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Lucky Day Restaurant in Seminyak Bali
Lucky Day restaurant in located on Jl. Dhyana Pura, about 150 meters in from Jl. Seminyak. Last night Toby, Maya, Ollie and Asia went for dinner. Lucky Day is one of those places that makes an effort all round. Inside the place is a selection of seating op
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Bali weather report: December 20th 2006
We are at December 20th and the wet season hasn’t really shown up. Sure there have been the occassional morning shower, but mostly its been dry here in Seminyak.
My friends from Oregon were looking forward to hot sunny days, and that’s what th
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Illegal foreign guides arrested in Bali
Illegal foreign tour guides have been arrested in Bali. As Bali Discovery reports, 2 Europeans were caught at a Balinese temple, leading groups of foreigners around. Fancy that!
The 2 guides, one from Poland, the other from Russia, were snapped by cell ph
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10 people crushed in Indonesian concert
Ten people have been crushed to death at a rock concert in Jakarta. Watching local TV, I am aware of the fact that Indonesians enjoy rock music, and that there are many rocks bands in this country. A couple of years ago I saw Lolot perform in Negara, west
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Looking for a cheap hotel in Bali
Bali has 20,000 hotel rooms supposedly. Today is December 20th, which is high-season. That means prices are increased and rooms are harder to get. My friends from Oregon wanted to change hotels this morning. The Puri Cendana in Seminyak was nice, but they
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Warung Max: Kuta Bali
Warung Max in Kuta, is located on Jl. Benesari, next to SurfTravelOnline. Its the same location as former Good Luck restaurant. Lunch today saw Toby, Maya, Ollie, Asia & myself head down there (they are staying in the guest house next door). Warung Ma
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Lassis in Bali
Bali has incorporated ideas from all over the world into something called ‘Bali Style’ That goes for interior design and gardens, but in a way, Bali is a melting pot for other ideas, such a food. One of those imported ideas is the lassi, from I
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Phone help from Ningrum in Bali
Phones in Bali are super easy. You buy a SIM card at one of the many places selling it, and together with some units of ‘pulsa’ (credit, available in 25,000rp, 50,000rp, 100,000rp blocks) can be in action fast. That is of course, if you are abl
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Dealing with groups in Bali
My situation right now in Bali, is having friends visit, who like hving me show them around. I like exploring Bali and feel lucky to be here, but showing people around is exhausting. My 2 days with my friends included a day at a scorching hot beach, follow
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Horse & Carriage in a Bali jail
Bali Nine member Martin Stevens, plans to marry the lady who bring him breakfast in bed. That might be stetching it a bit far, but its definitely breakfast in jail. I don’t blame him, hell if I was on death row in a foreign country, I’d probabl
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Taking a trip to Ubud Bali
This morning I was in my shower at 7.30am getting ready to shoot downtown for a trip to Ubud. As I finished showering, the handle of the faucet broke, meaning water was gushing out, nothing I could do about it. After a moments thought, I carried on getting
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Attack of the grey concrete
One of my pet hates is grey cement / building blocks. Was there ever invented a more ugly thing? Not really sure, but I do know that when combined with a rusty corrugated iron roof, it creates the perfect Asian hell-hole’ atmosphere.
My house in Seminyak i
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Balinese culture strong in Ubud
One could argue that Balinese culture is strong all over Bali. I don’t dispute that, but here in Ubud it seems the ceremonies are performed with more grandeur and people don’t do things by half measures. Arriving today on Jl. Kajeng, the first thing that g
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KAFE : Ubud Bali
My friends were getting hungry around noon today and I offered some alternatives. My final choice was KAFE, located on the lower section of Jl. Hanuman. “This place is a little bit of Eugene (Oregon),” I said, meaning the hippy / new age person would be dr
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Gender Mas & Suarti: Ubud Bali
Ubud is loaded with lovely shops and galleries selling art, antiques and interior design gear. This afternoon I stopped into a couple of places on Jl. Raya Ubud. The first was Gender Mas, a shop stocking original work by a selection of artists from all ove
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Casa Luna on a rainy afternoon in Bali
Bali has been steamy today, or least the part where I am. Arriving in Ubud, we were hoping for rain, to cool the place down. Sure enough, around 2pm it poured. Realizing this and wanting to crank out some articles, I ducked into Cassa Luna on Jl. Raya Ubud
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Abu Bakar Ba’asyir cleared on bomb charges: Aussies angry
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir has been cleared of involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings, by an Indonesian court. Despite his 3 years in jail, he is now officially innocent, a move which has angered Australians. Here’s more from the Jakarta P
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Waking up in an Ubud homestay
Ubud is a higher elevation than Kuta, making it cooler, especially at night. My friends checked into a mid range hotel with AC, but for me a ceiling fan in a homestay (guest house / losman) did the job.
Waking up today the first thing I heard was the roos
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Odalan ceremony in Ubud Bali
Ubud is a part of Bali that takes its ceremonies seriously. Here things are done in a slightly more fancy way, as if they feel they have to live up to something. One of the best times to be around a Balinese temple is the odalan ceremony. The odalan is the
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Legong Dance in Ubud Bali
Visitors to Ubud usually end up at a temple dance. By that I don’t mean dressing sexy and grinding on the dance floor, I mean watching Balinese people perform traditional Balinese dances. On the main street, Jl. Raya Ubud, touts are out all day long,
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