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Planning your trip to Bali
There are different schools of thought on how you should plan your trip to Bali. Some people have an itemized itinerary, others simply let the adventure happen. A friend of mine who has organized tours for people before, told me that ideally you should aim
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Nyepi Day 2007
Nyepi Day is the Balinese day of silence, it is the day when the island of Bali ceases to function, at least in modern terms. Once every 210 days Nyepi shows up on everyone’s calendar and people make plans. Balinese people will spend the day in their
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10 reasons to come to Bali right now
Bali, the ‘Island of the Gods’, is quiet right now. February is traditionally a quiet time, but recent visitors I’ve met including Toby, Ollie from Oregon, Barbara & Nancy and Devin have had a great time. Here’s 10 reasons you
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Guitar lessons could be on the horizon in Seminyak Bali
Yesterday I purchased a soft guitar case at Matahari department store in Kuta. Its says ‘Yamaha’ on the outside (which is a brand of guitar), but the case is cheap and obviously not made by Yamaha. For 51,000rp I wasn’t complaining as the
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Sick wife in Seminyak Bali
Ika is having more of her headache / fever / chills cycle today. I’ve spent time helping her and Jevon, which is like juggling balls. With all the weird things that can happen to a person over here, its anyone’s guess what she’s got. Her
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Visiting SOS International clinic in Kuta Bali
This morning Ika, Jevon and I rode down to Simpang Siur, the roundabout in Kuta. A couple of minutes down the Bypass to Sanur we pulled into the SOS International clinic. Ika had fever and chills last night which were quite intense, so I wanted to get her
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Rituals Cafe Legian Bali
Located on Jl. Legian in Legian, ituals Cafe flies under the radar as far as places to eat. Today I took a closer look. Rituals Cafe is the downstairs part of the cafe-spa-salon package that Rituals presents. Open daily from 9am-10pm, the cafe offers a qui
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Jl. Legian in Legian Bali
Jl. Legian is the main street in Kuta as far as tourists are concerned. Packed with bars, nightclubs and restaurant on the lower Kuta end, it turns more into a shopping location in the Legian area. Small clothes shop, bag shops, handicrafts galore, plus sa
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Rituals: Spa, salon, cafe in Legian Bali
Rituals is a new looking place on Jl. Legian that follows the modern trend. The 2-storey establishment is located between Jl. Werkedara and Jl. Double Six and offers a spa, salon and cafe. The spa / salon section upstairs has several customers when I visit
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Dyene Square: Fashion & Gallery in Legian Bali
Dyene Square in Legian is the orange colored place with the giant plastic palm tree outside. The shop offers a small range of paintings and is focused on ladies clothing. High heeled ladies shoes with the Dyene label were on sale for 198,000rp-400,000rp. L
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Ika and Jevon at SOS Bali
Ika got checked out today at SOS International clinic. The service was fast and professional. I felt comfortable with their testing as the doctor explained to me in English what was going on. One nice aspect of SOS was the little kid’s areas at the f
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Ferry sinks off of Jakarta
Indonesia’s transport accidents seemingly have no end, in many ways this country is hardwired for accidents. Adam Air wrecked a plane yesterday in Surabaya, thankfully with no loss of life. Today a ferry accident killed 15 people off the coast off Ja
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Fruit sellers in Bali
One of the aspects of life in Bali that locals enjoy, is the street life. At various times in the day, roving vendors, such as the man selling nasi bungkus, the small pyramidal packets of rice, vegetables and meat for 2,000rp, the stationary sate vendor, o
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Kaya Natural Whole Sale: Incense in Legian Bali
Incense are a part of Balinese people’s daily life. Used in offerings at temples, in the family and on the street, a lit incense stick brings holiness to the offering. As the person places the canang, offers a prayer and gently wafts the smoke heaven
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Vespa scooters in Legian Bali
Vespa’s are the original scooter. Indonesia has 4 million of them according to some people and some foreigners have been known to seek out the better ones for export. At Sport & Automotive Shop in Legian, 4 good examples of Vespas are outside, w
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Visa run to Batam Indonesia
My visa run is coming up shortly and as usual, all the cheap seats to Singapore are fully booked. I can hear the travel agent’s voice, ringing in my head from the previous years here in Bali…25th FULL, 26th FULL, 27th FULL, 28th FULL” and
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Petrol in Bali
Bali is held together by bits of string. That’s how it sometimes feels anyway. The geography of the island, plus the rugged nature of some of the roads, combined with the fact that many people ride motorbikes with small petrol tanks, accounts for the
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Ika’s condition in Seminyak Bali
Ika’s condition seems to be improving, although I want to see how she is in a few days, due to the cyclical nature of typhoid (fever, chills, headaches). Her sister Ningrum came over today. She is also sick and looks pale. For some reason she thinks
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Bali Bombing film banned locally
A film dramatization covering the 2002 Bali bombings, has been banned locally. The Long Road To Heaven was directed by Ennison Sinaro, and tells the story of the Sari club terrorist attack from the perspective of tourists, locals and bombers.
The film has
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Bali nightlife February 23rd 2007
Here’s Bali’s nightlife schedule for the next 2 weeks, starting February 23rd 2007, provided by the Beat Magazine.
•Friday Feb 23rd
Bahiana
Brazilian Carnival
All the colorful and fun of the cranival will performed by Aquarella. From 11pm
DeJaVu
Dia
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