Bali Travel Tourism and Vacations in Bali: Mei 2012

Rabu, 30 Mei 2012

bali smart driver and guide

Dear Bali visitor
please my name komang rio,btw just called me Rio I am start drive car at 1997 until now,in tourism & travel planner.I am work at 2 hotel at ubud area and 2 villas at north of bali,I love explorer the island with my drive.
I am Happy father with two kids , our 1st kid is girls she name Ni wayan diah she 7 years olds,she at premery school now and 2nd I Made Jody artha he 2 years olds.
my wife she name Ni wayan kerni,she work at some hotel near our house at payangan.just 30 minutes north west from ubud center.
I hope at the future I can to be your driver in bali,and help you explorer of bali island.
best regards Rio.

for contact person :
E-mail :
riotourbali@gmail.com or rio_komang@hotmail.com
skype : komang_rio
mobile : +62-8123884138

Senin, 21 Mei 2012

Villa Akasa Segara Lovina

Balinese for sea and sky, Villa Akasa Segara... where the sky meets the sea in Bali.

Indoor Living:
Villa Akasa Segara is a 2,800 square foot (260 square meters) beach front bungalow that comfortably sleeps five with; two air-conditioned bedrooms and den, two en suite bathrooms, a comfy living room, a spacious dining room, a cook’s kitchen
and a guest

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Minggu, 06 Mei 2012

Trekking to mount of bromo

The best sunrise at east of jawa , and have nice days to get trekking from mount of bromo with us.

our professional driver cross the island from bali to jawa,with public driving license.

about 9 hours until 10 hours drive from pick up your

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mina liao singapore

"Hi Rio, George & I would like to thanks for everything you have done for us during our stay in Bali. You are really let us feel the warm & friendliness of Balinese. During those few days (29 Apr - 2 May'12) you always try to help us saved $$$. Like going in temple we need to wear sarong, you prepared for us in advance from home so we didn't need to rent. I believe most of other drivers just let their guest rent there, but you brought your & your wife's sarongs for us to wear. Beside this, the villa I stayed is not completely accessible by car, need to walk 5 -10 mins, day time ok, night time then scary as very dark; however you never failed to arrange & helped to make call to the villa arranging villa staff to drive buggy to fetch us. All this small gesture, make us feel touch. And really thanks for the birthday cake you gave to George on his birthday on 29 Apr. You are really the best Bali Tourism Driver, Well done Rio! Fantastic! ;

comment from sanfransisco

Hello Rio

Thank you for the photos of your family. This will help me remember my wonderful time and friends in Ubud.

There are 1400 people at this conference. The vice President of Indonesia is speaking to us this morning - much security here.

On the 29 we are taking several trips to see eco - developments. One of them is Hanging Gardens!! So you will see a big bus full of my colleagues on that day but I will go to another site.

Please give my regards to my new family, and I will write again very soon.

Warm regards, Betty

Betty Brachman

CIPS

DRE# 00671304

www.BrachmanGroup.com

Sotheby's International Realty

117 Greenwich Street

San Francisco, CA 94111

O 415.296.2215 F 415.981.9197 C 415.630.0222

Earl Molly Oregon/neskowin

Dear Rio and family, Molly had emergency surgery for a peptic ulcer in Hobart, Tasmania . We finally made it home on the 16th of Oct. after she spent eleven days in the hospital. There is no place like home is absolutly true. We enjoyed the pictures of your family and hope all is well for you. We will send you photos after things settle down. You were great and a great driver and we enjoyed our tour with you. Thanks again for the great hospitality and we will be back in touch soon.

Cheers Earl and Molly

news from sidney australia

Hi Rio,

Thank you very much for all your troubles we really appreciate it. My friend Lisa Zelinger will be coming to Hanging Gardens in June so I will ask her to contact you on your mobile when she is there to arrange for the balance of the money to be returned to us.

I know that every time I look at the budda statute I will think of you and your family and wish you all the happiness. Thanks for the photos as well. We found out today our baby is to be a boy and he is all healthy. So we are very happy.

Thanks again, and I will be sure to let you know when then goods arrive.

Kind regards,

Vanessa.

Sent: Monday, 30 May 2011 7:21 PM

Stavros sachinis london UK

Stavros Sachinis Thanks Rio and thanks you for a fantastic day showing us the sites in Bali, we had a great time!

