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remember stories told to me by my grandmother of when she, my grandfather and their children used to travel from the UK to Singapore by P&O first class liners, which took roughly four weeks, as this was the only way to travel to Asia in the 50s. My grandfather worked for the British Naval Admiralty and worked at naval bases around Asia. My grandmother shared stories of opulence, luxury, ball gowns, lounging by the pool deck, live entertainment, and eating and drinking delicious treats. It was a time of wonderment and possibility. I recently returned from a trip back to the UK to attend a wedding and catch up with family and friends, and on several separate occasions I recounted on my grandmother’s stories, comparing them to the cattle herding we experience today. In London’s Heathrow, security is very tight and several measures must be taken when lining up for the security checks before entering the departure terminal. First and foremost, liquids above 100ml cannot be brought with you and will be thrown away, and liquids which are under 100ml must be placed inside a see-through plastic bag for security to check. This includes toothpastes, make up of liquid base, lotions and anything along slippery lines.

Next, if you’re wearing a belt, off it goes, along with shoes which may have metal on them. I was shocked to see a surfer-type, wearing only shorts and flip-flops, be asked to take her sandals off and walk bear foot (sans socks) through the metal detector. Then laptops and iPads must be taken out of hand luggage and placed in your tray before going through the scanner. Failure to comply with the above will only result in your bag being manually searched, losing valuable time, and/or having to walk through the body scanner - a new hi-tech security measure which is able to take a 360degree x-ray photo of your body to expose if you are smuggling anything dangerous under your clothes. This is a far cry from my grandmother’s first class liner days of sipping cocktails by the pool. Although there are negatives with the way we travel these days, we mustn’t forget the positives. We have access to all parts of the world at affordable prices, reaching far off places in record time and with the highest safety record to date. Every day, there are around a staggering 93,000 commercial flights, departing from over 13,000 airports worldwide and growing. If anything, this shows mankind’s ingenuity and incredible evolution in a period of only around 50 years. Who knows what the next 50 will bring. Maybe teleporting will be a thing of the present? Anything’s possible. Never stop travelling!

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Ubud's Museum Mile for Art Lovers by Leif Hope

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Neka Art Museum

Setting out on a Sunday in the slow season, an unexpectedly ideal day to visit museums, the famous Neka Art Museum was easy to find opposite the equally famous Naughty Nuri’s in Sanggingan. The recommended circuit of the whole complex of seven major exhibits or “halls” starts with the wayang-style painting gallery straight through the door right off the lobby. This was the first of a series of exhibits that my host Pande Suteja Neka led me through that covered every style of art from impressionism to abstract expressionism. Each turn presented something surprising —a new school of art, rooms full of vigorous contemporary pieces, galleries devoted to portraiture, East-West art or artists from abroad.

Bonnet to study museums. The Neka Art Museum was opened in 1976 and officially recognized by the Indonesian government in 1982. Our tour ended in Pak Neka’s beloved Keris Exhibition Room, one of only two in all of Indonesia dedicated to Indonesia’s renowned wavybladed daggers. “My real roots are as a blacksmith,” he told me. “Keris are my calling in life.” The pande part of his name indicates his place among a long line of metallurgists.

Blanco Renaissance Museum

I met Antonio Blanco, wearing his trademark beret, in 1972 when a friend and I strolled across the old one-lane iron bridge in Campuan and turned up the steep winding driveway shrouded in trees. One of his daughters was winnowing

rice bare breasted in a corner of the inner courtyard. The 60-yearold Catalonian artist, an amusing and intriguing character with a theatrical personal style, came out from his studio to greet us. Now the modest gallery we visited over 40 years ago is buried within an extraordinary three-story Italianate rococo structure guarded by two giant mythological stone dragons and a 15-meter-high green marble archway at the top of a long flight of steps. Don Antonio Blanco, born in 1911 in Manila, arrived in Bali in 1952, drawn by Covarrubias’s book Island of Bali. Within a year, he had married Ni Rondji, his first model and well-known Balinese dancer. He was 42, she was 17. His wife’s likeness is enshrined in a huge painting, entitled simply “Balinese Dancer,” on the back wall of the ground floor. Through a doorway to one side is a room filled with erotic collages and illustrated poetry crowded with hidden meanings. Though my guide told me the room was off-limits to children, these mildly titillating collages of paper and fabric were oddly quaint by today’s standards.

A few painters - Dutch-born Arie Smit and I Gusti Nyman Lempad who died in 1978 at the amazing age of 121—have their own pavilions. A photography center featured selected photos by American Robert A. Koke who opened Kuta’s first hotel and brought surfing to Bali. Taken between 1937 and 1941, the old black and white images showed dancers, ceremonies and village life during Bali’s short-lived age of innocence. The galleries display a total of 320 consummate artworks, 30% of which are Balinese, 30% other Indonesians, and 40% foreign artists. It took Pak Neka 40 years to amass his collection, which is so all-encompassing that art students from Bali's Udayana University must study its works in order to graduate. Pak Neka opened his first gallery on Ubud’s main road in 1966. In 1975, he traveled to Europe with Rudolph

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A narrow stairway led down to the family veranda just off the maestro’s original studio, preserved exactly as he had left it. I shook the hand of Mario Blanco, Antonio Blanco’s only son, a highly respected artist in his own right. The walls covered with family photographs, some from the 1950s, recording phases in the lives of several generations, as well as friends, other artists and VIP visitors. Mario pointed to one in which the Grand Maestro was posing with Michael Jackson.

