vacation spot hollywood actresses

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Bali was introduced to the West by Miguel Covarrubias, a writer, painter and anthropologist Mexican citizen, through his book "Island of Bali" 1970 or 1976 years ago, beat out other island in the world.Bali is currently ranked at the top ranks of the most beautiful islands in Asia and the world as it is written in one of the famous American magazine and many Bali Tour Package which is managed by a foreign people because of its high potential. Because it is natural that a lot of hollywood actress ever stopped to set foot on the white sand beaches of Bali's beautiful. Bali is a favorite Hollywood artists like Whitney Houston, Cindy Crowford, Britney Spears, etc.. 4 Season Resort Jimbaran is a place of lodging his destination. When the question why they prefer Bali, they say that the atmosphere in Bali is very exotic and hot sun in Bali make their skin to be sexy. And of course it costs a dollar cost is still affordable for their pockets.Even soccer star David Beckham has ever come to Bali, although initially difficult to ascertain whether Beckham actually visited there, at a dinner party welcoming Mega Familiarization Tour of Australia at the Novotel Nusa Dua he finally appeared. East of Bali's tourist area is known for its beautiful panorama, with an excess of underwater scenes and black sand beaches, making it different from other coastal areas, such as the white sands of Kuta.In addition, the tourist area can also be easily to receive exclusive guests who require special security or even the hotel it should be block, in order to maintain flexibility. Rows list of world leaders and Hollywood or foreign artists who've been to Bali: 
1. princess diana 
2. madonna
3. michael jakcson
4. Leonardo Di Caprio
5. enrique iglesias
6. steve irwin
7. jessica biel
8. antonio banderas
9. Sylvester Stallone  
10. brad pitt
11. mel gibson
12. Kylie Minogue 
13. russel crowe
14. david beckham 
15. victoria beckham
16. spice girls mel B 
17. spice girls mel c
18. emma bunton spice girls
19. Geri Halliwell spice girl
20. jessica simpson 
21. Anna Kournikova
22. michael schumacher 
23. fernando alonso
24. thalia 
25. tommy motolla
26. cindy crawford
27. christina aguilera
28. Susan Sarandon
29. team robbins
30. faith bowie
31. david bowie
32. sting
33. Sarah Michelle Gellar
34. Freddie Prinze Junior
35. van damme
36. naomi campbell 
37. Claudia Schiffer
38. David Copperfiel
39. julia roberts
40. jackie chan

And many more world famous artists that do not get written one after taking the tour to bali, and some of them deliberately taking Honeymoon Package, because looking at Bali as a very erotic and romantic.Magazine "TIME", published in the United States have set a Bali as a tourist island in the world. Similarly Travel + Leisure in the United States also set a best tourist island of Bali as elsewhere in the world are worth a visit the international community. Because it is only fitting we keep with the image of tourism in Bali and Indonesia in general, with the hope of the world choose Bali as a vacation spot. Do you want to add a row of names above? like bali tour packages and honeymoon? specify your choice and enjoy.

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asia's largest mining

 news sources from wikipedia
PT. Freeport Indonesia is a mining company which is majority owned by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. .. The company is the largest taxpayer to the Indonesian company and is the world's largest gold producer through the Grasberg mine. Freeport Indonesia has conducted exploration in two places in Papua, respectively Erstberg mine (from 1967) and the Grasberg mine (since 1988), in the Copper Pura, Mimika District, Papua Province.

