Bali has evolved thru the years from a paradise for surfers to one of the best travel destinations in Asia. Bali offers a ton of experience from great dining, partying, surfing, yoga, or maybe visit the sacred temples. Of course, in Bali, you can also do nothing and just relax.
There is so much to tell about Bali but for this one, we point the spotlight to the best restaurants in Bali:
1 - Metis
Great food is always something unforgettable when you visit a place and the chefs at Metis in Kerobokan puts a dash of kitchen magic to make sure you always have Bali in your mind.

If you are asking what is the best at Metis, go for their foie gras dishes which can be considered as best in all of Bali. Their really yummy osso bucco is also a must try. Do not forget to order a glass of martini concocted from passion fruit.
2 - Sardine
You cannot help but notice the architecture of the Sardine restaurant built from 10 types of bamboo and 120,000 shingles of the pliant material. Remind yourself not to ogle much on the building but on their good menu of organic greens and produce. They also have tasty side dishes like wasabi mash and smoked miso eggplant. Be sure to get a plate of their scallops with ravioli and their panna cotta.
3 - Sarong
At this restaurant the ambiance and dishes are both sexy. They serve Asian fusion cuisines while you enjoy their fleur-de-lis setting. They also have an extensive list of cocktail choices. Ask for Bill Ben which is a blend of pink grapefruit and gin with some foam made from chamomile. Another great drink is their Sarong Cappuccino which is fashioned from brandy or vodka with espresso, Kahlua, and maple syrup.

Best Restaurants in Bali, Indonesia

When you go to Asia, you will see tropical paradise, try exotic food, meet warm people, and immerse yourself into different cultures. If you are on a budget, Asia is also a great place where you can find very affordable drinks in case you want to party and have a drinking marathon. Here are some of the best affordable drinks in Asia:
San Miguel Beer in the Philippines
Where can you get a bottle of good, cold beer for just around fifty cents? IF ever you are visiting any of the 7.107 islands of the Philippines, look for San Miguel Beer. This is a cheap bottle of beer that you can find practically in any store in the country. They have several varieties ranging from dark beer, light, to premium malt but the household name is the Pale Pilsen.
Soju in Korea
This is the Vodka-like alcoholic drink from South Korea. It comes for just 80 cents per 350 ml bottle. The soju does not have a very high alcohol content but it has the reputation of knocking out men in business suits onto the gutters of Korea. Remember that in this country, an empty glass means more refill so you better be prepared to get drunk.
Er Guo Tou in China
One of the most popular liquor drink in China is Er Guo Tou which is made from sorghum. You can get this 120 proof drink for about fifty cents. Not everyone loves the smell of this Chinese drink as it resembles the stench of gasoline.
Arak in Indonesia
Arak is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from pine or rice . A liter of this Indonesian drink can be yours for just $2. There is a lot of local stories that come with this drink. According to Indonesians, the demon, Rangda will come to your sleep so be sure to offer some to the spirits before starting a bottle.

Cheap drinks that you must try in Asia


Most Terrifying And Haunted Places You’d Never Want To Visit
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1. St. George’s Church

Located in the Czech Republic, St. George’s Church is a beautiful monument that’s fallen into disrepair. As the paint started to peel and the windows fell out, the local city council wanted someone to do something with the building. Artist Jakub Hadrava had a bizarre idea: He’d fill up the pews with ghosts.
There’s not really a grand artistic statement, by the way. Hadrava simply decided to make this church into one of the creepiest places on the planet. He received a commission on the grounds that he’d bring tourists into the church, and when Hadrava read that the site was abandoned after the roof caved in during a funeral, he got to work, creating hollow ghosts out of plaster.
The project was a success. The church now draws in visitors from as far away as Australia, and his “ghosts” certainly give the room a creepy vibe.
In fact, some visitors swear that they move when you’re not looking at them (alright, fine, we made that last part up).
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2. Isla de las Muñecas
What’s creepier than an island of deformed dolls? The correct answer is: Wait, why is there an island of deformed dolls?
Located south of Mexico City, Isla de las Muñecas (which translates to “Island of the Dolls”) is a small island that’s completely covered with doll parts. Locals claim that a girl drowned near the island, and when the island’s caretaker found a doll floating next to her body, he picked the doll up and hung it on a tree.
That caretaker was Don Julian Santata Barrera, and he says that the spirit of the deceased girl continues to visit him. He did what any logical person would do: he found more dolls, tore them into pieces, and hung their parts on trees. He now claims that the dolls themselves are possessed by the girl’s spirit.
In any case, the island is creepy during the day and terrifying at night. Some visitors say that the eyes of the dolls tend to follow you, and no, we’re not making that up.
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3. The Odessa Catacombs

Many of the places on this list are creepy, but not actually dangerous. The Odessa catacombs are something different.