22 july 2011 in bali

Rio! Thanks for all your help and all the interesting things you shared with us about Bali. Both Charissa and I loved meeting you and your brother. Lovina looks beautiful. We will have to visit next time! Stay well and we will talk again soon. Bianca.

July 18 at 4:33pm

Bianca Gee / brisbane/australia

Hoi Rio,
I am at home now and I am sitting in front of my own computer! It feels very nice but we have a nice time in Bali too.
We missed each other at the airport in Den Passar, because the departure is above the terminal and the arrival is on the grond floor, so we can't see you.
Tomorrow we wil see Laura&Erik and the kids and give them the greeting and the presents from you.
We have already see the pictures from you and your family that I have taken on my camera, it look verry nice and I wil send you as soon as possible.
We are stil a little bit tired because the homeflight exist at least 16 hours, I am lucky to sleep about 5 hours, Marian cannot sleep, so we are going to be bed early.
Many greetings to you and your family from Harry&Marian.
Hi Rio……! FROM Marian & Harry DOSSIN ( Holland)

You are in the Prayers of Jade and me we pray that God will keep you and your family safe and that your Pis will become Giants!!

It was really a great blessing to meet you and your family. We will try to reccomend many people as possible when go to Ubud to go to RIO!!

Love and blessings

Ken & Jade

Hello Rio

Aba ka bar

This is Bule Gila Josh and Christina,

I'm sorry I haven't wrote you sooner but I have been so busy with work and Christina too. I haven't even seen Jodi since I've been back and she is only 200 miles away. I hope your family is doing well and I did get your pictures that you sent. Your family is beautiful and I miss you, kadek and gusdee very much.Do you know what kadek email is or gusdee because I do want to send them an email too.

Kamu punya salenko still? HA HA

Just kidding.

I miss the makanan. it's so bite bite.

Bale saya kantoot disinee? HA HA

Just Kidding

I miss Bali so much and I want to come back soon.

Hati-Hati.

Tell everyone I said "Hi" and I will write back when u send me emails quicker.

Suc sa ma Rio

Selamat Menum!

J&C ( california)

Hi Rio,
Congratulations again on the beautiful baby boy - - you are indeed a proud and wonderful father. We are at the airport in Massachusetts getting ready for a flight to Turkey to attend a 50th wedding anniversary of some very dear friends. We don't usually travel this much, but this year has been good. We recently e-mailed Jody to tell her again how much we enjoyed Bali - - especially the wonderful service you, Kadec, Gusti, and Rahdee provided.
Take care and treasure every minute you have with those precious children.
Dick and Jane Gardner ( masacusest/USA)

Hi RIO…..!

You are our friends and we say some times to our friends in France that we have a brother name RIO in Bali !

I would love to get some pictures of your island once by email, because I miss a lot Bali and I am in love with your Island.

Take care
Lots of lovesee you

Elisa & collin laurent
( France / Marsee )

Hi Rio
How are you ?

We are in Australia now and enjoying the sunshine - there is a big fireworks display in
Sydney tonight. We will reccommend you to anyone we know who comes to Ubud. Thank you for looking after us.

Happy New Year
Alice & Rhodri ( uk)

Hi rio !

The hotel at alila was very beautiful but our favorite was the nandini!! The forest is so beautiful there. Your country is very nice.
I sent you some picture of us.

Bye.

Helene and Cedrick

( France / Paris )

Hello Rio ,We are now at home in Paris et we are thinking about our travel in Bali................................

Friendly.

Bernard and Marie Christine

( France / Paris )

Hi rio! yesterday we were watching tv, a show called "no reservations" with tony bourdain.
he was in jakarta then bali and it made us want to go back all over again. we really miss bali and consider that trip to be one of our best vacations yet. All is well here in washington dc -- it's hot and humid, which is normal for this time of year in this area. Here are the pictures we promised you of when we visited your house -- i hope you know it was one of our most favorite memories from the trip.

Great to hear from you!

Michelle & Christian

( USA / Wosington DC )

Hello from Germany/Berlin,

In Berlin is it very hot (30° C), sun is shinning. We think return to Bali, we had a nice Time !