Freeport grown into a company with revenues of 2.3 billion dollars. Freeport said its existence gives direct and indirect benefits to Indonesia amounted to 33 billion dollars from the year 1992-2004. This figure is almost equal to 2 percent of Indonesia's GDP. With gold prices reaching the highest value in the last 25 years, that is 540 dollars per ounce, Freeport is expected to fill the government coffers $ 1 billion.

shareholder

     Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.. (USA) - 81.28%
     Government of Indonesia - 9.36%
     PT. Indocopper Investama - 9.36%

The resulting mineral

     copper
     gold
     Silver
     molybdenum
     rhenium

All this results in a material that is not clear mine because the mine is in Indonesia shipped outside for refining, while molybdenum and rhenium is a byproduct of processing copper ore.

history
 
Map location of Freeport Indonesia
Formerly in the community there are myths concerning the real man, who comes from a mother, who became after his death turned into a land that stretches along the Amungsal (Land Amugme), this area is considered sacred by the local people, so it is customary not allowed to enter.
Since 1971, Freeport Indonesia, entry into this sacred area, and open mines Erstberg. Since 1971 that tribal Amugme moved out of the area to the foothills region.
Erstberg mine is exhausted open-pit her in 1989, followed by mining at Grasberg area with production licenses issued Mentamben Ginandjar Kartasasmita in 1996. In this permission, listed on the EIA production allowed is 300 thousand / ton / day.

 ControversyAccording to employees and former employees of Freeport, for many years James R Moffett, a Louisiana-born geologist, who is also the head of this company, diligently cultivate friendly relations with President Suharto and his cronies. This is done to secure the Freeport business. Freeport pay for their holiday expenses, tuition fees and even their children, including making agreements that benefit both parties.The letters and other documents provided to the New York Times by government officials showed, Ministry of Environment has repeatedly warned the company since 1997, Freeport violated legislation on the environment. According to calculations Freeport, they can produce mining waste / waste material by approximately 6 billion tons (more than twice the materials excavated earth to create the Panama Canal). Most of the waste was dumped in the mountains around the mine site, or to a system of rivers that flow down into the wet lowlands, close to Lorentz National Park, a tropical rain forest that has been given special status by the United Nations.A multimillion-dollar study conducted in 2002 Parametrix, American consulting firm, paid by Freeport and Rio Tinto, its business partners, the results were never published record, the upstream rivers and low-lying areas were flooded with sewage wet mine now no match for aquatic living beings. The report was submitted to the New York Times by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Indonesia. New York Times repeatedly asked permission to Freeport and the Indonesian government to visit the mine and the area around it because it is necessary for special permission for journalists. All requests were denied. Freeport only respond in writing. A letter signed by Stanley S Arkin, the company's legal counsel said the Grasberg is a copper mine, with gold as a byproduct, and that many journalists have visited the mine before the Indonesian government tightened the rules in the 1990s.

 Freeport relations and militaryOver the years, Freeport has the security unit itself, while the Indonesian military are battling a resurgent separatist movement weak and low. Then it began to security needs are interrelated.There is no investigation that found a link Freeport directly with human rights violations, but more and more people are connecting Freeport Papua violence perpetrated by the military, and in some cases violence was carried out by using Freeport. An Australian anthropologist, Chris Ballard, who worked for Freeport, and Abigail Abrash, a human rights activist from the United States, estimates that as many as 160 people have been killed by the military between the years 1975-1997 at the mine site and surrounding area.In March 1996, the anger against the firm when the riots broke out in the form of anti-corporate sentiment of several different groups to join.Free-port tapped into the news in his e-mail. According to two people who read e-mail e-mail it at the time, there are certain military units, local communities and environmental groups working together. An exchange of information using e-mail between a public figure with a head full of environmental organizations tactical military intelligence. In another e-mail, a lead environmental organization asks its members resign because demonstrations have turned violent.From the interviews conducted, former Freeport officials and officials said they were surprised to see a man with a military haircut, wearing combat boots and holding a walkie-talkie radios among the rioters were. The men were seen directing the unrest, and on one occasion, lead the masses headed to Freeport laboratory, which they tossed.

