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Indonesian ID cards often the source of trouble
Every citizen in Indonesia must have an ID card. The function is more than just for cashing checks and getting on a plane. The ID cards are essential for a person when they move locations and getting a new card issued in a new location can be expensive. He
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Rainy spell coming to Bali
Lovely sunny day today in Seminyak Bali, the sky is blue and the sun is fierce. Ika and I took Jevon for an immunization this morning in Denpasar, for 145,000rp at the Puri Bunda hospital. He hollered for about a minute then wanted to play with the elevato
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Oleg Tambulilingan: The Balinese Bubblebee dance
Balinese culture has many creative and weird dances that are performed at temple ceremonies and for tourists on occasion. One of the strangest named dances is the Bumblebee dance, more correctly, the Oleg Tambulilingan. Created in 1952 by a famous male dan
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Puputan: Balinese ritual mass suicide
Balinese history has been largely influenced by outsiders. One group of outsiders, who have a history of violence and destruction, wherever they went were the Europeans. One of the bloodiest events in Balinese history occurred in Denpasar on September 20th
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Jevon heading for a playgroup in Kerobokan Bali
Raising kids in Bali is easier than you would think. Two factors including the climate and affordable help, mean you can actually do other things than haul around a bag of baby clothes all day. Jevon is now 21.5 months and very active, so Ika and I will pu
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Balinese wedding: Pantomime meets tradition
Bali is all about tradition, religion and ceremony, governed under a system known as adat. For a Balinese person there are important annual and family ceremonies, plus a set of ‘life ceremonies‘ (oton on the person’s 1st birthday, maketus
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Recorded music from Bali
Bali as well as the rest of Indonesia has a long musical tradition. Visitors to Bali may want to take a memory of the trip home with them, in the form of a music CD. My Rough Guide to Bali, lists a selection of famous CD titles that can be widely found.
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Balinese temple layout
Balinese temple design is a fascinating subject in its own right. Everything from the layout, to the structures to the decoration has a specific function. Locally geography often determines the actually shape of a temple and no 2 temples are exactly the sa
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Practical Balinese – Phrase book for Bali
Visitors to Bali often pick up a few sentences in Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia). This helps entertain the staff at the hotel, speed negotiating and impress their friends. Most people however do not learn any Balinese (Basa Bali). All Balinese know some for
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Banjar Bali: Village level government
Every area in Bali is run by a local banjar with the male heads of each family representing each family. This traditional town council meets twice a month at the banjar pavilion in a central location, close to the pura desa, or village temple.
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Made Wijaya: Tropical gardens and humor in Indonesia
Made Wijaya is the Balinese name of Australian Michael White, who came to Bali 30 years ago. Made is known nationally and internationally for 2 things, his humor and his tropical gardens. As an original and outspoken expat, Made has a his own website, Stra
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Education options in Bali
The number of people moving to Bali keeps growing. You hear it all the time, “I’m moving to Bali”,I’m relocating to Bali”, “I’m retiring and moving to Bali”. Add to that the expats already here who have since
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Desa Seni Canggu Bali
Desa Seni which literally means ‘art village’, is located on the ‘backroad to Canggu’. It is a unique hotel and last night I discovered it was also a very cool place to eat.
The village features half a dozen traditional Indonesian
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Visa On Arrival for 11 more countries
Indonesia is getting smarter about dealing with visitors from overseas. In the near future citizens from another 11 countries will be able to get a visa on arrival (VOA). Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.
Indonesia is ready to extend the visa on ar
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Mercedes Corby: My Story
Mercedes Corby, sister of convicted drug trafficker Schapelle Corby, sheds light on her life, particularly the last couple of years surrounding the arrest and conviction of her sister. Aussies are pretty gullible, and when this case first surfaced there wa
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The Natural Guide to Bali
The Natural Guide to Bali is an alternative style guidebook that attempts to show a more personal side of Bali. A co-publication of Bumi Kita Foundation and Equinox Publishing, Jakarta, The Natural Guide to Bali makes extra effort to point out businesses
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Waka Experience – Soft Adventure Tourism in Bali
Bali can be the land of adventure if you want it to be. For people who do not like guest houses
and a backpack, but similarly don’t want 14 nights in a resort in Nusa Dua, there is an answer. The Waka Experience offers soft-adventure resort tourism i
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Observations on Bali
Some of the slow changes that occur in Bali, are often more apparent to tourists than those of us who live here. Here are a few things I have noticed recently.
Weather:
The wet season is coming to an end, but its still steamy as heck and there was some ra
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Padang Padang’s paradise beach
Perfectly quiet beaches are getting harder to find, particularly with new villas projects and resorts positioning themselves overlooking white sand beaches and giving themselves private access. People staying in Kuta may find the crowds and beach vendors o
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US warns against Indonesian airlines
The US has warned its citizens not to fly on Indonesian airlines where possible, due to recent accidents and an operating level under what the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) declares safe. Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.
U.S. warns against f
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