Found under the streets of Odessa, Ukraine, they’re a winding sequence of ancient tunnels that were long ago abandoned by civilization. Some estimates claim that there are 1,550 miles of tunnels, but nobody really knows for sure. There are also plenty of local legends about what the catacombs house; some claim that there’s buried Nazi treasure, while others insist that thousands of bodies are buried deep in the tunnels.
The most disturbing legend claims that on New Year’s Eve, a woman got lost while exploring the tunnels with friends. She was reportedly found weeks later; she’d passed away, but first she’d wandered for days with no light, no food, and only the echoing sounds of the catacombs to keep her company.
So, to reiterate: don’t go into the Odessa catacombs.
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4. Chapel of Bones

We’ve got to hand it to the good people of Evora, Portugal: when they name a building, they don’t pull punches.
The “Chapel of Bones” is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a church, built in the 16th century by a Franciscan monk who decided to build human bones and skulls into the interior walls.
His reasoning? He wanted to remind his fellow monks that life was brief and impermanent. This was a common theme in chapels of the era, but few monks took it so literally. There’s even this message at the entrance: “We bones that here are, for yours await.”
Okay, so poetry wasn’t the builder’s strong suit. The bones still look pretty creepy, and one study determined that the monk used 5,000 skeletons to create the structure.
If any place in the world has ever been haunted, it’s got to be this place, right? Come on, there are 5,000 skeletons essentially serving as macabre drywall.
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5. Pripyat, Ukraine


Pripyat is now empty, but at one time, it was home to nearly 50,000 people. A bustling nuclear city, it served the nearby Cherynobyl power plant.

Most readers know what happened next: Cherynobyl went through a disastrous meltdown, exposing nearby areas to massive amounts of radiation. Pripyat’s residents evacuated.

Now, Pripyat is a ghost town. Plants grow through buildings, wild animals roam, and man-made materials have naturally degraded. In short, it looks like something from a post-apocalyptic video game. That’s not to say that there’s nothing to do—we recommend the Ferris wheel.

The good news is that Pripyat is fairly safe these days. Radiation wears off over time, and most parts of the city are fine for tourists, although there are few long-term residents anywhere near the zone. Several enterprising companies offer tours, but to get truly awesome apocalyptic pictures like these, you’ll have to go off the beaten path (not recommended).
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6. The Willard Asylum

The Willard Asylum for the Chronically Insane in New York was a federal institution for people deemed too psychologically unstable to live in the general population. It was constructed in the late 1800s and served its purpose until it was largely abandoned in the 1960s.
We should note that the asylums of old were nothing like the clean, (relatively) supportive psychiatric facilities of the modern age; in the 19th century, patients were routinely chained and sometimes beaten by unscrupulous staff members.

That’s not to say that the Willard Asylum was a place of cruelty. For its time, it was fairly advanced, but patients who checked into the Willard didn’t check out, and the conditions could be harsh on occasion.

Perhaps that’s why nobody has really bothered to repair the decrepit buildings of the institution. These days, the Willard Asylum offers occasional tours, and the antiquated equipment and crumbling walls certainly offer a creepy (but fascinating) look at the history of psychiatric medicine.
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7. The Union Cemetery

The Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut, is the site of one of the most enduring legends in American folklore. Ghost hunters regularly refer to it as one of the “most haunted” places in the country, although they often focus on the story of the White Lady.
The White Lady is a female ghost, dressed in pure light. She’s said to roam the cemetery with long, flowing hair, occasionally making her way out to a nearby roadway before vanishing. One firefighter even claims that he dented his car by accidentally running into the ghost.

Ed and Lorraine Warren, the demonologists who famously investigated the Amityville Horror case, visited the Union Cemetery numerous times. They wrote an entire book about the place, claiming that dozens of ghosts walk the grounds with the White Lady.

In any case, the gravestones are old—some date back to the 1700s—and there’s definitely a creepy aura, regardless of whether visitors are lucky enough to snag a photo of the ghosts.
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8. Hill of Crosses

While the Hill of Crosses seems creepy at first glance, this Lithuanian site’s history paints a different picture.

Located just north of Siauliai in northern Lithuania, the Hill of Crosses began as a place of protest. Devout Christians in Soviet-occupied Russia would visit the hill to leave crosses near a statue of the Virgin Mary.

This didn’t sit well with Soviet occupiers, as the communist government was strongly opposed to organized religion in most circumstances. Soviet police would tear down the crosses, but they’d quickly return as more and more religious pilgrims made their way to the hill. Eventually, some non-Christians joined in, as the act of placing a cross was a peaceful form of protest.

With all of that said, the Hill of Crosses still seems jarring at first glance. Thousands of crosses hang off of every available surface; large crosses often host a dozen or more additional crosses. Still, it’s an important cultural landmark in Lithuania, and with context, it’s quite an inspiring sight.
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Most Terrifying And Haunted Places You’d Never Want To Visit

Dogs may not be famous for their intelligence, but a new study indicates that when it comes to language, canines are in fact much more capable than many people think, with an ability to understand individual words while also reading between the lines.