 SecurityFreeport documents show, from 1998 to 2004 Freeport gave nearly 20 million dollars to the generals, colonels, majors and captains of the military and police, and military units. Each commanders received tens of thousands of dollars, even in a case until it reaches $ 150,000, as set out in that document.The documents were given to the New York Times by someone close to Freeport, and according to former employees as well as employees of Freeport, the documents were authentic original alias. In his written response to the New York Times, Freeport said the company had taken steps that need to be in accordance with the laws of the United States and Indonesia to provide a safe working environment for more than 18,000 employees and employees of contractor companies. Freeport also said it had no alternative but to depend entirely on the military and the Indonesian police and the decisions taken in regard to relations with the Indonesian government and its security institutions, are ordinary business activities.In short order, Freeport spent 35 million dollars to build military infrastructure - barracks, headquarters, dining halls, roads - and the company also gave the commanders 70 Land Rover cars types and Land Cruiser, which is replaced every few years. All gain something, even the navy and the air force. According to former employees and employees of Freeport, when the company has recruited a former CIA field agent, and upon his recommendation, the company then approached a military attache at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta and asked him to join. Then two former U.S. military officers were recruited, and a special department, called the Emergency Operations Plan (Emergency Planning Operation) was established to deal with a new relationship with the military Freeport Indonesia.Emergency Operations Planning Department recently began to make monthly payments to the military commanders, while the Office of Risk Management Security (Security Risk Management office) regulate payments to police. This information was obtained from company documents and former employees and employee information Freeport. According to company documents, company paid at least $ 20 million (about USD 184 billion) to the military and police in Papua from 1998 until May 2004. Then there is also an additional $ 10 million (about USD 92 billion), which was also paid to the military and police at that time for a total of about USD 276 billion.New York Times received Freeport financial documents for seven years from someone close to the company. Additional documents for three years provided by Global Witness, an NGO which issued a report in July, entitled Paying for Protection (Paid Protection) [1] on military ties with Indonesia Freeport. Diamird 0'Sullivan, who works for Global Witness in London, criticized the payments made Freeport.According to the company, all expenses does it have to go through the budget examination process. Notes received by the New York Times showed payments to military officers individually listed under topics such as cost of food, services and additional monthly administration. Commanders receiving such funds are not required to sign a receipt.Reverend Lowry, who retired from Freeport in March 2004 but remained a consultant until June, said, actually there is no sufficient reason for Freeport to provide funds directly to military officers.Company records show, the biggest recipient was the commander of the troops in the Freeport area, Lieutenant Colonel Togap F. Gultom. For six months in 2001, he was given only a little less than $ 100,000 for the cost of food, and more than $ 150,000 next year. In 2002, Freeport also gave money to at least 10 other commanders reached more than $ 350,000 for the cost of meals.According to the former employees and employees of Freeport, payments are made to the officers, the wives and their children, as individuals. Fly-ranking generals in first class or business class, and the officers of the lower economic classes, said Brigadier General Ramizan Tarigan receiving tickets worth $ 14,000 dollars in 2002 for himself and his family members.General Tarigan occupying senior positions in the police said the police officers allowed to accept airplane tickets because their pay is very low but it is against police regulations to receive cash payments. In April 2002, the company paid senior military officers in Papua, Maj. Gen. Mahidin Simbolon, more than 64,000 dollars for the so-called Freeport in the financial books as "fund for military project plan 2002".Eight months later, in December, General Simbolon received more than 67,000 dollars for humanitarian civic action projects. These payments were first reported by Global Witness. General Simbolon, who is now the Inspector General of the Indonesian Army, declined requests to be interviewed.In 2003, after the Enron scandals and the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires financial accounting practices are more stringent on companies, Freeport began making payments to army units rather than to the individual officer. Similarly, according to the records available and as manifested by the former employees and the employees of this company.According to records, the company paid police units in Papua slightly under 1 million dollars in 2003, registered under such topics as "additional monthly payment," "administrative costs" and "administrative support." Freeport told the New York Times, in determining the kind of support that can be given, it is the company's policy to take account of the possibility of human rights abuses. "According to records received by the New York Times, the paramilitary police, the Brigade (Brimob), which often cited by the U.S. State Department for his cruelty, received more than $ 200,000 in 2003.

