Rice fields Bali

The Balinese rice terraces go back over 2,000 years when hard-working farmers with primitive hand tools began carving the stepped terraces out of steep hill sides.

I often stay in hotels with the rice-fields right in my back-yard.
Here’s a video of me just above Ubud in the rice terraces.

Hang Drum in Bali

The ancient practice of drumming can be a healing experience, releasing our emotions and helping us in our meditation. It can be one of the most creative and pleasurable ways to tap into the healing nature of rhythm.

Most of the drums we sell in our stores come from a local music factory on the island of Bali. Gopal is the owner of a musical instrument factory in Ubud. They produce many drums and other musical instruments, hand-made and often with recycled and sustainable materials. In our stores you may find their hang drums (also called hand pans, constructed from steel, shaped by hand and made to play with your hands), djembe drums (rope-tuned skin-covered goblet-shaped drums, also made to play with your hands) and didgeridoos (originally developed by the indigenous peoples of Australia, also known as natural wooden trumpet or “drone pipes”), these are very popular with our customers!

You can find these drums in our stores in Calgary and in our online store. Check out our unique assortment of drums!

Watch the talented Gopal play the hang drum for us, it’s truly amazing!

Roasting Coffee in Bali

For the production of coffee, the raw fruit is taken off the coffee plant. The cherry has the fruit or pulp removed leaving the seed or bean which is then dried. Then the beans are sorted and roasted. After cooling down they are packaged. In larger roasting houses the beans might be grounded before packaging.

Here we are visiting a coffee plantation in Bali and watching the roasting process. Love seeing the process with my own eyes! Way better than going to Starbucks 😉