{"id":403,"date":"2016-12-29T18:28:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T18:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/?p=403"},"modified":"2016-12-29T18:30:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T18:30:59","slug":"top-5-things-to-see-in-karangasem-regency-east-bali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/29\/top-5-things-to-see-in-karangasem-regency-east-bali\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 things to See in Karangasem Regency, East Bali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Karangasem is the Easternmost Regency or section of the Bali island. It encompasses 840 square kilometers and its capital is Karangasem city. The area is lesser explored than its neighbors to the West mainly because a rental car or hired driver are a definite must for exploring it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-407 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/jpgkarangasem_regency.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"147\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_404\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-404\" class=\"size-large wp-image-404\" src=\"http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_03573434-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_03573434-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_03573434-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_03573434-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_03573434-1080x608.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_03573434.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>White Sand Beach (Bias Tugel)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1. White Sand Beach (Bias Tugel):<\/strong> \u00a0When we arrived at this beach with our rental car on our first day in Bali, we were literally the only ones there. \u00a0About one hundred steps lead through the dense forest to this beach named for pearly color of its sand.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_405\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405\" class=\"size-large wp-image-405\" src=\"http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0509343565-1024x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"882\" srcset=\"http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0509343565-1024x882.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0509343565-300x258.jpg 300w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0509343565-768x661.jpg 768w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0509343565.jpg 1029w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Tirta Gangga<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2. Tirta Gangga (The Water Palace):<\/strong> This former royal palace is home to some of the most amazing water features and gardens that we have ever seen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ricoh-theta-spherical-image\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"575\"><p>Tirtagangga Water Palace, Bali &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/theta360.com\/s\/2xaVaNQKgJre8m0EG8NEPrwYq\" target=\"_blank\">Spherical Image &#8211; RICOH THETA<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/theta360.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KB3Z6T2KgmI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>3. Sideman Rice Terraces:<\/strong> \u00a0For some reason, everyone we talked to said these terraces weren&#8217;t really in use anymore and were nowhere near as impressive Jatiluwih Rice Terraces or\u00a0Tegalalang Rice Terrace. \u00a0This couldn&#8217;t be further from the truth. \u00a0Having been to all three, we can confirm that the terraces in Sideman were the most authentic and most impressive. \u00a0And the best part is that due to their remote location, they are not commercialized. At all. \u00a0You will not see a single tourist or hawker there. \u00a0Tegalalang is barely even a rice terrace, and is just popular due its proximity to overdeveloped Ubud. \u00a0Jatiluwih is impressive, but the confluence of guesthouses, shops and tour buses there kind of detracts from the authenticity of the whole thing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_406\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-406\" class=\"size-large wp-image-406\" src=\"http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0606343436-1024x588.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0606343436-1024x588.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0606343436-300x172.jpg 300w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0606343436-768x441.jpg 768w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0606343436-1080x620.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0606343436.jpg 1751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Pura Besikah<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Pura Besikah:<\/strong> I guess we couldn&#8217;t do a top 5 of this area without mentioning the Mother Temple. \u00a0While you will be hassled to no end while visiting, this doesn&#8217;t take away from the scale or grandeur of this temple complex. \u00a0We recommend just sucking it up and paying for a &#8216;guide&#8217; right away and have him fend off the other guides for the rest of the tour. \u00a0They will tell you a guide is &#8220;required&#8221;, but from what we read, this isn&#8217;t true. \u00a0Nevertheless, even we gave in to the guides&#8217; persistence as they would not even let you take a picture without getting in your face. \u00a0This is really the only part of Bali where we experienced this type of treatment.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-408\" src=\"http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1IMG_94511323-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1IMG_94511323-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1IMG_94511323-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1IMG_94511323-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1IMG_94511323-1080x718.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/anti-tourists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1IMG_94511323.jpg 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>5.\u00a0Tenganan Pegringsingan<\/strong>:\u00a0Tenganan Pegringsingan is a traditional Balinese village (which has been somewhat made into a park\/living museum. \u00a0Inside you can see how an isolated village, largely untouched by the development in the rest of the Bali, goes about its daily life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karangasem is the Easternmost Regency or section of the Bali island. 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