 Event

    February 21, 2006, occurred the expulsion of locals doing panning gold from the remnants of waste production in Kali Kabur Wanamon Freeport. Expulsion conducted by the joint police and Freeport security guard. As a result of the expulsion of these clashes and shelling. Local residents who knew the incident was later occupied and closed the main road in Freeport Ridge Camp, at Mile 72-74, for a few days. The road is the only access to the Grasberg mining and processing locations.
    February 22, 2006, a group of students from Papua in Timika shooting action on the day before the 89th Plasa damaging buildings in Jakarta, which is the building where the offices of PT Freeport Indonesia.
    February 23, 2006, the people of West Papua who are members of Solidarity Freeport tragedy staged a rally in front of the palace, demanding the president to close Freeport Indonesia. The same action performed by about 50 students from Papua in Manado.
    February 25, 2006, PT Freeport Indonesia workers to return to work after the bar opened at Mile 74.
    February 27, 2006, the United Front of West Papuan People's Struggle occupying the offices of PT Freeport Indonesia at Plasa 89, Jakarta. Action against Freeport also occurred in Jayapura and Manado.
    February 28, 2006, protesters at Plasa 89, Jakarta, clashed with police. This action resulted in eight police officers were injured.
    March 1, 2006, a demonstration for 3 days at Plasa 89 ends. 8 NGOs who assist Papuan students were arrested on charges of breaking into the action Papuan students . Dozens of Papuan student in Makassar demonstrate and destroy the West Irian Liberation Monument.
    March 3, 2006, the people of Papua in Solo demonstrated against Freeport.
    March 7, 2006, demonstration at Mile 28, Timika near the airport Moses Kilangin cause disrupted flight schedules.
    March 14, 2006, a mob carrying arrows and spears cover 28 checkpoint in Timika. Massa also raging in front of the Hotel Sheraton.
    March 15, 2006, the police disperse the crowd at Mile 28 and arrested eight people accused of damaging Hotel Sheraton. Two police hit arrows.
    March 16, 2006, the action of blocking the road in front of Cendrawasih University Campus, Abepura, Jayapura, by the people and students who are members of Parliament and Front Streets Act of PB Jayapura city, ending with a bloody clash, causing the 3 members of the Mobile Brigade and 1 was killed and dozens of military intelligence wounds of both the students and the authorities.
    March 17, 2006, three residents Abepura, Papua, were wounded by a bullet bounce after several members of the Mobile Brigade fired their guns into the air in front of Kodim Abepura . Some television journalists who covered persecuted and destroyed his equipment by the Mobile Brigade.
    March 22, 2006, another BriMobs died after being in critical condition for six days
    March 23, 2006, the mountain slopes in open-pit mining area of ​​PT Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg, landslides and accumulate a number of workers. 3 people died and dozens were injured.
    March 23, 2006, the Ministry of Environment to publish the findings of the monitoring and regulation of environmental quality in the area of ​​PT Freeport Indonesia. As a result, Freeport is considered not meet the wastewater and has been polluting the sea and marine life.
    18 April 2007, about 9,000 employees of Freeport strike to demand improved welfare. Negotiations finally settled on 21 April after an agreement was reached that included the lowest salary increases
    October 21, 2011, approximately three people were killed in a shooting incident in Timika Freeport's Papua. Marcelianus, a national police personnel of the rank of Brigadier police also shot dead one.