Agung Rai Museum of Art

Not just a museum but a dynamic all-inclusive culture center of the arts, ARMA in Pengosekan comprises exhibits, conference hall, art gallery, performing stage, dance classes, bookshop, boutique, reference library, Thai restaurant, coffee shop and rice fields all spread over six hectares. Acting as a virtual ambassador of the arts, Agung Rai began his professional career in the late 1960s selling souvenirs and paintings to tourists on the hot stands of Kuta Beach. With a sharp eye for quality and a deep knowledge of Balinese painting, he built a reputation for honesty and tenacious support of local artists, eventually becoming one of Bali’s most successful art entrepreneurs. With his earnings, Agung Rai opened his first gallery in 1978 and ARMA was opened in 1996. Containing 250 paintings on permanent display, the collection is housed in two massive thatched roofed high-ceilinged

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Balinese-style structures, one displaying traditional art and the other contemporary art. In the 1st floor gallery are somber paintings from as early as the 1940s, the little ambient light rendering the magically charged demons and spirits even darker and more ominous. Extravagant wall space was devoted to these old relics. Down a stairs to the ground floor, I confronted a fearsome pair of Barong Landung puppets with exceedingly rare gringsing double-weft ikat cloths, Kamasan-style paintings and old decorative carved wood panels. The most captivating was the Walter Spies exhibit with 12 full color reproductions of his paintings, photos of his life in Europe after the WW I, and black and white still shots taken from the 1933 classic film Insel der Damonen for which Spies did the casting and choreography. The Bale Dao building to the west specializes in modern works, but my main interest was the marble-floored “treasure” room containing the museum’s private collection of prewar Dutch, German and Austrian artists who lived and worked on Bali. Here was the only Walter Spies painting on Bali, a haunting canvas of Calonarang; a charming Covarrubias of dancers putting on makeup, and a 1837 oil of a Javanese nobleman and his wife by the portraitist and landscape painter Raden Saleh, considered the father of Western-style Indonesian painting. ■

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expat entrepreneur LAWRENCE BLAIR ON WETAR ISLAND

Lawrence Blair: Ring of Fire by Leif Hope

orn during the Blitz, swimming in the Mediterranean when it still had fish in it, schooled in Mexico and France as a boy, Lawrence Blair later pursued an academic career at Lancaster University, England where he wrote one of the first doctoral theses that defined the field of psychoanthropology, earning him a PhD. In 1972 Lawrence impulsively gave up the academic life to join his brother Lorne to make an adventure film in Indonesia. Capturing their experiences in over nine separate expeditions, their five-part documentary film series Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey was picked up by PBS and the BBC. A condensed fourpart television series won two Emmy Awards in l988, bringing the Blairs international acclaim. Their journeys around the Pacific Rim took them through one of the richest kaleidoscope of ethnic groups on earth. In their 10 years of wandering the archipelago without guides, radios or compasses, the brothers endured near drowning, starvations, falls and fevers. They were driven by storms in mountainous seas, dropped by light aircraft into jungle clearings, ran unchartered rapids in Dayak canoes, climbed erupting volcanoes, sluiced off roads in monsoon flash-floods, nearly vaporized by an exploding petrol truck and subjected to antagonistic hordes of howling stone-throwing children.

The authors lived among the Asmat tribesmen of Papua, dukun healers in Bali, and the elusive “Dream Wanderers” of

Borneo. They encountered deadly Moluccan Blue-Ringed octopus, pythons inside of rancid bat dung-covered caves in Sulawesi and the “dancing trees” of the sensational Greater Bird of Paradise living 80 feet above the ground in the wild rainforests of the Aru Islands. The Blairs’ travel experiences to such places of innocence, adventure and danger were developed into a book, Ring of Fire: Exploring the Last Remote Places of the World, published in 2010 by Editions Didier Millet.

What are your hobbies? Shells, butterflies, scuba diving, boogie boarding, domesticating weird wild animals and somewhat compulsively writing verse. I love living in Ubud, where our house and garden crawls with creatures. Who has deeply influenced you? The 19th Century explorer Alfred Russell Wallace, the prescient 20th Century psychologist Carl Jung and Rupert Sheldrake, the futuristic Cambridge biologist/ philosopher. I’m also impressed by James Lovelock who gave us the Gaia Theory and the late Lyall Watson, the South African biologist/author/explorer who’s left a little-known legacy of mind bending books, still well ahead of their time. If you haven’t heard of them, you will have by 2020, if we’re all still here. I’m a media addict, an omnivorous devourer of documentaries, animated features and anything directed by James Cameron, Peter Weir or Ridley Scott. They’re the dreams of our planet.

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'WHAT WE SEE OUT THERE IS ONLY WHAT WE HAVE IN US TO SEE, AND THAT ‘TRADITION,’ WHICH WE HOLD SO SACRED, CONTAINS BOTH DEEP TRUTHS AND PATHETIC IDIOCIES.' Was your Ring of Fire the first book you ever published? In 1976 I published Rhythms of Vision: The Changing Patterns of Belief in which I discussed arcane topics such as sacred geometry, subtle energy, chakras, spiritual planes of existence. The book is perhaps best known for first discussing the Hundredth Monkey Effect and has been compared to the work of the occultist Corinne Heline and the theosophist Alice Bailey. My friend Lyall Watson wrote the book's Foreword.

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What was your last project? In 2011, I co-produced Bali— Island of the Dogs, a 55-minute widescreen HD documentary about Bali's semi-wild dogs. A film about the island’s unique canines was a way of seeing a more complete picture both of Bali, and of people’s attitudes, everywhere, to the wild world of the ‘other.’ What is the film about? The film is about the history and place in the local culture of the thousands of semiferal dogs which roam the island. Bali Dogs have ancient, uninterrupted genetic memories of the evolution of their closest neighboring species, man, and it was this that I wanted to explore. We look at the way these dogs

have become woven into the tapestry of the Hindu lifestyle in Bali, the changes in their relationship with human society, and ultimately their importance to genetic science. What's the most critical question that your film tries to answer? It proposes, yet again, that what we see out there is only what we have in us to see, and that ‘tradition,’ which we hold so sacred, contains both deep truths and pathetic idiocies. It's useful to note the difference, if we are all to adapt to what’s happening so fast, everywhere on the planet. Have you made any other films besides Bali—Island of the Dogs? In 2007 I produced Myths, Magic and Monsters, a fivepart documentary series which explored the world’s rarest and most mysterious reptiles, ocean dwellers and domesticated animals. There are still undiscovered species and tribes of people out there.

