Holiday in Bali, even traffic jams are peaceful

To love Bali, you must love peace. I'm stuck in a taxi at a crossroads in a small town in the heart of the island. We have not moved in the last five minutes and no sign of any tension or in the driver nor the other cars nearby. Traffic is blocked, no traffic lights and the sun is strong.

Bus driver shrugs. A woman on a moped up my makeup.Brown dog wandering across the street and laying rummaging in the dirt. Try to imagine such a traffic jam in Rome, Bangkok or New York. You can not do it. But at her Bali, most of peaceful tropical islands, your heart trembles gathered from pleasure.

No wonder so many visitors have fallen under the spell of this soft, smooth myasto.Sled terrorist attacks of 2002 and 2005visitors have avoided this destination. But thanks to tight security measures, the sense of return of confidence is tangible. In the main tourist area, three miles of coastline, which stretches from Kuta to Seminyak, the streets are full of life. Shop after shop, trading from local crafts, cafes jump.

Flash modern hotels sit side by side with Hindu temples and makeshift stalls selling soup and satay. And almost everyone-tourists and locals usmihvat.Dalech from hot spots, stylish new hotel, the type in which there is no such built in the last four or five years, Alila Villas Uluwatu, south of the island. It is a light, airy setting, perched above the rocks in the infinity pool seems to float above the clouds, high above the cares of sveta.Tova place from which I never want to leave. Just ask Stephen, chef, originally from the Netherlands. Hotels in BaliHe married indoneziyka - the beach and is naturally becoming a father, and now spends evenings in the hammock looking up at the stars with whiskey in hand.

"You see life differently in Bali," he says, with a book in hand. Feminism is not reached in Bali. Passes a middle-aged woman wearing a huge pile of sugar cane on his head, while her husband is walking after her with empty hands and smoke. But a sense of community, sharing housework and childcare is povsemestno.Mesnite residents spend 50 percent of income for religious holidays. Sounds incredible, but it's easy to believe, while switch Temple in Temple, all beautifully maintained. Ceremony is a ceremony in endless procession, whether it be a wedding or thanks to the god of rice.