 

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raja Ampat island, papua indonesian

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Located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's West Papua province, Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo, and the smaller island of Kofiau.
Raja Ampat Regency is a new regency which separated from Sorong Regency in 2004. It encompasses more than 40,000 km² of land and sea, which also contains Cenderawasih Bay, the largest marine national park in Indonesia. It is a part of the newly named West Papua (province) of Indonesia which was formerly Irian Jaya. Some of the islands are the most northern pieces of land in the Australian continent.





history
The name of Raja Ampat comes from local mythology that tells about a woman who finds seven eggs. Four of the seven eggs hatch and become kings that occupy four of Raja Ampat biggest islands whilst the other three become a ghost, a woman, and a stone.
History shows that Raja Ampat was once a part of Tidore Kingdom, an influential kingdom from Maluku. Yet, after Holland invaded Maluku, it was shortly claimed as a part of the kingdom of Holland. The main occupation for people around this area is fishing since the area is dominated by the sea. They live in a small colony of tribes that spreads around the area. Although traditional culture still strongly exists, they are very welcoming to visitors. Their religion is dominantly Christian.
 
geography
The oceanic natural resources around Raja Ampat give it significant potential as a tourist area. Many sources place Raja Ampat as one of their top ten most popular places for diving whilst it retains the number one ranking in terms of underwater biodiversity.
According to Conservation International, marine surveys suggest that the marine life diversity in the Raja Ampat area is the highest recorded on Earth.Diversity is considerably greater than any other area sampled in the Coral Triangle composed of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste. The Coral Triangle is the heart of the world's coral reef biodiversity, making Raja Ampat quite possibly the richest coral reef ecosystems in the world.
The area's massive coral colonies along with relatively high sea surface temperatures, also suggest that its reefs may be relatively resistant to threats like coral bleaching and coral disease, which now jeopardize the survival of other coral ecosystems around the world. The Raja Ampat islands are remote and relatively undisturbed by humans.
The high marine diversity in Raja Ampat is strongly influenced by its position between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, as coral and fish larvae are more easily shared between the two oceans. Raja Ampat's coral diversity, resilience, and role as a source for larval dispersal make it a global priority for marine protection.
1,309 fish species, 537 coral species (a remarkable 96% of all scleractinia recorded from Indonesia are likely to occur in these islands and 75% of all species that exist in the world), and 699 mollusk species, the variety of marine life is staggering. Some areas boast enormous schools of fish and regular sightings of sharks, such as wobbegongs.
Although accessing the islands is not that difficult, it takes some time. It takes six hours flight from Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia to Sorong. Then, taking boat to reach the islands is necessary.

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The documentary film Edies Paradies 3 (by Otto C. Honegger) has been broadcast by the biggest Switzerland television broadcaster, Schweizer Fernsehen. The film tells about Raja Ampat's natural underwater beauty which is likened to Switzerland's only inhabited area of the region of around 50,000 residents and is considered like the "Amazon" because of the underwater world located in the heart of the world's Coral Triangle.


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papua, indonesia

sourced from wikipedia article
 Papua is the largest province of Indonesia, located in the central part of the island of Papua or the eastern part of West New Guinea (Irian Jaya). Eastern hemisphere is the country of Papua New Guinea or East New Guinea.
Birds endemic to Papua
 

Papua Province used to cover all of Western New Guinea, so often referred to as West Papua, especially the Free Papua Movement (OPM), a separatist movement that wants independence from Indonesia and form their own country. During the colonial Dutch East Indies, the area was known as Dutch New Guinea (Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea or Dutch New Guinea). After being joined by the Republic of Indonesia Indonesia, the region is known as the province of West Irian from 1969 until 1973. His name was later changed to Irian Jaya by Soeharto inaugurated at the Freeport copper and gold mine, the name still used officially until 2002.