How was working on Islands of the Dogs different from working on your other films? Most of my work is real adventure filming in remote regions, so it was a joy to be working in my own home island again for the first time since the ‘70s, when few people even knew where or what Bali was. The film is more an adventure of the mind and the feelings, and it was wonderful to explore the wilder parts of Bali once again, and to focus, really for the first time, on these remarkable, beleaguered and resourceful island dogs, which I’d long since only seen as just an inconvenient part of the background. I had no idea, until interviewing genetics experts in the USA, of the crucial importance of Bali’s dogs to our understanding not only of the evolution of dogs everywhere, but of just when humans began populating these southern islands. Do you personally like dogs? Yes, love ‘em almost as much as cats. As someone said, “a dog comes when you call but a cat takes a message and gets back to you… sometimes.” But it’s nice to be adored for no good reason all the time. I recently had a German Shepherd for seven years, but he died from a cobra bite in the garden. He was love on wheels, but he wasn’t as bright as my parrot, Dicky. ■

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Togian Islands, Central Sulawesi

True Remoteness Words and photos by Francesco Ricciardi

If you’re looking for party and nightlife, the Togian islands are not the right destination. On the contrary, if you are looking for complete isolation, silence and amazing nature, you should think about a trip there. But be prepared for a long journey…

ogian Islands are a remote archipelago of about 56 islands, spread over 90 km, located in the Gulf of Tomini, Central Sulawesi. There are several villages all around the archipelago, but just few families of fishermen form most of them: a total of about 25,000 people. The biggest island is Batu Daka, with the little harbour of Wakai where all the ferries arrive. It’s the right place to buy some basic stuff since there are few local shops available. There is no ATM of course, so bring along enough cash. Due to the remoteness, the Togian archipelago is still an oasis of beauty - even floating plastic garbage, a detestable problem on many other Indonesian islands, is extremely rare. White coralline beaches are among the best you can find in Indonesia, and the probability that you will be alone walking on these sands is actually quite high. The tranquility of this part of the world is soul recharging, especially if overwhelmed by the stresses of city life. Snorkelling, scuba diving and walking on the forest are the main activities you can enjoy. Coral reefs around the archipelago are a haven of biodiversity, offering almost every type of reef formation atolls, fringing reefs and barrier reefs are present all around the area without interruption. Both snorkelling and diving are unbelievable, surrounded by warm waters and thousand of fish and coral species. Best dive sites are located in the even more remote island called Una-Una, almost 30 km from the closer island, Kadidiri, where most of the touristic resorts are located. Una-Una is a volcanic island with sandy beaches and steep reef walls going into the blue, often affected by quite strong currents that bring extraordinary visibility and even big fish like giant trevallies, barracuda and even sharks. Dive sites like 'Apollo' and 'Jacks Alley' are a must-do. Other interesting dive sites are present all around the archipelago, especially in front of Kadidiri, like 'Batu Gila' (Crazy Rock) where apparently it’s possible to see hammerhead sharks. 'Batu Gila' is a very deep dive (around 50-60 meters), so it’s available only to very experienced and skilled divers. Another interesting and historical dive site is the wreck of the B 24 Bomber, sunk during World War II, in 1945. This

bomber plane, on the way back from a mission, had an engine failure and the pilot decided to try a water landing. All the crew of 11 people survived, and now the plane lays at about 18 metres, almost intact, and being underwater for more than 50 years, it’s an aggregation point for the marine life of the area. Even the reefs around the island of Walea are famous for the abundance and the colours of marine life, which includes an endemic species of pygmy seahorse, named Hyppocampus waleananus. The small island of Taipi, exactly in front of Kadidiri, is also superb for snorkelling. If the sea conditions are good, it’s possible to swim around the island in less than one hour and even enter in the small lagoon present inside. Many of the Togian Islands have very interesting walking or trekking opportunities in the jungle. The main attraction: the Tarsius spectrum, the world’s smallest primate, observable especially at dawn. If you’re really lucky and have a good guide, you will have the possibility to spot the Maleo Bird, endemic to Sulawesi and who lays its eggs in the soil heated by the sun, or geothermal energy for incubation, and the amazing Red Knobbed Hornbill, the faunal symbol of South Sulawesi province. Some birds like the Togian Hawk-Owl and the Togian White Eye, living only in the Togians, have been recently discovered. Coconut crabs, one of largest arthropods of the world, also live in the archipelago: it’s a protected and endangered species, so refuse any offer of food based on it. Less amazing

'MAIN ATTRACTION: THE TARSIUS SPECTRUM, THE WORLD’S SMALLEST PRIMATE, OBSERVABLE ESPECIALLY AT DAWN.' preserving their uniqueness and authenticity. If you really need to take a break from the world, these Islands could be the right destination.

How to get to Togian Islands inhabitants of the jungle include, tonnes of mosquitos. Protect yourself also because malaria is diffused in the area. In almost every small bay of the Togians there are some stilt house villages, inhabited by local fishermen or pearl farmers, mainly belonging to the Bajo group (the so-called “Sea Gypsies”). Some of them live permanently on their boats and only come to land to buy rice and trade for other supplies, in exchange of course for fish or other sea products. A visit to a Bajo settlement is an interesting experience, and you will be surrounded by a multitude of children. If you have some space in your luggage, you could consider bringing along some school materials for them (pencils, markers, etc), which they will for sure appreciate. Togian Islands are probably still a hidden paradise. The relative difficulty of the trip and the absence of high-end touristic structures have protected these islands from massive tourism,

The trip to the Togian Islands could be little challenging. First of all, don’t make strict plans in terms of time. There are many factors that can influence the length of you trip. Ferries are often broken or delayed, and weather conditions can influence the time of departure and arrival. There are two ways to get to the Togians: 1) Via Gorontalo (north of Tomini gulf). Flights to Gorontalo from Jakarta are scheduled by Lionair, Batavia, Sriwijaya and Garuda, all via Makassar. A direct Wings Air flight from Manado is also available. From Gorontalo, an overnight ferry (Tomini) leaves twice a week (Tuesday and Friday at 20.00 o’clock) reaching Wakai, Batu Daka Island, after 13 hours of navigation, and continues to Ampana. The same ferry makes the return trip on Thursdays and Sundays. Different kinds of cabins are available, but even in the first

class, don’t expect luxury. Once in Wakai, normally your resort will pick you up free of charge with their speedboat, or you will have to find your own way dealing with locals. 2) Via Luwuk (central Sulawesi, south of Tomini gulf). Flights to the very small Luwuk airport are operated by Merpati, Sriwijaya, Batavia and Wings Air, via Makassar. Once in Luwuk, you will have to charter a car to take you to Ampana, after a long trip on the trans-Sulawesi road, that often is in quite bad condition. An option is to stay one night or more around Luwuk (if you have enough time), and maybe organizing a trip to he Banggai Islands or into some of the local, out from the touristic circuit, natural reserves. In Ampana you can charter a fast boat (the expensive option) or take the public ferry leaving everyday (except Friday) at 10.00 am. The ferry trip takes normally around four hours to arrive in Wakai. Some ferries continue even until the island of Malenge. ■ Where to stay: Updated information about resorts, where to stay and practical tips are available on http://wikitravel. org/en/Togian_Islands.

