Alila Manggis, Bali Cafe

(left) Java coffee with authentic coconut cakes. (right) the hotel swimming pool under the whirling shadow of the trees is intoxicating.

Bali Alila Manggis

-go back to basics

There are no bustling shopping streets in Manggis, a small town in the east of Bali, and Kuta, the main city, and Nusa Dua, a major tourist town in the south. There are scattered village houses, rice paddies and woods all around, and only a few fishing boats roam the coast.

If the third World wants to develop tourism to earn foreign exchange, it often sacrifices some of the cultural heritage that originally belongs to the region, and both sides of such deals may be reflected in today's Bali. Since the development of tourism in the 1970s, tourists mainly from Oceania and Europe have been entering and leaving the island, which has changed the ecological culture of the island. People are gradually aware that the serenity, aura and cultural heritage of Bali are gradually deteriorating. In order to preserve these precious assets, eco-tourism to experience the cultural characteristics of Bali has sprung up rapidly and has been popular ever since.

The Eastern District, which has not yet been fully developed, enjoys preferential care and is slowly carrying out the theme tourism of "not destroying the local environment". The "experience" of the new tourism trend replaces the previous "sightseeing", "personalization" replaces "popularization", and "reality" replaces "unreality". This positive trend enables tourists to experience Bali in many ways in addition to having a full rest when traveling.

The design hotel Alila Manggis, which is stationed in this area, plans a series of "experience tours" in line with the trend. One of the excursions was to climb the eastern hilltop, sneak into a small pavilion made of bamboo among the terraces, taste the black coffee made from Java beans, and touch the authentic coconut cakes as young sugar. overlooking the east coast of Bali, the color changes from the lush green of the terraces to the endless clear blue. After enjoying such a natural afternoon coffee, the tour guide showed up on time to visit the terraces cultivated by local farmers, to learn about the operation of irrigation systems full of ancient intelligence, and to learn how farmers grow local organic tomatoes.

Back to the original, there are unspeakable Shutai arises spontaneously. The line of sight was attracted by several children in the terrace, and the children were playing happily in the terrace with straw heavier than they were. I suddenly remembered that I had experienced such a situation in my childhood. If today's culture is not well preserved, will tomorrow's children still have this precious natural heritage?