This is One Virgin Who Gets Around Virgin Blue Increases Services to Bali from 5 Australian Gateways.

March 31st, 2009

Virgin Blue has announced their intention to increase flight frequencies to Bali, effective June 1, 2009. The added flights, needed to accommodate the continuing strong arrival numbers from Oz to Bali, include :

• A direct flight from Sydney to Bali, operating twice each week on Mondays and Fridays.

• A direct flight from Melbourne to Bali, operating three times each week on Tuesday, Thursdays and Sundays.

• Flights from Adelaide to Bali will increase from twice to three times each week.

• The airline will continue its services from Brisbane and Perth to Bali.

Brett Godfrey, the CEO of Virgin Blue told the press: “Indonesia was Pacific Blue’s first foray in to the Asian region and its close proximity to Australia is a big draw card for people keen to take a ‘mini-break’ without breaking the bank. Holiday package prices are at the lowest they have been for two decades so it is providing ideal opportunities for some great deals, not just in the air but also on arrival in Bali.”

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Reindeer Busy? Fly Garuda

December 13th, 2008

Garuda Adding 29,737 Seats to Handle Extra Passengers Over the Coming Christmas and New Year Holiday Period.

(12/6/2008) Garuda Indonesia will add 29,737 sears over the coming Christmas and New Year’s holiday in order to handle the expected rush of travelers.

According to Bisnis.com, the extra seats will come on line beginning December 22, 2008 until January 4, 2009.

The additional capacity will be added on the following routes:

● Jakarta-Denpasar (18,650 seats)

● Jakarta-Makassar (1,248 seats)

● Jakarta-Singapore (1,024 seats)

● Jakarta-Hong Kong (3,516 seats)

● Denpasar (Bali)-Singapore (898 seats)

● Denpasar (Bali)-Surabaya (854 seats)

Garuda plans to provide the additional capacity by either adding additional flights (20,120 seats) or using larger aircraft (9,617 seats) on existing flight departures.

Garuda will also deploy special problem-solving and passenger-service teams at main flight centers to immediately address any service bottlenecks that may arise.

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Indonesia Public Holidays 2008

December 5th, 2007

Public Holidays 2008

Date

Day

Celebration

01 January

Tuesday

New Year’s Day

10 January

Thursday

Islamic New Year 1429H

11 January

Friday

Shared Holiday by Goverment Decree

07 February

Thursday

Imlek - Chinese New Year 2559

08 February

Friday

Shared Holiday by Goverment Decree

07 March

Friday

Hari Nyepi - Bali’s Day of Silence and Hindu New Yeaar 1930 Saka

20 March

Thursday

Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday

21 March

Friday

Good Friday

23 March

Sunday

Easter Sunday

01 May

Thursday

Ascension Day of Jesus Christ

02 May

Friday

Shared Holiday by Goverment Decree

19 May

Monday

Shared Holiday by Goverment Decree

20 May

Tuesday

Hari Raya Waisak

30 July

Wednesday

Isra Mi’raj Prophet Mohammad SAW - Celebrating the Ascension of The Prophet Muhammad

17 August

Sunday

Indonesian Independence Day

18 August

Monday

“Shared Holiday” for Independence Day (Officially celebrated on 17 August 2008)

29 - 30 September

Monday-Tuesday

Shared Holiday by Goverment Decree

1 - 2 October

Wednesday - Thursday

Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1429 H

3 October

Friday

Shared Holiday by Goverment Decree

8 December

Monday

Idul Adha 1429H

25 December

Thursday

Christmas Day

26 December

Friday

Shared Holiday by Goverment Decree

29 December

Monday

Islamic New Year 1430H

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Public Holidays Dec 2007

December 5th, 2007

Dec 20, 2007 : 
Hari Raya Idul Adha 1428 Hijriah A national public holiday marking the Islamic celrbation of the Prophet Abraham’s sacrifice of a lamb.