Francesco Ricciardi Francesco Ricciardi is a freelance photographer and journalist based in Bali. PhD in Marine Biology and diving instructor, he uses his camera to uncover the wonders of Indonesian marine and terrestial wildlife. His website: www.francescoricciardi.com

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meet the expat father of two, the guys going to have a lot more strength and he was a fit fella, too. I knew there was hope that he would still be kicking. I’ve got three kids and three grandkids, so I know how he would’ve been feeling. He could’ve been one of us. We’re Aussies, we’re tough. We don’t give up. I had no intention of giving up at all.

TONY ELTHERINGTON IN THE 70S, BALI.

Tony Eltherington

Expat Indonesian surfing legend and Captain of the Raja Elang; the surf charter bringing humanitarian aid to the Indonesian archipelago by Karen Davis

ony Eltherington is a navigator, expert fisherman, and world class surfer, ranking third after Gerry Lopez and Wayne Lynch in the ‘earliers’ over fifty class. Navigating the family sailboat at six years of age, and on a 10-foot Balsa surfboard at seven, Tony entered his first contest at the age of twelve, and by nineteen won the Queensland state title for the second year in a row. That night he came to Bali and a life long love of Indonesia was born. For years he sailed and surfed Australia’s Barrier reef, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Guinea and other areas beyond, solo. He went on to do aid work after the 2004 tsunami. Last year he bought the Raja Elang, a 65-foot surf charter boat that also works in association with a hospital plane to form non-profit Maritime/Aviation humanitarian aid operations throughout the Indonesian Archipelago. This Aussie-Indo surf legend recently led the miracle rescue of a South African man, Brett Archibald. I caught up with Tony in a shipyard. Tony, tell me about the Raja Elang. The Raja is an Aussie-designed and built, 20 metre-long, 5. 5 beam Ocean Cruiser with twin Detroit diesels, 550mp V12s. She sleeps guests in two double and nine single air-conditioned accommodations. We’re doing the annual overhaul right now. That’s why I’m here in this lovely shipyard. The welders almost burnt the boat down, but it’s okay now.

How did this amazing sea rescue you led recently come about? We were docking and one of my crew comes and tells me about a guy falling off the side of the Naga Laut and I said, “There’s a man out there dying, let’s go!” We jumped in the Binda Luat, Johnny McGroder’s dinghy, with the twin 175s, with the doctors and a few guys from Western Australia, and hammered it out into 35-40 knot winds. It was horrendous! There was white water everywhere, trying to go sideways against this weather. I didn’t like what we were doing in this tin tub so we went back to the boat. I couldn’t sleep; I was pacing all night. We deployed at 4am, calculating where to go. We had a boat five miles parallel to us, keeping in contact with the boats following by phone, texts, and HF radios full blast. We wanted to get all the boats coordinated to run parallel with a mile in between. Then I suddenly needed a second and went up top to have a ciggie and something happened. I had just lost one of my best friends, my ex-fleet manager, and I reckon he helped me. We had just buried him that day. I lay the boat 18 degrees further north thinking, “That guys got to be in this sector.” I went to the crew upstairs and gave them the binoculars. In a flash my deckie says, “Cap! There he is!” My heart fell through my ass mate. What happened when you finally got to him? We pulled up to him and threw life rings and surfboards; all my guests were these top guys from Western Australia and

Are you still working on the non-profit Maritime Aviation Humanitarian Aid using the Raja Elang? Yeah, with the ship, we are able to reach otherwise inaccessible places where air and ground transport are impossible. We really want to work with hospital planes from Australia. Eventually I see a full clinic on board with eye doctors, surgeons, etc. The more support we get, the more we are able to accomplish. Besides saving lives, you also captain surf charters on the Raja Elang. You are known for finding some of the best breaks around, like being one of the first to surf Padang Padang among other spots. Where are you going to next?

We are going to Panaitan Island in South Sumatra, Java, the Mentawai islands, then back to Padang. Are you still shaping your wicked boards? Your wave perfect, streamlined shapes, thin and narrow are another world from the 70’s longboards. Forget the seventies! Forget those old balsa boards! It’s now, another millennium and we want to move faster, better, with innovate streamlined rockets that can manoeuvre perfect waves. Super surfer, rocket shaper, eagle navigator, you must have the most memorable surf charters available! 12 nights, 13 days onboard Raja Elang includes airport transfer to and from boat, harbour fees and taxes, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner by onboard Chef. All snacks, bintangs, and soft drinks are included, with full use of fishing and snorkelling gear. Epic adventures and memories! ■

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they dove over, grabbed him, hugged him, and brought him up. We downloaded him with the doctors, that whole process. What condition was he in? Brett was in the water for 27 hours. He reckoned he was going to die eight times but he didn’t. There were sharks circling and seagulls trying to land on his baldy head, trying to pluck his eyes out. He says they saved him because he kept thinking, “I’m not getting my eyes plucked out!” He said he had been chronically ill before he fell in, throwing up, and eventually fainting, falling overboard. He said he didn’t remember going over, but he remembers waking to water in his face and he wasn’t on the boat anymore. What made you keep going out for him? Wasn’t he presumed dead? When I got this text message: Brett Archibald, 51, cyclist, fit, father of two. Well, being a

ELTHERINGTON FAR LEFT AT THE BURLIEGH HEADS SURF CO., MID 70S

RESCUED - BRETT ARCHIBALD COMING OUT OF THE WATER

Karen Davis Chilean born American,Karen Davies is a journalist,artist and art therapist. Formerly a NYC fashion designer,she has been coming to Bali since 1979 and now resides here.

ELTHERINGTON RIDING THE WAVES

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yoman Jaya is a very holy man. He is one of five Mangkus (temple priests) in his local village, Pejeng Kelod about 10 minutes from central Ubud. Nyoman comes from a large family of seven children. He has four brothers and two sisters. One year ago a vote took place in the village to choose a Mangku. A clear signal was received from the Gods, Nyoman was chosen, and then a special ceremony was held. It was recognized by the voters that Nyoman was an extraordinary being with special gifts including the ability to communicate with the Gods. As a Mangku, his future duties include officiating at temple ceremonies and conducting community rituals. If you are chosen to be a Mangku you must accept this role. To refuse would be seen as defying the Gods. Nyoman Jaya has a powerful influence over Balinese life in his village and must be available at all times to listen and to share, with the local people from his area.

