Bali - Cross Cultural Journeys

LEADERS:
Wilford Welch, co-founded the Quest for Global Healing initiative that featured a conference in Ubud, Bali in May 2006 which was attended by 650 people from 40 countries. Our speakers included Archbishop Desmond Tutu, two other Nobel Peace Prize laureates, the leader of the world’s largest Moslem party and 84 youth. Wilford has traveled to over 100 countries and lived in many of them over the past four decades. He is a former U.S. diplomat in Asia, publisher of a world-wide foreign affairs publication, professor of international business and co-chairman of the Cross Cultural Journeys Foundation.

Carole Angermeir, whose education is in cultural anthropology, started Cross Cultural Journeys 15 years ago to provide the opportunity for Westerners to visit remote cultures of the world, to be with and learn from the wisdom of indigenous people. A former single engine aircraft pilot, founder of all volunteer staffed eye clinics in 35 developing countries, she has been an international social entrepreneur and adventurer all her adult life.

Made Surya Madé Surya was born and raised in Bali, the son of a Hindu priest. He has been performing Balinese dance at temple festivals since the age of eight, and performs and teaches mask dance professionally. Surya has conducted extensive research with western psychologists, therapists and healers on the topic of healing, and has served as a translator and advisor to filmmakers interested in Bali. He has led trips to Bali for Cross Cultural Journeys for the past ten years and provides access to some of the most fascinating and least known aspects of the Balinese culture. He will be joined by other local Balinese experts and artists who will show us their island, their wisdoms and culture and way of life.

Sponsored by the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Quest for Global Healing

TRIP DATE:
June 10-22 , 2007

TRIP COST:
$3,490 without international air
$4,650 with round trip air on Singapore Airlines

The price with air is available until April 1, 2007

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Six days in Ubud, the beautiful cultural capital of Bali, staying in a spectaular, comfortable, Balinese style guest house.
Two days and nights in the mountain resort village of Munduk.
Two days and nights at the beautiful Taman Sari seaside resort adjacent to a world renown coral restoration project.
Discuss with village elders the Balinese “Banjar” system of community, their temple system and their centuries old ‘subak” field irrigation system.
Spend a day with a traditional Balinese healer.
Take classes in traditional Balinese mask making, dance and gamelan.
Sunrise trip to the temple atop sacred Mount Agung, the highest peak in Bali.
Two special Balinese dance performances, the Kecak and Peliatan Legong.
Visits to the homes and studios of artists and craftsmen as well as to museums.

New Ways of Being in the World

A Quest for Global Healing Study Tour

Join us for a relaxed journey exploring Balinese ways of being. Experience and participate with the Balinese in their traditional practices around health and healing, ritual, art, spirituality and their lives in community. Explore how they actively seek to live in harmony with the natural world, with each other and with spirit. Bring home insights that will transform your personal world and the world you share.

DAILY ITINERARY
Day 1, Sunday, June 10, 2007: Depart San Francisco

Day 2, Monday, June 11: Arrive Bali
After customs, you will be whisked away to our beautiful garden accommodations in Ubud for a good nights rest.

Day 3, Tuesday, June 12: Ubud
Breakfast and yoga followed by an orientation session on Balinese customs and a walking tour of Ubud. After lunch we will visit one of the oldest and most beautiful temples in Ubud and learn the subtleties of the Balinese temple system.(B, L, D)

Day 4, Wednesday, June 13: Ubud, Singgapadu
Following yoga, breakfast and group discussion, we will drive to the Singgapadu village to explore Bali’s unique village and banjar system, and visit the palace of Singapadu for a private demonstration of sacred masks carving. After lunch, we will learn about Balinese dance and Gamelan, the famous Balinese musical instrument. In the evening we will attend the famous Kecak dance performance. (B, L, D)

Day 5, Thursday, June 14: Ubud & Mount Agung
Half the group will spend the early morning as the sun rises with Agung Rai, the founder of the ARMA Museum exploring on foot and by vehicle the Balinese landscape, village life and spirit world, followed by breakfast at the museum. The other members will join Zan Zan, a young Balinese of great wisdom and insight, on a trip to Mount Agung, the most sacred mountain in Bali. Afternoon options include hands on classes in mask making, dance, gamelan or just relaxing. (B, D)

Day 6, Friday, June 15: Ubud & Mount Agung
Join Agung Rai and Zan Zan for the experience you missed the morning before. Afternoon choices are again mask making, dance or gamelan. In the evening we enjoy the Peliatan Legong Balinese dance performance. (B)

Day 7, Saturday, June 16: Ubud
Yoga, breakfast and group “circle” followed by a day with Prince Cok Rai, a powerful Balinese traditional healer. We will observe his healing sessions with local Balinese, and some of us will ask to have an optional session with him while others observe. (B, L)

Day 8, Sunday, June 17: Ubud and Munduk
After a leisurely breakfast we will drive up Bali’s South West coast to the small mountain village of Munduk, stop at the fruit and vegetable market and also the famous Ulun Danu temple by the lake. After we check into the hotel we will walk to Bali’s highest waterfall, followed by visits to coffee, clove and coco plantations. Munduk Hotel (B, L, D)

Day 9, Monday, June 18: Munduk
Following breakfast we explore the “subak”, the farmers local cooperative. After lunch we will visit a coffee mill and a farm to taste fruits you have never seen, heard of or tasted before. Munduk Hotel (B, L, D)

Day 10, Tuesday, June 19: Taman Sari Resort
We will drive up to the North coast of Bali to visit the famous Taman Sari resort and coral reef restoration project. On the way we will stop at an exquisite Buddhist Monastery and nearby hot springs. Taman Sari Hotel (B, L, D.)

Day 11, Wednesday, June 20: Taman Sari Coral Reef Resort
We will meet with Agung Prana, the much honored founder of the Coral Reef Restoration Project. The rest of the day will be spent relaxing, shopping and joining with each other in a final “circle”. Taman Sari Hotel (B, L, D.)

Day 12, Thursday, June 21: Taman Sari to Denpasar
After a leisurely breakfast and swim we will drive to Denpasar where we celebrate with a gala farewell dinner. (Denpasar (B, L, D)

Day 13, Friday, June 22: Depart Bali, arrive San Francisco
With mixed emotions we board our flight back to the United States, arriving the same night, regaining the day we lost on the way over.

Included:
Hotels with pools (double occupancy); all meals (except two lunches and two dinners): leaders; local guides; two performances. two afternoons of Balinese mask making, dancing or gamelan; entrance fees, bottled water, local transportation and baggage tipping at hotels.

Not Included: Possible airline fuel surcharge; Indonesian visa ($25 upon arrival); departure tax ($12),Two lunches; two dinners; laundry; overweight luggage fees; tips to Balinese leader, drivers (optional, yet customary).

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