The weather in Bali is different all over the Island! Ignore the i-phone app!
Many first-timers to Bali have a panic attack when they check their smartphones and an app keeps telling them its been raining in Bali for 2 weeks and will be raining on their whole 2 week holiday.
We often find many tourists to Bali have a lot of questions and there is not a lot of information out there is one place, so here are some Random Facts about Bali. These are Random, we will add more as we think of them.
“Laws are sand; customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment. The penalty may be unfair, unrighteous, illogical, and a cruelty; no matter, it will be inflicted, just the same. Certainly, then, there can be but one wise thing for a visiting stranger to do — find out what the country's customs are, and refrain from offending against them.” Mark Twain
In Bali we have two Laws, the Civil Law that governs your holiday here, it covers everything from Immigration to Drivers Licenses, liquor licences etc; and then there is Desa Adat Law (Village Customary law).
We understand in many Western countries you are not used to being told what to wear. But for Balinese it is different, on many occasions what you wear is not a choice, whether it be doing a community clean up, going to a ceremony, going to school, work etc, there is a strict dress code for all.
Well, really you can show as much as you like, unless visiting a Temple or a Government Building, no one will say anything,……but does that mean the locals don’t care?