It is easy to understand and a joy to practice. Attend a course and see the results for yourself! He lives a very busy life waking every day at sunrise to pray and meditate and he is required to attend a busy schedule of ceremonies, plus every night he must be present at the local temple to pray. Somehow he manages to find time to teach at a local high school as well. Nyoman explained that knowledge is obtained from the Gods via meditation, not so much from traditional methods, although he does consult holy books at times. One day, when Nyoman is chosen to leave this physical world, his son will have an option to take over the roll as Mangku, but this is not compulsory and can be decided at the time. I could tell that Nyoman Jaya was a very pure individual and was proud to take his important place in Balinese society and, as he explained, “I do everything for the Gods.” ■

This interview was conducted at an ancient temple after a meditation and prayer session.

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A Day in the Life of Kuta Beach by Seamus McElroy

sk any tourist on their way to Bali where they intend to visit and more than one in five will tell you they are going to Kuta beach at some point during their stay. Thirteen million people will fly to Bali this year and about three million will come by road and ferry from Java. Most of these travellers are on their way to visit family and friends or are themselves living and working in Bali. Around a half, though, are genuine tourists, most of whom stay in the southern part of the island and many will visit Kuta beach, made famous internationally by adventurous surfers and holiday makers who have had a magical holiday in Bali since the 1960s and 1970s. In those days, Kuta was a sleepy fishing village with areas of big surf breaks attracting few surfers, mainly locals playing football, building sand castles at the waters’ edge or simply out to view and photograph the beautiful sunset, being particularly popular of a weekend or holiday. Today, Kuta beach is home to a wide variety of

activities attracting between 3,000 to 12,000 people on any given day. Kuta beach proper stretches for over 5km, from Ngurah Rai International airport in the South, part of Tuban, through Kuta village, and on northwards through Legian, with its many budget hotels, bars and restaurants, onto upmarket Seminyak. From here, Kuta beach, though now with other names like Berawa, in reality continues onwards through the other upmarket North Kuta villages of Petitenget, Batubelig and Canggu, where the scene is quieter and much more personal, providing a truly amazing variety of things to do and see along its whole length. With its 15km long broad sweep of the Indian Ocean, Kuta beach is the best known tourist resort area in the whole of Indonesia and is a great internationally renowned surfing beach along much of its length. But what you see today was threatened for more than four decades with encroaching erosion as the strong waves and high seas coming in from the southwest removed large volumes of sand from the beach.

OUT FOR MORNING EXERCISE ON KUTA'S NEW BREAKWATER

With the 1,200 metre extension of the runway into the sea at Ngurah Rai International Airport in the mid-1960s and lengthened again in the early 1990s, the lower part of this sweeping coastline had receded significantly, particularly along the 2.5km beach on the northern side of the runway as far as Kuta village. The beach was subjected to continuous heavy erosion, so much so that several big hotels and restaurants along this part of the beach were severely battered by overtopping waves and sea spray hitting the shoreline restaurants at Santika Hotel and Pantai Beach by the mid-2000s.

Bali Beach Conservation Project

While the problem of beach and land loss to the sea in this area of Bali had been recognised for more than twenty years, with a Bali Beach Conservation Project in place since 1996, it was not until 2008 that this US$ 80 million project, which also covered renewal of the beaches of Nusa Dua and Sanur plus renovation of the 16th century holy temple of Tanah Lot, was implemented at Kuta.

The project at Kuta beach consisted of beach reclamation or, to use the engineering term, beach nourishment, with more than 0.5 million tonnes of golden sand brought in by barge from offshore Geger beach in Nusa Dua and pumped ashore 24/7 for over two months over a 7km stretch of the shoreline. The reclamation aimed to restore the beach to its former size and created a new beach 60 metres wide in places, with three offshore largely submerged breakwaters to encourage the formation of two small bays along this part of the coast. Five years on, the expanded beach, which lost 10-15% of the sand deposited in the first two years, has stabilize The project, which suffered more than a decade of delays because of fierce resistance by local residents who feared that the originally proposed groynes would be unsightly and reduce the waves which attracted the surfers, is today rated a huge success. So much so that now everywhere in Bali undergoing significant annual coastal erosion now wants such projects, with over 80km of coastline falling into this category in 2011. The impact of this project is that the beach today is both higher and much wider than has been seen for decades, greatly increasing the area available for people to enjoy their various beachside activities.

TEAM FOOTBALL PRACTICE AT KUTA BEACH

What will we do on the beach today, Daddy? The answer to this familiar cry is truly outstanding. Take a walk along the beach and you will see a range of sun loungers with umbrellas laid out for the tourist to use. But this is just the most obvious of the beachside sights for the tourist who has come to get a tan, a beachside massage, their hair braided or parts of their body tattooed. For every day of the year, there is a whole beachside industry poised to go into action to serve the tourists’ every need and whim. For the more activity-oriented, there is of course surfing – and more than half a dozen reputable surf schools, together with a host of individual surfers, to provide the equipment and show you the basic skills necessary. Many who take these courses with the established providers come to see this as giving them a truly superior holiday experience— and will vow to be back again soon to improve on their newlyacquired skills. Surfing for beginners is very popular amongst 10 to 30-yearolds, but you will also see experienced surfers in their 40s and 50s riding the wave crests— or at least having a go.

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Other water sports include paddling and swimming on a body board. There are strong currents at different times of the day so the warning flags are out most days— but with nine Balawista life saver stations strategically positioned along the whole length of this beach as far north as Batubelig, Balawista report fewer people have drowned in recent years (eight in 2010 and five in 2011), although many inexperienced surfers are surprised by the strength of the longshore current and undertow.

The monthly release of baby green turtles by the Kuta beach turtle conservation project is also a major draw bringing a hundred people or so, especially children, down to the waters’ edge to release these dayold turtle hatchlings into the sea.

