Links

Links about Bali and the internet.

info, maps, dictionary, further links

German http://www.bali-info.de/insidertips.htm
To keep my list short I refer to the Bali-Info links. However most of them are in German.

English http://www.bali-portal.com
Many links about Bali.

German http://www.baliku.de
All insider information is provided there. So I don't have to write it on my page.

English http://micbali.proboards21.com/index.cgi?board=maps
A forum full of links to maps.

English http://www.wannasurf.com/spot/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/index.html
Map of the Bali surf spots: Dreamland, Padang-Padang, Uluwatu, ... even G-Land.

English http://www.kamus.net/main.asp
Online dictionary.

Indonesian http://www.badung.go.id
It's sort of heart-warming, the official website of the south Bali government. The descriptions of the sights are simple Indonesian reading lessons.

Indonesian http://www.iloveblue.com
Indescribable: "Complete information for young Bali generation, such as: info seputar Bali, forum anak muda gaul, Superman is Dead/music greeting cards, ringtones, Bali wallpaper, pasang iklan online"
Other young generation site: English http://www.beatmag.com

forum

German http://www.indonesia-forum.de
Newbies ask - experts answer.

English http://www.baliforum.com
Enjoyable English forum.

English http://www.balitravelforum.com/index.html
Another English forum.

pictures

German http://www.oliverkaluza.de/page1/page5/page5.html
Oliver Kaluza's photos are by far better than mine!

English http://www.pbase.com/jongky/unforgetable_bali
Beautiful new gallery by Jongky.

English http://home.alphalink.com.au/~grum/oldbalipics/
Images from 1597 until 1993 collected by Sharkey.

English http://www.bali-pictures.com
Photo links collected by Bert Vierstra.

English http://www.poppies.net/webcam.html
Not a panorama view but an up-to-date glance to Bali.

German http://www.livetravel.net/?/archiv/bali/archiv_bali.htm
Photo-stories from all over the world. There I found the Balangan photo.

culture

Indonesian English http://www.babadbali.com
The most detailed and authentic source of information on Balinese culture, unfortunately mostly in Indonesian.
Most notably: Culture conservation and The Balinese Alphabet

German http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/4002/partnerschaft/indonesien/wayang.html
In German: explanation of the shadow play figures.

English http://www.indonesia-bali.com
Zack Olsson's pages about Balinese nature, culture and history (at the page bottom after the hotel ads).

English http://www.geocities.com/bali_art_story
The story of Balinese art development.

English http://www.bali-events.com
Temple birthdays (odalan) and Balinese holidays.

German http://www.tetti.de/BALI/NAMEN/index.html
Elaboration about Balinese names by Eva Veres.

travel, hotel, information

English http://www.peramatour.com
Bali and Nusa Tenggara by bus and boat. See also Perama Schedule.

English http://www.geckotours.com
Small group tours from the American east coast to Bali.

English http://www.murnis.com
In addition to the famous restaurant Murni also provides accommodation and shops, even online.
The site also contains a detailed resource on Balinese culture.

English http://www.baliforyou.com/bali/ and http://www.kecak.com
Complete information about Bali: hotels, culture, forum & chat. Very extensive!

English http://baliwww.com, particularly http://baliwww.com/directory/
As in the previous link the useful information is difficult to find behind all the hotel offers.
Most notably: Explanation of the Tumpek ceremonies.

English http://www.bali-travelnews.com
Under "News" there are some varying articles on the Balinese culture.

English http://www.bali-information.com Real estate in Bali (Bert Vierstra).

English http://www.baliblog.com
Nick's daily stories and pictures from Bali.

German http://www.freizeitanlage.de/bali/balibomb/candidasa/bali_candidasa.htm
Photos and tips from Kuta, Tanah Lot and east Bali by Kurt Hollstein.

English http://www.balidiscovery.com
Up-to-date information, but also commercial offers.

snorkeling, diving, fish

German http://www.tetti.de/BALI/SCHNORCHELN/index.html
Eva Veres not only knows Balinese culture but also introduces the best snorkeling spots.

English German http://www.gekodive.com
Dive center in Padang Bai, Jln Silayukti, PADI Resort Association #6029.
The map of Padang Bai is particularly nice.

Multilingual dive centers in Bali:
German English http://www.waterworxbali.com Water Worx in Padang Bai.
German English http://www.scuba-libre-bali.com Scuba Libre in Tulamben and Jimbaran.
German English http://www.tauch-terminal.com Tauch Terminal in Kuta and Tulamben.
German English http://www.b-a-l-i.com Paradise Diving in Legian.

English http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/search.php
Fish classification with names in many languages and pictures. In other parts of the world http://www.fishbase.org/home.htm might be faster, or fishbase.net or fishbase.se.


Internet

general

German http://www.hallofreun.de/temp/bookmarks.html
I put the bookmarks of my browser online. So I (and you) can use them anywhere (holiday, internet cafes, ...).

Firefox English http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox
The Mozilla Firefox is superior to the Internet Explorer in all topics: security, rendering and usability. But unfortunately not in frequency.

German http://www.www-kurs.de
Online internet lessons by Bernd Zimmermann.

German http://www.iks-jena.de/cgi-bin/whois
Disclosure of IP-Address or domain.

English http://imageshack.us
Thanks to ImageShack for hosting most of my pictures!

html

German http://de.selfhtml.org
HTML lessons by Stefan Münz.

German http://www.qhaut.de/forums/index.php?act=Downloads
HTML editor by Ulli Meybohm for download.

English http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/#validators
The validators check the properness of HTML code, CSS statements and links.

English http://www.positioniseverything.net
Bug demos in Internet Explorer and modern browsers. By Big John and Holly Bergevin.

friends and relatives

German http://www.bruno-heller-wyk.de
My father's course of life and a list of his books.

German http://freenet-homepage.de/zietz/
The thriller author in my family.

If anything doesn't work, please email home@HalloFreun.de. Last update 2009-08-22