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Festival of the Hungry Ghosts in Singapore
Right now Singapore is celebrating a tradition, where money is offered to help feed hungry ghosts. Sounds a bit like Bali, but its for real. The other day on Waterloo St. home of the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple & Sri Krishnan temple people were ligh
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Trying out a new ISP in Kuta Bali
Getting online in Bali has always has its challenges, ranging from slow connections to power outages. Things have gotten better though and the range of solutions has increased. Currently I’m using a service with an antenna on my roof, which connects
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Arriving at Ngurah Rai airport Bali
Arriving at Ngurah Rai airport last night, I tried to put myself in the shoes of a first time visitor to Bali. Actually I always try to do this, its a mental refresher as to the sights, sounds, smells and experiences that one of our ‘customers’
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How mosquitoes find you in Bali
The Ukrainian people I met on the plane from Singapore last night, are getting their first experience of a Bali sunset this evening. They are also most likely getting an introduction to something else that Bali is famous for, mosquitoes. After eating dinne
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Kuta Karnival 2007 opens in Bali
The annual Kuta Karnival has opened today on Kuta Beach. The event runs from today, Sept 1st until Sept 9th. The Kuta Karnival started in 2003 as a “Community” and “Recovery” initiative of the Kuta Small Business Association (KSBA)
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Tourists drown on Kuta Beach Bali
Three older tourists have drowned on Kuta Beach. This is another example of the power of local currents and the need to be careful. Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.
Three Swedish nationals drown in Bali
DENPASAR (Antara): Three Swedish nationals d
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Nasi campur: Indonesia’s national dish
Nasi campur (mixed rice) is the most basic dish in Indonesia. That together with nasi goreng (fried rice) are the 2 meals most commonly consumed. Nasi campur is a portion of steamed white rice (nasi putih) together with an assortment of other items, which
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Tabanan Bali
Tabanan is the name of a district in west Bali and also the largest town in the district. The town is located next to the main east-west road leading to Java. A bypass means you do not have to crawl through town and can maintain a decent speed, the traffic
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Bali government take steps to eradicate bird-flu
The Bali government has taken steps to monitor and control the resurgence of bird flu. News of bird flu, just like terror warnings and SARS, do not help the tourist industry, even though your chances of being directly affected by any of them are slim. Grea
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Foreign currency in Bali
A quick look at how the Indonesian rupiah is doing against other currencies reveals the US dollar is climbing rapidly. Here’s a list of other popular foreign currencies on Tuesday Sept. 4th 2007
1 US Dollar = 9,469.70 Indonesian Rupiah
1 Australian
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Indonesian Web 2.0: Social networking sites
The internet is popular here in Indonesia, with features such as IM, email, and photo sharing widely used. As with other countries, the homegrown websites have graduated from the early days of the WWW, to be what is called Web 2.0. Here’s more from
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Nokia Navigator: Genuine article or rip off?
My last trip to Singapore included picking up a Nokia Navigator at one of the many phone shops in Toa Payoh. Here’s an update on how things are going with that device here in Bali.
The staff at the camera shop in Singapore added tax to calculate the
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Bali surfing: Sept 4th 2007
The surfing season in Bali continues with its highs and lows. Right now the swell is average, slackening off over the next few days and looking good for Sunday & Monday. MagicSeaweed is a pretty good site for the raw data, with easy to read charts.
As
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Kuta Karnival in full swing
Kuta Karnival 2007 is in full swing, with beach activities including sand castle building and plenty of contests. At Kuta Halfway one of the stages was hosting some music acts featuring Indonesian pop songs, while companies put on display booths. One young
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Map of Nusa Penida, Nusa Ceningan & Nusa Lembongan
Here is a map of Map of Nusa Penida, Nusa Ceningan & Nusa Lembongan detailing roads and points of interest.
For a larger view click on the map.
Check out these other maps of Bali
Amed & Aas
Bali
Bali Barat National Park
Bangli
Bedugal, Munduk a
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Bali weather: Sept 5th 2007
Weather in Seminyak today was sunny for the most part, with 1 or 2 dark clouds drifting over to remind us us that the wet season will show up again someday. Hopefully we will have a couple more months of lovely sunny weather with cool mornings and evenings
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Inul Daratista to appear at Kuta Karnival 2007
Indonesian dangdut temptress Inul Daratista will appear in person on the closing day of Kuta Karnival 2007. Inul is a Javanese dancer who gained fame in 2003 for creating her own suggestive dance style of the Javanese traditional dangdut music.
Inul has
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Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Ceningan & Nusa Penida
The 3 islands that sits across the Badung Strait on the SE coast of Bali are Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Ceningan & Nusa Penida. These islands are part of the district of Klungkung and the population are Balinese Hindus. These 3 islands are somewhat impoveri
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Bali nightlife update for Friday Sept 7th 2007
Here is the Bali nightlife update for Friday Sept 7th 2007 provided by the Beat Magazine.
•Friday Sept 7th
Bahiana
I Love Friday
Live somersaulting, high kicking Capoeira Brazil performance, also DJs Jonas & Soma. From 11pm
Day Dream
Girls On T
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Where to stay in Kuta Bali
The village of Kuta has changed dramatically since the first modern age travelers drifted in in the early 1970′s. Back then the small lanes running between the main street and the beach were just sandy tracks, complete with palm trees, catt
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