9 Bali temples where a $10 tax brought dawn silence back to sacred stone courtyards
Dawn breaks over Besakih Temple at 5:30am, and something has changed. Mist lifts from tiered black stone shrines while frangipani incense drifts through quiet courtyards. The tour buses that once clogged these sacred gates now park 1.2 miles downhill. This transformation didn’t happen overnight. It cost exactly $10 per visitor. Bali’s tourist tax, mandatory since … Lire plus









