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Wayan: Waitress Kuta Bali
Interesting who you run into around Kuta. Today while checking out shops in Kuta, I walked past ESC, the 3 storey place across from Poppies Lane II. ESC is a 24 hour food place, which also has the Sky Lounge on the top deck for the late night party crowd.
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New surf website in Bali
New surf website in Bali
by (and here’s a guy who was not interested in a #1 Google ranking for ‘Bali surfboards’ 2 years ago, on Baliblog). When Palu gets time off, from his waitress job at Q Bar in Seminyak, he actually shapes a good board, his surfing lesson students
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Pass the passport in Seminyak Bali
Just sitting here in a wi-fi place in Seminyak, I observed an interesting scene. Some skanky long hair Italian type, you know, the kind you’d like to run over with your truck, came in and ordered a Coke. Five minutes later, in comes an even shabbier
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Back roads of Bali
Riding around the area close to Pura Alas Kedaton, I took a couple of smaller roads, one dead ending down a local street. Often before this happens, I get a bit of a ‘heads-up’ from locals, who, sitting outside their houses, cannot understand w
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Pura Alas Kedaton: Another Monkey Forest in Bali
Bali has no shortage of temples and monkeys. Today I rode over to Pura Alas Kedaton, just up the road from Tabanan, to get another taste of the place. As Monkey Forests go, the best is the Ubud Monkey Forest, followed by the one at Sangeh. Pura Alas Kedato
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Puri Cokorda: Palace in Tabanan Bali
The word for temple is pura, the word for palace is puri. On the western edge of Mengwi is the Puri Cokorda, containing a carved bell tower. I arrived by riding down the main street through a local market that had just finished. Parking outside, I donned m
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Satay in a Balinese warung
Exploring the area around Mengwi, I smelt the pork satay down the street, then saw 2 guys who were making it. Swinging the bike around and parking, my lunch had just been decided. The small warung was located to the north of Mengwi in Peken, a one horse to
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Aussie family trades home for daughter
Australian drug user Michelle Condon, could be a free women quite soon, after a Denpasar court ruled that she was a psychotropic drug user. This move is similar to the one lovely Michelle Leslie had last year.
One can only wonder at what went on behind th
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US to help recover Adam Air flight recorders
The US Ambassador to Indonesia, has offered the help of the US, in locating the flight recorders of Adam Air’s downed plane. The plane crashed in bad weather off the west coast of Sulawesi. Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.
U.S. pledges to he
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Picking up a friend from Oregon in Bali
This afternoon I have pick up a friend from Oregon who is visiting Bali for a couple of weeks. Barbara Skolnick was the wife of Jeffrey (that’s daughter Brianna in the photo), my friend who passed away in 2005. Barbara is coming out with a lady frien
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Travel gear for Bali
Travelers, tourists and adventures show up in Bali, sporting an assortment of gear. I often see married couples in Bali, who have been down to their local camping store, REI for example, and have bought matching khaki t-shirts, or a pair of olive convertib
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Business travel: A different kind of travel experience
You’re stuck working in a Sydney office, a London pizza outlet, or a Chicago auto parts store. The most exotic thing in world to you, is the idea of getting paid to jet all over the world with a brief case, staying in good hotels and living high on t
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Afternoon in Ubud Bali
Today went like clockwork. Ika, Jevon and I picked up Barbara from Oregon (not related to Ollie from Oregon) together with her friend Nancy. Both are around 50 or so, Barbara has been to Bali twice before, Nancy is a newby. I had to laugh, because Nancy is
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Jevon now 19 months in Seminyak Bali
Jevon is now 19 months old, and an active little package he is. I remember the first couple of days he spent at home, and also the time before he could roll over. I’d flip him over to keep him quiet, and he’d love it. Time flies when you have k
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Pembantu in Seminyak Bali
One daily scene that occurs at my house, is Ana the pembantu sitting in the shade washing clothes. In years past, I used to deliver my laundry to a local family on Jl. Drupadi, who ran a small laundry. They were good, but not as good, or as affordable as h
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Building in Seminyak Bali
Typing in my bedroom for the last few monthes, has been accompanied by the constant banging and shouting, of the workers next door. The cement monstrosity they are constructing, is giving signs it has reached its zenith. I was getting worried, after layer
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Ligora Lamps: Seminyak Bali
Ligora is a small lamp shop on Jl. Dhyana Pura (Abimanyu) across from Galaxy bar. When I visited a single member of staff was on duty, Seminyak feeling a bit quieter than normal right now. Ligora sells a wide range of lamps, made of glass and metal. The sh
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Dejong clothes shop in Seminyak Bali
Dejong is a small men’s clothes shop on Jl. Dhyana Pura in Seminyak. Let’s clarify that, its not a shop for small men, but a small shop selling men’s clothing. Passing by the you’ll notice the 3 manekins in the window sporting ̵
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Mayong Tailors: Seminyak Bali
Mayong is located on Jl. Dhyana Pura (Abimanyu) in Seminyak, across from Circle K. This small shop features items for men and women, including formal dresses, business suits, and men’s suits. According to their business card “Our service is mor
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Cafe Cure Seminyak Bali
Cafe Cure on Jl. Dhyana Pura in Seminyak, is another one of those places that flies under the radar. Located just 5 minutes from my house, this elegant place is somewhere I was barely aware of, and had not yet visited. As some visitors to Seminyak are awar
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