What is Bali?
Bali is perfect weather. The average temperature is 31 degrees year round. It never rains for longer than thirty minutes. A refreshing sea breeze lifts your spirits all day long. Bali is flowers. Garlands are hung around your neck when you arrive. You’ll find blossoms on your hotel room pillow. The heady fragrance and brilliant colors of bougainvillea, orchids, hibiscus and water lilies surround you. Lush green ferns abound. Each morning little baskets intricately woven from banana, palm and coconut leaves are placed outside every single home and business in Bali for good luck. The baskets contain elegantly arranged flower petals sprinkled with holy water. One evening I watched two women weaving dozens of baskets for the mornings’ floral offerings. Bali is delicious food. I’d read an intriguing lifestyle book called Fragrant Rice by Janet DeNeefe before visiting Bali. Janet married a man from Bali twenty years ago and became enchanted with its cuisine. She has opened two restaurants. W
