Maria & George's Travels: Vignettes of our adventures

Bali – Not at all like “Eat, Pray, Love”

We went to Bali with visions of serene, idyllic beaches around Denpasar and calm, spiritual surroundings in Ubud. Instead we found a heavily commercialized tourism industry.

The saving grace is that even in the face of that commercialization, most Balinese have maintained their traditions and spiritualism.