"From Ubud to Hollywood For Balinese Medicine Man"
The old man is Ketut Liyer, a Balinese medicine man, artist and palmist whose name has been the talk of the town since Elizabeth Gilbert’s novel “Eat, Pray, Love” – which details the author’s friendship with Ketut – became a best-seller.The story is being made into a film, featuring Hollywood star Julia Roberts. Filming for the movie recently took place in Ketut’s hometown, Ubud.
Ketut Liyer became known to various countries, since his character to be a character in a Hollywood movie, "Eat, Pray, Love" starring Julia Roberts. The movie is lifted by the book with the same title, the story is real, soul-searching journey of Elizabeth Gilbert to three countries, one in Bali Indonesia. One famous scene is the encounter with Elizabeth Gilbert. He also studied meditation with Ketut Liyer. The scene is a lot to inspire women from various countries, who come to Bali, to meet with Ketut Liyer, to fortune.
If you want to visit and in divination by Ketut Liyer, come early, because a lot of people who come to Ketut Liyer for predictive and traditional treatment. When you arrive at home, you should take a queue number first. And will be accompanied by his son, I Nyoman Lantra, pending Ketut Liyer wake up.