Greetings from mrs. and mr. Paul

( Germany/ Berlin )

I hope you are well and of course we will recommend you to our friends and family who visit bali. Hopefully I will visit bali again soon as I enjoyed your country very much

Take care

Warm Regards
Senam & Yety

( Gana/South Africa )

Hi Rio
Nice to hear about you, unfortuantely we are busy and we don't take care of our friend in Bali. So EEC live is going too quick and I am travelling a lot for my job. It's sure that we will recommend you kindly service.

Have a good day

Take care

Cristop lebas

( France / Paris )

Thanks a lot for your e-mail and for the pictures, sorry but I have been very busy during the last 2 days in my clinic ( a lot of emergencies) and I did not have time to thank you before. I transfered your hello to my wife patricia and I wish happyness for your family particularly for Diah.

We keep in touch for the future

Friendly

Mr.Bernard and Ms.Patricia
(France/Paris)

Hello Rio !

Thank you very much for your mails and your pictures . We are arrived yesterday at the night in Paris after a long long trip. 15 hours in the air !!!! But we were happy to meet again our family. I will send you soon some pictures from our travel in Bali. Thank you again for your kindless and Wyan too. It was for us an inforgottable trip.

See you soon. Best regards for you and your family.

Ms.Géraldine and mr.phillipe

(FRANCE/Paris)

RIO !

Great to hear from you, sorry for my delaychina is going great, check out our site, you are on there in the Bali section!!! thanks again for everything, it was lovely to meet you and your beautiful family

Charley Walters(L.A/usa)

Hi Rio,

So great to hear from you ! Thanks so much ! By the way, you don't have to call me "Miss"... you can call me Jody. In English, when you become friends, then you don't say "Miss" anymore :) And you are my friend !!!! I will be there in January and I am so happy to meet your family !!! Big hugs to you !

Jody Toll
(L.A/USA)

Hi Rio unfortunately we are too busy but next year will be better for us. We all do fine and will enjoy christmas (however I have to work , I'm a docter!)

We wish you also merry X-mas and happy 2009 for you and your family!!!!!!

We keep in contact!

Take care,

Erik and Laura Dossin

(HOLLAND)

Hi Rio,

After a very long time in the planes (17 hours pffffffffffff) we are at
home now and want to thank you for the nice pictures from your family.

I send you for Dia a little Christmas song with a lot of animals !

You have a lovely family and you can be very proud ; Patrick told me you
have your new car ? bravo!!!

Patrick is starting working again on Monday, for me it's still "holiday" !

à bientôt Rio, and no problem, we will keep in touch !

Christine & Patrick Oswald
(Paris/France)

Dear Rio,Thank you for your email. Hope you and your family are ok.

We are now very busy at work again! And Mrs Meral is in Germny for business.Take care. We remember you and we enjoyed very much.

Regards Philipp Philipp & Merral baltus
( beligium)

hI rio?

WE HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL !

THE TRIP WAS VERY LONG TO COME BACK? BUT WE ARRIVED EVENTUALLY;
HERE ITS VERY COLD; 4 or 5 degres maximum.
but we are very happy to find our family and our children.
today we sent a fax to the bank for Ritra entreprise. Again thank you very much for your help and your kindness. we hope we did no mistake, and if we did, we apologize for them.

see you soon
bests regards

Pascale and Nicolas

(France/Marsee)

Hi Rio!
Herwe in Finland is autum and soon is snow coming and winter and could weather is coming. I must think about trip for your counry where is warm and good weather. I write more later. Jussi

Jussi Salo

(Finland)

Hello Rio,

So good to hear from you. Your family is beautiful! We have shown many of our friends our pictures of Bali. They all want to come visit!

Joel and I spent a few days in Hong Kong after we left you. I've attached a few pictures. Hong Kong is VERY hot and humid--35 degrees every day. It makes you want to return to the cool breezes in Ubud!

It is summer here in the US. Where we live in the state of New Jersey it is warm but not hot. We've had many thunderstorms this week. But our garden is in full bloom and it's nice to sit outside to enjoy it.

Give our regards to Ady and your family.

Best,

Holly & Joel(New york/Usa)

Hi Rio,

Lovely to hear from you!

Of course we remember you and your family. You really made our trip to Bali special and we thank you for allowing us into your home - say hello to your
wife, daughter and parents from us.

We are now back in England and we feel very tired. It took us 24 hours from leaving Bali to arrive back at our house. The time in England is 8 hours behind you (I write this e-mail at 21.10 my time and 04.00 Bali time). We are finding it hard to live in England time.