Dec 21, 2007 : 
Shared Holiday by Goverment Decree for an Extended Weekend

Dec 24, 2007 : 
Shared Holiday by Goverment Decree for an Extended Weekend

Dec 25, 2007 :
Christmas Day

Bedugul Tours

December 5th, 2007

Bedugul and Beratan Lake Tour is one of Bali Tour Packages to visit places of interest in the regency of Tabanan like Beratan Lake, Ulun Danu Temple, Transitional fruit and vegetable market and Taman Ayun Temple. Bedugul is the name of place located in mountain area encircled by the cold temperature and natural environment with beautiful panorama of Beratan Lake. Your tour is arranged within 8 hours departs from your hotel lobby. The tour is very exciting to visit the tourist destinations in Bali with our professional speaking guide and full air-conditioning car for your enjoyable and comfortable journey. On the way of your tour, the Indonesia lunch menu is served at local restaurant with breathtaking view of rice terrace to complete the tour to be your memorable one.

LAKE BERATAN

Beratan Lake is a beautiful wide lake encircled by the cool temperature and blanketed by fog especially in the evening. The water is clear and calm with beautiful Mountain as backdrop view that make you will forbear staying there. There are plenty of traditional boats standby at the lakeside which is used by fisherman and found local people are fishing to add the beauty of this place.

ULUN DANU TEMPLE

Ulun Danu Temple is a famous temple located in the lakeside of Beratan and owns the beautiful panorama with Beratan Lake and mountain as a backdrop view. When the lake water is going up, this temple is looked like adrift above water because the water encircles it. It is situated in the cool area and mountain with breathtaking view and many tourist visits this place every day in particular on the day time.

FRUIT & VEGETABLE TRADITIONAL MARKET

It is a traditional market to sell the fresh vegetable and fruit that is very famous and many visited by tourist especially by local tourist. It is one of the tourist destinations in Bali presenting unique local community activities by serving the variety of agricultural product like fresh vegetables, fruit, corn, peanut, union, tomato etc. This market is opened from 7:00 am and closed at 18:00.

TAMAN AYUN TEMPLE

Taman Ayun Temple is a big temple located in Mengwi District and Badung regency. It is one of the heritance from the empire of Mengwi with beautiful temple building and the big fishpond surrounds it. This Temple owns the building boosting high and joins with others with beautiful decoration and it is designed by Balinese architecture.

Bali Tour Package

Kintamani Tour

December 4th, 2007

Kintamani Tour is a tour package with an impressive experience to visit Kintamani with breathtaking view of an active volcano and lake. This tour will visit places interest in Bali like Goa Gajah/Elephant Cave, Tampak Siring Temple/Tirta Empul Tample and Kintamani. The tour is also offering you the wide opportunity to see the beautiful handicraft in Bali which is made by local people to bring home for your souvenir. This tour is very comfortable with our professional tour guide who is always outstanding offer our best service. It is a private tour with full air-conditioning car transfer and delicious lunch is served on the way of the trip to complete your tour enjoyable.

GOA GAJAH
Goa Gajah/Elephant Cave is an ancient omission in the form of a cave with the high value of art and history. Goa Gajah is one of tourist destinations in Bali that is visited by a lot of tourists every day. In this place, we will find other ancient omissions like ancient stone idol, douche, temple and others. It owns beautiful relief with a form of face turning around to the left side. We have to descend the doorstep to reach Goa Gajah because this place is located in the river valley.

TAMPAK SIRING

Tampak Siring or recognized also by the name of Tirta Empul is a temple with a big water source residing in the middle of it. The water is clear, clean and holy assumed by the local resident to cure some disease. In Tampak Siring, you will see a Palace of Indonesia State founded by first president. Its place is very beautiful and peaceful that is surrounded by hill. There are many water douche exist in this temple that are using by local people for bathing and purification purpose.

KINTAMANI AND LAKE BATUR

Kintamani is a name of countryside located in the hill and the beautiful panorama surround it. We can see beautiful panorama from Kintamani to overview the active volcano of Batur Mount and wide Lake of Batur in a valley. It is situated in the plateau with cool weather surround it. When we stand up at Kintamani, we will be able to see the rural area which is close to the lake .

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December 3rd, 2007

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