Name changed to Papua province in accordance with Law No.. 21 of 2001 on Special Autonomy for Papua. In 2003, accompanied by numerous protests (Papua merger of Central and East Papua), Papua province is divided into two by the Indonesian government; eastern Papua, while still using the name of a western part of West Irian Jaya province (a year later became West Papua). The eastern part of that is the territory of Papua province at this time.

indigenous Papuan population

 Indigenous groups in Papua

Indigenous groups in Papua consists of 255 ethnic groups, with each language is different. The tribes are:

     Ansus
     Amungme
     Asmat
     Ayamaru, inhabit the Sorong
     Bauzi
     cud
     Dani
     Empur, inhabit the Chebar and Amberbaken
     Hatam, inhabit Ransiki and Oransbari
     Iha
     Kamoro
     Mandobo / Wambon
     Mee, inhabiting mountainous regions Paniai
     Meyakh, inhabiting the city of Manokwari
     Moskona, inhabit Merdei
     Nafri
     Sentani, inhabiting around Lake Sentani
     Souk, inhabit Anggi and Menyambouw
     Waropen
     Wamesa
     Muyu
     Tobati
     Enggros
     Korowai
     Fuyu

 typical weapon papua

 
One of the traditional weapons in Papua Knife Dagger. These weapons are made ​​of cassowary leg bone and feathers adorn the upper Dagger. The main weapon is another indigenous Papuans Bows and Arrows. The arc of bamboo or wood, while the bow string is made of rattan. Arrows made ​​of bamboo, wood or bone kangaroo. Bows and arrows used for hunting or war.

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5 best surf spots in Bali Indonesia

1. kuta reef
Kuta reef located in the Kuta beach area and was a regular surfers who visit Bali.Sebagai the most famous beaches in Bali, the area is very familiar to the local tourist or mancanegara.Kharakteristik large waves and powerful characteristic waves here.

The surfer can also choose the second option the surf here is from right to left (right-hander) or from left to right (left-hander). Suitable for surfers to advance professionally.

2 Uluwatu
Uluwatu lies at the southern tip of the island Bali.Uluwatu is a very popular surfing destination in Bali, large and high waves into the region's own epic.


Directly adjacent to the Indian Ocean obak ferociously, no one if the waves here offer satisfaction for the peselancar.Salah a typical beach at Uluwatu beach is directly adjacent to high cliffs and steep cliffs that add to the elegance of this place.

3 Dreamland
Dreamland, is one of the most beautiful beaches on the island Bali.Hamparan white sand that extends along 10 meters plus the beautiful white cliffs adjacent to the Indian Ocean, adding to the region's beauty.


Dreamland is located at Ungasan village, Badung, Bali.Berada in strategic locations surrounding the many luxurious facilities owned by pribadi.Ombak in Dreamland known for big waves and strong so only suitable for surfers of experience and profesional.Ombak could reach 4m over the season . sessions best to surf at Dreamland Beach is during the dry season.

 4 Padang padang beach
Padang padang beach is the beach which is in Ungasan village, Badung, Bali.Pantai is not foreign to the surfing enthusiast, because the location is charming and the waves were very big and very challenging.
 
Located right in front of the Indian Ocean, the waves here are known to have difficulty levels tinggi.Ombak peak maximum up to 12 feet.


The waves that make up the pipe with a current strength of the winds and should only be attempted to make the already known berpengalaman.Selain amazing waves, the beach is also known for its beauty and uniqueness.


Unlike some other famous beaches in Bali, the beach padang padang must pass through a narrow cavern natural staircase and some stairs that seemed like would pinch anyone who entered it, through caves and will meet with white sand and crystal clear beaches and beautiful bluish tint.


The beach is not very wide, but offers beautiful views of the green lush trees that grow around the coastal cliffs ini.Pantai is also increasingly popular after the superstar Julia Roberts activities filming Eat, Pray, Love here.

 5 Balangan Beach

Balangan Beach located in Pecatu white hills, the southern part of the island Bali.Pantai Balangan has white sand stretching along 200 meters.



Famous for sunsetnya charming and a choice surfers mandatory after smug Belangan beach enjoying the waves. 

The beach was awarded a large wave and is suitable for experienced surfers to professional, but overall the waves are relatively easy route.

