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BALI TOURIST NUMBERS UP Further increases in tourist numbers to Bali The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said 224,695 foreign tourists visited Bali via Ngurah Rai International Airport in June, a 12.68 percent increase from the 199,400 in May and a 12.07 percent increase from the 200,503 people in the same period last year. In the [...]

STAND UP AIRPLANE SEATS Although experts believe aviation authoities will not approve stand up seating, Aviointeriors has pressed ahead with designs for its high density ‘stand up seat’ known as SkyRider offering a 23-inch pitch. “The SkyRider is intended as a new basic class. The passenger’s seating position is similar to that of a touring [...]

TRADITIONAL MARKETS BALI The general tourist markets are interesting, however the traditional markets are the best. You will find these in just about every village and town on the island. However, if you are just searching for the cool T-shirt, weird object d’art or a souvenir as a gift for a friend, then most of the stuff [...]

BALI ART CAPITAL ++ Ubud, located in the cool hilly area of Central Bali, has so much to offer the tourist and traveller. Primarily considered the cultural heart of Bali, Ubud is a collective of villages that have seemingly merged to become one large art colony. Ubud is home to some of the most creative [...]

GENUINE VILLAS So how do you choose  legitimate Bali villa accommodation?. How do you protect yourself from booking a Bali Luxury Villa that ends up in a tattered bungalow? The last thing you want is for your private Bali villa rental to end up not in a Bali Villa but in some god forsaken shanty [...]

BALI DANCE-KIDS Dance class  BY PAK DAMAI Balinese dance is not for the feeble: highly expressive, with exaggerated facial expressions, bone-breaking body contortions and costumes made almost entirely of bling. The music is urgent and percussive, sounding like people moving large quantities of brassware down a long set of stairs at breakneck speed, dropping a [...]

THE WHITE HERON TREE A side trip to your stay at your stay in luxury at Kembali Villas should include one of Bali's spectacular sights near Ubud, the return of the White Herons to their tree in Petulu. In one of the most scenic areas on the island and directly north-east of Ubud in Central Bali is [...]

IDENTITY THEFT With a few helpful tips, you stand a better chance of recognizing an identity scam when you see one. Some identity theft scams are more prevalent than others. One takes place over the phone, and people are very surprised at this because you wouldn’t think that a criminal would just call you up [...]

2 WAY INTERNET Social media and the two-way Internet... By Tom Foremski [This article was written for the fifth anniversary of the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) - a Palo Alto, California based think tank. I'm a founding fellow of SNCR.] It’s easy to forget that we are still in the very early stages [...]

KOPI LUWAK VERY RARE COFF Kopi (coffee) Luwak ~ The rarest most expensive coffee in the world by By Bridget Davis Many people have unintentionally  been introduced to Kopi luwak by Jack Nicholson. Not so much personally but by way of the movie The Bucket List where Jack Nicholson’s character is an eccentric millionaire, living out [...]