When Liz and Richard are sitting at a table sharing a Thumbs Up, the two umbrellas in the drink switch from open to closed, and from yellow to pink, when the camera angle changes.
When Elizabeth and Tulsi talk over lunch at the Ashram, Tulsi is wearing glasses on her face. In the next shot of Tulsi, from behind, her glasses are on top of her head. In the next shot, the glasses are back on her face.
Liz and her friends order spaghetti carbonara at a restaurant in Rome. The movie shows a pasta dish with tomatoes at the group's table. Carbonara contains pancetta, parmigiano-reggiano, black pepper and eggs, but no tomatoes.
In Rome, Elizabeth Gilbert (Julia Roberts) is seen preparing and eating boiled asparagus with boiled eggs. This sounds ridiculous to any Italian: in Italy asparagus is eaten with fried eggs, or poached eggs, to soak asparagus in yolk.
Ubud is shown as having a beach, but in reality it is a land locked town.
Ketut, who is supposed to be Balinese, chants in Javanese while healing the crying toddler.
When Liz is writing her farewell e-mail to David, the words of her voice-over and the text on her computer screen say different things.
When Liz was in the bathtub reading an Italian dictionary, she mispronounced the word "Macinapepe" (Pepper Grinder/Mill). In the Italian consonants, C before I or E is like the English ch. Later, she mispronounced the word "Lascito" (legacy). Also in Italian, words with sci make a 'sh' sound.