Imagine a land of endless summer, where ocean breezes rustle through the coconut palms at the edge of a soft sand beach. Imagine a land where ancient traditions with all their magic and mystery are still vitally alive and waiting to be explored. Imagine a land that combines the ultimate in worldly luxuries with a deep spirituality centuries old. Imagine a land where every pleasure you desire is available: from fine dining to five star hotels, from spellbinding dance performances to sophisticated nightclubs, from treasure-hunting in antique stores and galleries to relaxing under the impossibly bright stars - all at a very affordable price. Imagine the two of you, together in paradise. This must be a fantasy, right? No, it’s Bali — your dream honeymoon destination.

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In Bali the honeymoon usually precedes the wedding; the average boy in love with a girl makes his marriage arrangements directly with her, and outside his father, perhaps, and a few friends from he needs help, he keeps his intention secret until the day, previously agreed upon between the boy and the girl, when he will steal her. Shy couples simply run away together to the house of a friend, as a rule in another village, where they spent honeymoon in hiding.

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However, the Balinese love spectacular kidnappings. The girl arranges for her clothes to be taken secretly to their future hide out, and on the appointed day she is captured by somewhere on the road, in the fields, or in the river by the kidnapping party, led by her suitor. She is expected to kick and bite her abductors in sham of self-defense, and although there may be witnesses, no one would dream of interfering, unless they are the relatives of the girl, in which case they are supposed to put up a great fight
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