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Kuta Karnival Saturday Sept. 8th 2007
The 2007 Kuta Karnival is going full steam ahead and today the food court opens at the top of Jl. Pantai Kuta. Some of Kuta’s best restaurants have booths, with portions of their fare.
Kuta Halfway is the location of a lot of the action with stages
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Buying land in Bali: Watch your step
Buying land in Bali and building your ‘dream house’ is something many people consider. During my time living in Bali I’ve seen some quite dramatic situations where foreigners went diving in and got / almost got burned. Indonesian law stat
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Safe & enjoyable scuba diving in Bali
Bali is blessed with clean warm water, a beautiful undersea world and an array of professional diving operations. For the vast majority of people, their diving experiences in Bali were times to remember. In order to maximize your enjoyment and minimize ris
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Update on XL ISP in Kuta Bali
My visit to the XL building recently was a rather frustrating affair, getting my machine & cell phone set up with their system, only to hear I needed a land line. After all the good advice from Baliblog readers I decided to pay another visit to sort t
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History of tourism in Bali
When talking about about tourism we’re usually referring to European tourism in the 20th Century. The first western account of visiting Bali was by Dutchman Aernoudt Lintgens in 1597. Other famous westerners that followed included the Danish trader M
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Raising kids in Bali
Raising kids is something that most of us aren’t trained for but have to deal with sooner or later. I actually enjoy it, partly because I know it won’t last forever and partly because it brings a refreshing reality to things.
Ika has a new job
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Travelling Naturally in Bali
The early European visitors to Bali had to make do without email, Skype, ATM machines, not to mention jet planes and credit cards. In those days visitors to Bali had to reserve more time to get to Bali and more time to explore Bali. Nowadays it is possible
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Beautiful Bali
The SW monsoon rain that comes off of the Indian Ocean delivers 2 meters of rainfall to the south of Bali each year. Wet season storms quickly dump their load, followed by, blazing sunshine and blue skies. Bali’s rivers and man-made waterways carry n
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Indonesian earthquake
The news is full of the massive earthquake that shook Sumatra on Wednesday. The 7.9 shaker rattled buildings and caused a 9ft tsunami to hit the port of Padang. Here in Bali we did not feel anything, at least I didn’t, neither did anyone I’ve t
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Ramadan in Indonesia
Today was the start of the holy month of Ramadan here in Indonesia. This ‘once every 11 month’ event rolls around a little bit earlier every year, if you are gauging it by a western calendar. The big mosque (masjid) in Tuban must of been very b
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Bali weather: September 14th 2007
The weekend is almost here and expats will be looking to hit the beach and enjoy the warm water. This weekend its beach weather all the way with sunshine predicted and highs of 30C. Last night I had dinner at Ultimo, an Italian restaurant on Jl. Oberoi wit
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Indonesian earthquakes
The recent and continuing earthquakes in Indonesia are a result of the country’s location on a fault line. There earthquakes all over the country during the year, most of which shake up the locals a bit but do not cause much damage. Just today 11 ear
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Bali surf conditions: Saturday September 15th 2007
Looking a swell chart for Bali we can see a nice size swell on its way in. Over the weekend Uluwatu will be enjoying a steady 7.5ft swell height, at 13-14 second intervals. The best is yet to come though and as of Monday the predicted swell height will rea
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Buying land in Bali revisited
Following last week’s excellent article in Bali Discovery regarding the legality of foreigners buying land in Bali, there follows another related article, this one an interview with a respected notary on the same subject.
This Land is My Land, This
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Eating at a warung in Bali
One of the many aspects that makes Bali a sensational place to visit is the availability of cheap and tasty food. The most common type of eating establishment in Bali is the warung, the small local cafe type places that traditionally serve local food, but
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Mads Lange 200th anniversary in Tuban Bali
Tuesday September 18th 2007 is the 200th anniversary of Mads Lange, the Danish trader who lived in Kuta / Tuban and was one of the most important foreign expats in Bali’s history.
Mads Lange’s tomb is located close to Supernova in Tuban, a min
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Mads Lange 200th anniversary in Bali
Tuesday September 18th 2007 was the 200th anniversary of Danish explorer Mads Lange. The Mads Lange tomb located at Tuan Lange in Tuban was the scene of a memorial service this morning, with over 100 people, both western and Indonesian listening to speeche
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Dealing with health & emergencies in Bali
A trip to a tropical destination will provoke thoughts of possible dangers and how to deal with them. Among the concerns are safety of food and drinking water, transport systems and the local safety situation. These concerns are compounded worries about l
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Bali Travel TV Programs To Go
If you can’t be in Bali, what’s the next best option? Well, for some, it’s watching travel TV shows about Bali so they can keep reminding themselves of how beautiful Bali is. Thanks to a new project launched by the folks behind the fanta
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Planning your Bali Adventure
Bali is a small island although first time visitors are often surprised at how big it is and how long it takes to get from A to B. Ubud is 12 nautical miles from Kuta, but if you can get there in under an hour you’re doing well.
Traffic starts up in
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