant) in Petitenget (Bali).\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8474.jpg 600w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8474-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8474-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8474-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small basket of offerings in front of the entrance of a warung (restaurant) in Petitenget (Bali).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another thing I like here is that even the trees wear sarongs. I mean, the trees that are considered sacred, those that are inhabited by a spirit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-456\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_0672_amed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-456\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_0672_amed.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white checkered sarong girdles the trunk of this sacred tree in Bali.\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_0672_amed.jpg 600w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_0672_amed-400x299.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_0672_amed-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_0672_amed-293x219.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A black and white checkered sarong girdles the trunk of this sacred tree in Bali.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The black and white checkered sarong also girdles the loins of the statues that guard the entrances of the temples. This black and white chessboard symbolizes what we know better as yin and yang: it is about maintaining the balance between the two forces, positive and negative, that govern the world.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I had forgotten, too, that I observed yesterday in Kuta, and today on the road to Lovina: the kites. On the beach and in the rice fields, children and even adults play with kites. There are all sizes, some very simple, made in a plastic bag, others huge and very sophisticated, with long tail waving in the wind.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-168\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8451.jpg\" alt=\"Kite game on Petitenget beach, north of Kuta Beach (Bali).\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8451-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8451-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_8451-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kite game on Petitenget beach, north of Kuta Beach (Bali).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, I am happy to find again those little things that I don't pay much attention to anymore, as I am so used to them, but that I like a lot in Asia: greeting people with a big smile is the most natural thing in the world again, riding with up to four or even five passengers on a motorcycle (well, not for me!), the possibility to have a snack at any time thanks to the little street vendors installed along the roads with their carts of kebabs, soups or fruits...<\/p>\n<p>I arrived in the North, at Lovina Beach, today... Here no rollers nor surfers. Less flashy and more relaxed atmosphere. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hadn't been to Bali for a few years. 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