This is not a beach for parasailing or windsurfing off as winds are mostly light land and sea breezes. But this does not stop the keen kite fliers who have mastered the skill of truly flying their long-tailed creations to make sweeping dives and loopthe-loops in the clear sky above. I once came across a helicopter pilot whose kite was so big and high up it could quite literally lift a 20 kg child off the ground.

But on many days during the course of any month, you will see weddings being performed in the afternoons under bridal beach canopies opposite MaJoly’s and other beachside restaurants and hotels. Or maybe bridal couples creating magical poses for their albums to show people back home their beachside wedding event.

Horse riding on the beach is popular particularly for kids on ponies or teenagers accompanied by their parents on real horses. It’s a trot not a gallop, but great fun nevertheless. Watching the cowries crawl in the soft sand, hermit crabs and tiny young crabs emerge from beneath the wet sand as the tide starts to recede as they scurry across the sand looking for a feed is a delightful way to discover what is under your feet. Or maybe it’s a sand dollar you are after—finding these flat brown echinoderms in the receding water is a fun past-time for youngsters and teenagers alike.

DDING ALBUM PHOTOS AT KUTA BEACH

Culture vultures

Surprisingly, there are few sea birds or scavengers seen along the length of this shoreline. No shallow pools or rocky outcrops for them to find their next meal.

For Balinese Hindus, from Kuta and Kerobokan, they come to the beach for a whole Ngaben ceremony or to finish such ceremonies off as they send their relatives on to the next world onboard carved-out little wooden boats. Fifty years on, in some ways what you can see on this beach is so different, and in so many other ways very much the same. ■

Seamus McElroy Seamus McElroy is an environmental consultant and university lecturer based in Bali.

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THOUSANDS OF TINY CRABS EMERGE FROM THE SAND MAKE A RUN TOWARDS THE SEA AT KUTA BEACH

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The Big Bang Bang Theory by Eamonn Sadler

was born and raised in England, where, according to various sources, statistics show that in 2007 there were 6.2 guns for every 100 people (actually that figure was for England and Wales, but who cares). As an Englishman, I find that figure amazing. Why on earth do 6.2% of the people in England need a gun? I imagine that the statistics do not include guns used by the police or other law enforcement agencies, so I assume there must be a fair number of farmers and hunters who use guns in the course of their daily lives. But those figures reflect the entire population, every man, woman and child, so in real terms, how many guns are there for every person who is old enough or young enough to lift them up and shoot them?

According to the back of my fag packet, about one third of the English population is too old or too young to use a gun, and since the population of England in 2007 was about 54 million people, that means there were over 3.3 million guns in England in that year in the hands of 36 million people who could use them. On the face of it, that means around 10% of able-bodied people had a gun. But I think it’s safe to assume that when they counted the guns back in 2007 (probably by counting the number of gun licenses issued) the illegal guns in the possession of criminals were not included, but the criminals were included in the population figure. If we guesstimate that there was just one illegal gun for every legal gun counted, that means there were 6.6 million guns in the hands of 36 million people, which means that on average

one in five of the physically capable adults you passed in the street in England in 2007 probably had a gun (hopefully not about their persons at the time). I don’t suppose the numbers have decreased since 2007 so be careful who you bump into next time you’re running for a bus on any English high street. But as any English person - or any person who has spent time in England – knows, the person you bump into is likely to say sorry to you before you can say sorry to them, so there’s not really much to worry about. And anyway, the person you bump into will know that statistically you are very unlikely to have a gun so he or she is also very unlikely to whip out a .45 and blow your head off when a simple, “Oy! Watch where you’re ****ing going you ****ing ***ker” will suffice.

According to the same statistics sources for 2007, the United States had 94.3 guns for every 100 people. For ease of calculation, let’s say that’s one gun each for every man, woman and child in the country. According to the back of my Lucky Strike packet, about one third of the US population is too old or too young to use a gun, and since the population of the US in 2007 was about 300 million people, that means there were around 300 million guns in the US in that year in the hands of 200 million people who could use them. On the face of it, that means every able-bodied person had 1.5 guns. But I think it’s safe to assume that when they counted the guns back in 2007 (probably by counting the number of gun licenses issued) the illegal guns in the possession of criminals were not included, but the criminals were included in the population figure. If we guesstimate that there was just one illegal gun

for every legal gun counted, that means there were 600 million guns in the hands of 200 million people, which means that on average all the physically capable adults you passed in the street in the US in 2007 probably had three guns (hopefully not about their persons at the time). I don’t suppose the numbers have decreased since 2007, so be careful who you bump into next time you’re running for a bus on any US main street. But as any American person - or any person who has spent time in America – knows, the person you bump into is likely to… [more information needed]. Official figures show that the total number of deaths attributable to firearms in the England (and Wales) in 2010 was 0.07 per 100,000 people. In the US in the same year it was 2.97 per 100,000 people. Now you do the math(s). ■

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Sports

Billabong: 6 Star Asc Event in Bali Thu, 04 Jul 2013–Sun, 07 Jul 2013 Venue: Balangan—Bali In conjunction with the Asian Surfing Championships (ASC), Billabong is proud to announce that it will be hosting a 6 Star ASC event at Balangan Beach, Pecatu, Bali, from 4–7 July 2013. Set against a beautiful beach backdrop, Balangan is highly regarded by surfers for its long breaking left handed waves. The event titled after Billabong’s key global campaign, Better in Boardshorts, is a surf event that has been conceived to not just bring Asia’s best surfers together, but also beach lovers to have a good time. Current Indonesian, and Asian Surfing Champion, Raditya Rondi says "I think it's so cool Billabong is back on the tour and hosting a contest in Balangan - it's really one of the best left hand waves in Bali!" He adds, "I’m really excited to see how the ASC will grow this year. It’s a step-up for the Asian surf scene, and definitely poses healthy competition amongst us athletes.

global society. Ubud is not "ruined". Its character is too strong to be destroyed. It still draws people who add something; people who are actively involved in art, nature, anthropology, music, dance, architecture, environmentalism, "alternative modalities," and more. Ticket Price: 2 days Pass : IDR 350.000 Daily Pass : IDR 200.000 Early Bird tickets available from Feb 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013 1 Day : IDR 150.000 Package : IDR 300.000 Tour Package : All Packages price based per person (2 persons minimum, twin or double share) Packages include : 1. 2 nights accommodation 2. 2 days pass ticket festival 3. Daily breakfast at hotel 4. Check in/out from airport to hotel to airport 5. shuttle transport from hotel to venue More info about ticket & tour packages : info@ubudvillagejazzfestival.com www.ubudvillagejazzfestival.com

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Festivals

It begins in the villages, where the seka or cultural groups are selected and organized at the regency level, vie with each other to perform the Arts Festival and thus display in front of a large audience the uniqueness of their village of birth and resting place of their ancestors.