Surfers will be prosecuted careful when touching the reef and the waves will stop surfing at this beach.
Best season for surfing in Balangan Beach is the dry season when the wind flows from east to west and make a big wave and the time is perfect for surfing.
Enjoy surf and white sand beaches and enjoy the sunset Balangan make the right choice to spend your time.

 Bali is known as a tourist paradise, the famous until mancanegara.Masih many things that can be extracted from the island of Bali, is not only a sport surfing alone.

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ubud bali

Ubud is a town on the Indonesian island of Bali in Ubud District, located amongst rice paddies and steep ravines in the central foothills of the Gianyar regency. One of Bali's major arts and culture centres, it has developed a large tourism industry.
Ubud has a population of about 30,000 people, but it is becoming difficult to distinguish the town itself from the villages that surround it.

ubud bali

History

8th century legend tells of a Javanese priest, Rsi Markendya, who meditated at the confluence of two rivers (an auspicious site for Hindus) at the Ubud locality of Campuan. Here he founded the Gunung Lebah Temple on the valley floor, the site of which remains a pilgrim destination.
The town was originally important as a source of medicinal herbs and plants; Ubud gets its name from the Balinese word ubad (medicine).
In the late nineteenth century, Ubud became the seat of feudal lords who owed their allegiance to the king of Gianyar, at one time the most powerful of Bali's southern states. The lords were members of the satriya family of Sukawati, and were significant supporters of the village's increasingly renowned arts scene.
Tourism on the island developed after the arrival of Walter Spies, an ethnic German born in Russia who taught painting and music, and dabbled in dance. Spies and foreign painters Willem Hofker and Rudolf Bonnet entertained celebrities including Charlie Chaplin, Noël Coward, Barbara Hutton, H.G. Wells and Vicki Baum. They brought in some of the greatest artists from all over Bali to teach and train the Balinese in arts, helping Ubud become the cultural centre of Bali.
A new burst of creative energy came in 1960s in the wake of Dutch painter Arie Smit (1916-), and development of the Young Artists Movement. There are many museums in Ubud, including the Museum Puri Lukisan, Museum Neka and the Agung Rai Museum of Art.
The Bali tourist boom since the late 1960s has seen much development in the town; however, it remains a centre of artistic pursuit.

palace of ubud

Town orientation and tourism
The main street is Jalan Raya Ubud (Jalan Raya means main road), which runs east-west through the center of town. Two long roads, Jalan Monkey Forest and Jalan Hanoman, extend south from Jalan Raya Ubud. Puri Saren Agung is a large palace located at the intersection of Monkey Forest and Raya Ubud roads. The home of Tjokorda Gede Agung Sukawati (1910–1978), the last "king" of Ubud, it is now occupied by his descendants and dance performances are held in its courtyard. It was also one of Ubud's first hotels, dating back to the 1930s.
The Ubud Monkey Forest is a sacred nature reserve located near the southern end of Jalan Monkey Forest. It houses a temple and approximately 340 Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) monkeys.
Ubud tourism focuses on culture, yoga and nature. In contrast to the main tourist area in southern Bali, the Ubud area has forests, rivers, cooler temperatures and less congestion although traffic has increased dramatically in the 21st century. A number of smaller "boutique"-style hotels are located in and around Ubud, which commonly offer spa treatments or treks up Ubud's mountains.
The Moon of Pejeng, in nearby Pejeng, is the largest single-cast bronze kettle drum in the world, dating from circa 300BC. It is a popular destination for tourists interested in local culture, as is the 11th century Goa Gajah, or 'Elephant Cave', temple complex.
The Blanco Renaissance Museum is also located in the town.

In popular culture

Ubud is mentioned in "I've Been To Bali Too", the single by Australian folk-rock band Redgum from their 1984 album Frontline.
With a Hindu ceremony, Mick Jagger wed Jerry Hall at Ubud's Royal Palace Hotel on November 21, 1990.

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