Describing their findings in the journal Science, researchers reveal how dogs use the same brain mechanisms as humans to process both words and intonation, and as such are able to pick up on vocabulary and tone of voice in order to discover complex meanings.

As anyone who has ever owned a dog will know, man’s best friend is certainly no fool, and can be trained to recognize a large number of words – though, unsurprisingly, they tend to be much more skilled at learning terms related to food. To investigate the neural processes behind this linguistic proficiency, the study authors trained 13 dogs to lie still inside a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner, while they listened to their owners’ voices.

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During these experiments, the dogs heard “praise words” spoken in “praising intonation”, as well as these same words in neutral intonation. They then heard neutral words in both praising and neutral intonations, while the researchers attempted to determine which brain areas became activated by vocabulary and inflection.

As it turns out, the left hemisphere of the dogs’ brains appeared to be involved in discerning the meanings of words, regardless of their intonation, and therefore helped to differentiate between praise words and neutral terms. Meanwhile, an area of the right hemisphere called the right middle ectosylvian gyrus responded only to intonation and not to word meaning. Amazingly, the same processes have previously been identified in human brains.

As with people, dogs experience pleasure and happiness when their brain’s reward circuit is activated. This consists of a number of different brain regions, such as the ventral striatum, ventral tegmental area, and substantia nigra – all of which are activated by neurons that communicate using the neurotransmitter dopamine.
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Interestingly, the MRI scans revealed that the dogs’ reward circuits were only activated when they heard praise words spoken in a praising intonation, which sparked an increase in dopamine transmission in these key areas. Praise words in a neutral intonation, or neutral words in a praising intonation, did not produce this pleasure response.
In a statement, study co-author Attila Andics explained that this reveals how the canine brain “not only separately analyzes what we say and how we say it, but also integrates the two types of information, to arrive at a unified meaning.”

Furthermore, the results of this study suggest that the neural mechanisms required to process language may have evolved much earlier than previously thought, and are therefore not unique to the brains of humans and other primates. As such, Andics claims, “our research sheds new light on the emergence of words during language evolution. What makes words uniquely human is not a special neural capacity, but our invention of using them.”
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Your Dog’s Brain Can Understand What You Say And How You Say It

When you walk into a beautiful bathroom, there’s always a sense of awe. The bathroom is our sanctuary – it’s where we relax and let the weight of the day’s bustle and stress just melt away. See what the top sanctuary-making bathroom interior trends of 2018 are – which will you tackle?
1. Splash Of Color
Adding a splash of color to an otherwise neutral or subdued bathroom design is an attractive way to spruce up a space without too much decor. It’s drama, it’s luxury, and it provides an ultimately chic result with minimal effort.

2. Sunken Tub
Not all of us can afford this tub trend, but it’s making some serious waves in 2018. If you’re feeling extra this year, you can go for a slipper or bateau tub. Some people are even putting it in the middle of their bedrooms, which sounds kind of amazing, but also terrible if you have carpeting. If sunken isn’t possible, try raising the tub on a platform.

3. Matte Finish
We’re so used to glossy whites taking over a bathroom, but matte is the futuristic way to go. We do it to our cars and our manicures – why should our bathrooms be any less on point? It also hides fingermarks and makes for a striking aesthetic.

4. His and Hers Shower
Double sinks always make life a little easier when you’re a couple sharing a home, but to make things really next level, people are decking out their washrooms with his and her showers. A massive walk-in space with your own controls, shower-heads, and screens? Talk about a power couple.

5. High Tech Toilets
While people have been raving about Japanese toilets for years, this year, they’re in a lot of shopping carts, and the technology has us on the edge of our seats. From built-in deodorizers to air dryers, seat warners, and automatic lid openers, the features are endless. Some even have Bluetooth music players that turn on when the lid is open, and shuts off when you close it.
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6. Brass and Copper Fixtures
This gives bathrooms a classic feel and are the perfect addition to an otherwise contemporary bathroom. They add warmth and dimension to any space – just a doorknob and a faucet can make a world of difference. Like matte, this will hide fingerprints, along with water-spots, and compliment a range of looks.

7. Stone Vessel Sinks
This rugged look acts as a centerpiece in almost any bathroom. While vessel sinks have always been a popular choice, the definitive 2018 look is hand-carved stone. With other stone or grey bricks accents, this provides an organic, earthy energy.

8. Metal Framed Shower
This innovative look is bound to land your bathroom in the pages of a glossy.

9. Heated Floors
Heating systems not only provide heat, but they can also reduce noise levels and possible allergic reactions since there are no air currents disturbing dust.

10. Indigo
Shades of blue are always a calming and welcome addition to any home. But this year, indigo specifically is making a comeback. It plays beautifully with lighter, contrasting blue shades, and is a moody, sexy alternative to black. Adding silver accents to this look is undeniably classy.
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10 Biggest Bathroom Trends To Watch Out For in 2018