Made Byasa is an extra ordinary Balinese man who has created on of the most unique attractions in his home island, Nusa Lembongan. Describing his work as a “creating” might not really be the right word; this is because Made worked on digging an underground house. Fifteen years of burrowing finally paid of. Byasa now has an ideal meditating place, further adding to Lembongan’s list of tourist attractions.
Using only simple tools such as hammer and chisel, Byasa started digging in his own yard in 1961. Until in 1976, a 500 square meters labyrinth was completed with a complex web of tunnels connecting a meditation room, bedroom, bathroom, dining room, living room and kitchen. There are some parts of this house where you need to crouch when exploring them. This underground house is called Gala Gala.
Gala Gala is located down a small lane of the main road after the Nusa Ceningan suspension bridge, you can find a small wooden signboard saying “Gala Gala Underground House” at the entrance of the small lane.