Arts & Exhibitions

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Website: www.aoccnbali2013.com Photography & Mask Exhibition @Bridges Ubud Fri, 19 Apr 2013–Sun, 14 Jul 2013 Two Faces of Bali is an exhibition of photography and traditional Balinese masks. We are delighted to have Jayesh and I Wayan Muka exhibiting their work together at bridges. The stunning photos and fascinating masks are showing two different arts how Bali’s profound significance is explored, said Claude Chouinard, founder of Bridges. Location: Jl. Campuhan, Ubud, next to Museum A. Bianco E-mail: reservation@bridgesbali.com Website: www.bridgesbali.com

July 20–23, Bali Symposium 2013 July 20–23, Bali Singing Festival 2013, Singer and Orchestra. Project: Hymn of Praise from Felix Mendelssohn. July 22–25, Bali International Choir Competition 2013 July 23–26, Bali International Choir Championship 2013

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Irony in Paradise A Group Contemporary Art Exhibition by Sanggar Dewata Indonesia Sun, 09 Jun 2013–Tue, 09 Jul 2013 Venue: AGUNG RAI MUSEUM OF ART. Jl. Raya Pengosekan, Ubud, Gianyar T. +62 361 976 659 E. info@armamuseum.com

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The Exhibition is the celebration of 17 th years of the ARMA Museum and will be opened by senior Indonesian art lover Dr. Oei Hong Djien.

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Art discussion will be held 10th June at 9.30 am at ARMA, moderatored by : Mr.Agung Rai (Founder of Arma Museum), Mr. Chris Dharmawan (Semarang Contemporary Art Gallery) Mr.Ridwan Muljosudarmo(Syang Art Space)

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Central Java is a melting pot of ancient kingdoms, amazing architecture and vibrant landscapes. Buddhist and Hindu dynasties built temples and palaces that reflected the splendor and sophistication of their cultures many centuries ago. The environment is etched with remnants of volcanic activity, surrounded by lush jungles and marvelous natural beauty. The local Javanese are very friendly and love to meet visitors and have their photos taken. Indonesian based Kiwi guide and professional photographer Dayak Dave Metcalf has recently stayed at the beautiful Mesastila resort exploring the local area and meeting with key people to put together an extraordinary package of photographic highlights that you will never forget, and enable an authentic discovery of the spirit of Java.

Dear Choral Friends, The second BICF-2013 is scheduled for 20–26 July 2013.

Meals: 6 meals; 3x Lunch and 3x Dinner. * The committee will not provide meal on the arrival day due consideration for participant comfort on flight delaya, schedule changes, etc.

About of Asian-Oceania Chapter of IFCN The IFCN holds International Congresses every four years, and also have Chapter meetings in-between. The history of clinical neurophysiology meetings in Asia-Oceania goes back to 1987 when Professor John Desmedt and Thai Neurologist-Clinical Neurophysiologist organized the first Evoked Potential Symposium in Bangkok, and the first Chapter meeting was held in Beijing in September 1996. The second Chapter meeting was held in Manila in January 2000, followed by the third in Chiangmai in February 2005, the fourth meeting was in Seoul, Korea in 2009. and the fifth meeting will be held in Bali, Indonesia. Since the Chapter meeting in Chiangmai, the Clinical Neurophysiology Society of Singapore and the Clinical Neurophysiology Section of the Malaysian Society of Neurosciences have joined the IFCN, and now the Asia-Oceania Chapter is comprised of 11 member societies. We are most pleased to see the steady growth of clinical neurophysiology in the AsiaOceania region.

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Bali International Choir Festival Sat, 20 Jul 2013–Fri, 26 Jul 2013 Location: Bali

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Ubud is a remarkable town in the middle of the island of Bali, Indonesia. For more than a century, it has been the island's preeminent centre for fine arts, dance and music. While it once was a haven for scruffy backpackers, cosmic seekers, artists and bohemians, Ubud is now a hot spot for literati, glitterati, art collectors and connoisseurs. Famous names walk its busy sidewalks every day. Elegant five star hotels and sprawling mansions now stand on its outskirts, overlooking the most prized views in Bali. Nonetheless, Ubud is still popular with backpackers, mystics and all the finest fringe elements of

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It is a month long revelry that perhaps no other place in the world can put up on such a low budget as the Balinese. Not only is their traditional culture alive and well, but they have a tremendous pride in it.

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Event Package BS 2013 For individual participants or groups who want to participate in Bali Symposium 2013, the committee provides Event Packages WITHOUT accommodation, and local transportation for USD 170,- per person.

Ubud Village Jazz Festival Fri, 09 Aug 2013–Sat, 10 Aug 2013 Arma Museum Ubud

The Bali Arts Festival is a full month of daily performances, handicraft exhibitions and other related cultural and commercial activities during which literally the whole of Bali comes to the city to present its offerings of dance, music and beauty. On display are trances from remote mountain slopes, forgotten or recently revived village dances, food and offering contests, classical palace dances, stars of Balinese stage, odd musical performances, "kreasi baru" (new creations) from the dance schools of Denpasar, as well as contemporary choreography and dance companies from other islands and from abroad.

The Bali Arts Festival is the Denpasar cultural event of the year, perhaps it would no be too far fetched to suggest that it is the cultural event of Indonesia. The festival is thus a unique opportunity to see local village culture both "live" and at first hand. Tourists are warmly welcomed.

A prize purse of over 70,000,000 IDR is on the line. And surfers from all over Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, China and Japan and Indonesia) will be competing in this inaugural event.

The 2013 Billabong Life’s Better in Boardshorts Surf Event is an open competition, and will play an active part in paving the way for the development and professionalism in Asian Pro surfing. ASC members will have priority seeding in the event, but early registrants will have their names at the top of the list for entry. Entries are available at: www.asiansurfingtour.com

35th Bali Arts Festival Sat, 15 Jun 2013–Sat, 13 Jul 2013 Location: Ayodya stage, Ratna Kanda stage, Wantilan

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There will be many highlights including learning about night photography as we have gained special permission to photograph Borobudur the world’s largest Buddhist temple at night. Best described by Eliza Scidmore a traveller of the late 1800’s “ Life held every tropical charm, and Borobudur constituted an ideal world entirely on its own. It is most mysterious and Impressive in the gray of dawn, in the unearthly light and stillness of that eerie hour. Sunrise touches the old walls and statues to something of life and is the time when the green valley of Eden about the temple adds all its charm and poetic suggestion. If anyone is interested in staying on and taking in some of Bali’s highlights Dave will be happy to escort them as Mike and Jackie need to return to Australia for a exhibition. For detailed information please visit www.davidmetcalfphotography.com

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Lawyers will be presenting about Buying Property in Indonesia. Contact us at secretary@iabcbalibranch.com or 755 025 for more info! FREEHOLD 16ARE HIDDEN HIGH CLASS 4-BEDROOM VILLA FOR SALE IN CANGGU. Jungle/river border, classic/characteristic design, high quality materials, widely measured landscaped garden, free shaped pool. USD 900K, Price from direct owner, info: villadunia@outlook.com

Luxury villa on the beach of Cemagi closed to Canggu. 4 bedrooms en-suite, big pool, pondok wisata licence. 1488 sq.m land ( Hak Milik ). Tennis court facility on the complex. Staff ready. Running well bussines villa with average occupancy for 70%. Fully booked for June to October 2013. Location very closed to Cemagi Club. Sell for 17 billion. 087857802727 or e-mail to iwan_triadi@yahoo.com

Seminyak apartment FOR RENT- long term/ short term. 1br+/1ba with kitchen, extra king bed (200x200), aircon, hot water, color 32" lcd tv, wifi, cable channels, dvd player/ library/ hotel membership card for pool and gym use, 50 meters to beach and best surf breaks, furnished , off street, secure parking for car & motorcycles, balcony, EZ walk to beach, restaurants, shopping and nightlife of Kuta or Seminyak. Ez access to major roads. 42mil rp/12 months-available Mar 1. monthly $1,000usd. Contact: 081 2465 14976. E-mail: asianbuyerbali@ yahoo.com OVERCONTRACT: PETITENGET-AAA LOCATION, 4 BEDROOM HIDDEN AWAY TROPICAL VILLA. Only 150 METERS to the BEACH, close to boutiques, bars and restaurants. Exquisitely tastefully furnished and decorated with use of tropical colors. Idyllic lush garden with royal measured pool and bale. Consisting of 3 buildings. Spacious open plan living with kitchen and ensuite closed TV room, 3 bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms and Joglo with bedroom and ensuite bathroom. Seperate maid quarter and garage. -11 years remaining- More info/pics villapetitenget@hotmail.com

complex-50 meters to sand, ocean view, private pool, fully furnished, freehold, car parking.$275,000aud. fyibtw@yahoo.com Very unique beautifully designed ecolodge villa in CANGGU (built 2009). Located in a quiet green tropical area next to a small floating river. Existing of 4 separate lodges, 1 with large living space, tastefully decorated with vintage European quality furniture and luxurious architect-designed kitchen, 3 each containing a huge bedroom and bathroom. Surrounded by a royal measured 20-Are tropical garden and a 17-meter lap pool. 15 minutes from Seminyak and 10 minutes to Canggu and Echo Beach. USD 230.000 for leasehold-16 years and USD 280.000 for leasehold-36 years. No agents please. Photos and info: canggulodge@hotmail.com For sale: want to sell my resort. Bali- 25are freehold beachfront- 5 bungalows/beach/ surf/yoga resort-ez to get to- perfect for surfers and yoga health.restaurant, has all docs and amenities-NEED TO SELL TODAY $299,000usd.081246514976 or e-mail: islandsurftours@yahoo.com

for sale: 3br/3ba big villa, keramas surf break, north sanur, beachfront

Two round pieces of Swara wood rich in colour, for stools or table base. Height 70 cm each. Diameter of one, 40 – 50 and other 40 – 60 cm. Price rp1,6 nego. Can arrange transport from Sanur. 081999571288 HUGE Music Collection with 500GB hard drive. Sell HUGE Music Collection from my Bar (11 collections, 2000 albums)on 500gb external drive. Pop,Rock,Reggae,Jazz,Bl ues,Soul,Best 2012,2011,Dance,Lounge,... Music for every party you wanna do! All with TITLES and COVERS. Bought it for 4 million! Sell it for 2 million. Contact: klaus. kantner@yahoo.de Sell my Apple Macbook Pro 2006, 2.33GHZ. Including office and 2 chargers. Very good condition, internal hard drive changed 1 year ago. Was 6 years ago Apple topmodel (3000USD). Sell it for 500 USD (5 juta) +81 62 337 984 369 For sale; used but not abused 21" color sanyo TV with remote- 550,000rp- great for kids room-indestructible and fantastic color. jimbaran area. 081338732993

For sale: $99,000usd—oceanfront villa complex north Sanur, Bali- new villa, 2br/2ba+private pools or jacuzzi, fully furnished. 081246514976 asianbuyerbali@yahoo.com For sale: $199,900usd. 10 are beachfront land with 45 feet beach frontage- 10 mil rp per are per year for 20 years- north sanur oceanfront, Bali- developer available to build from permits to finish. 081246514976 asianbuyerbali@yahoo.com

A floating double bed ! Ideal for a hotel or very large swimming pool, Extremely strong material blow up in minutes. Very versatile only 7,5 Juta. For a unique item. In Sanur on 081999571288

Others Land and house in central of Seminyak. Very closed to Warung Made Seminyak. Land 600 sq.m , with house on the top of this land ,swimming pool, plan ready to build 25 rooms for homestay . Any inquiries will be considered. MUST BE SOLD NOW. Contact 087857802727 or e-mail to iwan_triadi@yahoo.com

For Free; All study books for Grade VII, VIII and IX SMP. Only for orphanage school or similar. Pls contact Michael 081 2395 1444 Get Special Price and Discount up to 80% for Accessories only at Emax Bali 'Apple Authorized Reseller' Wr Made Seminyak, (0361) 735005.

BALI EXPAT ◆ 3rd – 16th July 2013

3rd – 16th July 2013 ◆ BALI EXPAT