Thank you for your pictures they are lovely. I have sent some pictures from our wedding for you. We loved Bali and we plan to come back in the next 2 years to remember our honeymoon. When we do we will contact you to collect us from the airport. We will also tell any friends going to Bali about you.

The season now is called autumn. We have 4 seasons in England - spring, summer, autumn and winter. Spring and summer are like your dry season and autumn and winter are your wet season so we are now in a wet season but we do not have as much rain as you just very cold weather.

Your English is very good - I am very impressed. We look forward to seeing you again soon,

(Ibu)Tammy and (Bapak) James
( London/U.K)

Hi Rio,

We have now arrived safe back in the UK. When we got back to our (cold) appartment we immediately opened our picture from you - we are very delighted with it and we think that you are a very brilliant painter and also a very modest man for not showing us more of your talents when we were with you in Ubud area. We will send you a photo when we have had a chance to hang it on the wall. Thank you for the painting and for your guiding and friendship when were in Bali.

We also very much admire the painting of Elisa and her baby and will be happy to help you send it to Elisa and Colin. But for now I think we must sleep to recover from our long trip!

Jim and Philippa Greyer

(London/U.K)

merry X-mas at you and at your family!!more lucky and happines!!your a beautiful family and more generous!!
big kiss from france!!!

nicolas and pauline bonet

(Paris/France)

Hey Rio How are you and your family doing? And how is our pig? I hope your business is going well.Your website sure has a lot of links to things to do.I am trying to fix up your English on the first few pages.But I am very busy with school so please be patient with me. Is Jody still there, or has she taken off for work. I hope she took some time off - she works too hard. Keep in touch my friendpeace

Barry Cowel/Canada

Hello Rio,
Hello to you my friend. I hope all is good. Everything is okay in the United States. Hope your family is doing well. I will talk with you soon.Huu & Frank/L.A/Usa
Hi Rio – Thanks for the mail. It was lovely meeting you and Ady in Bali. We were thrilled to get the delightful painting that Ady gave to us. It was very much appreciated.

Anyway I hope all is well with you and hope to see you next time we are in Bali.

Nick and Cordelia

Hello Rio,

I'm fine. Thank you. I'm very happy to have some news from you and Bali. This week, the weather in France was very bad. Very very cloudy. I don't know chere is the sun.

Have a good evening.

Fréd VETU
ASIA PARIS
FIT reservation department

Hi Rio

Good to hear from you i hope all is well i will still come to Bali again and i want you for my driver.

Regards Roger/mexico

Hey Rio my friend.....how are you doing?
I'm ok...in australia, a bit cold but beautiful place.....its cloudy and rainy here lately.I'm having fun, surfing and looking for an english school to improve my english.
Hope you and your family are ok and wish the best for you guys.Best regards from your brazilian friend.

Marcos Klip/BRAZIL

Thanks for your news Rio; I was also very busy, here also temperature is still high (35 to 37 degrees); probably the sister of my wife and her husband will go in Bali in January, they rent a villa for 2 weeks; I don't know where exactly, I will give them your contact number, as soon I will have more information I will contact you. We wish you an happy diwali for beginning of november !Best regards Bernard and Patricia Alliot
(Paris/france)good to hear from you.please tell nyoman that i miss her and hope she and family are doing well.we are good, bill working very hard, joshua and analyse busy with school and me taking care of them and starting a job next week. derick, micah and boli are good...waiting to have baby dec. 31. i don't know anybody going to bali soon...the economy here is very bad...but hope things will start to get better when the new president, barack obama, is in office. if i know anyone going to bali i will tell about you driving and the hotel....and, of course, about nyoman. my love and best to all of you!

Brenda / L.A.USA

Hi Rio!

We just got back to USA last night from the Philippines. We're very sleepy. I have not yet dowloaded the pictures, but I will send them to you as soon as I get it finished.Tell Ady we say hello. Hope you are doing well.

Ryan and Marissa
Phillipine/stay at Wosington DC/USA

Hi Rio , This website is really nice and beautifull...I hope you and your family are all good. In switzerland is very cold, but nice.

warm regards

Nadja ( Swiss)

Hello Rio ;

Sorry that I could not reply you at once.

Everybody is fine' After came back from Bali, I had made two trips out of Bangkok with my grandson. The long holiday in Thailand just starts again. I will not travel to any place this comiing May because I have many work to do.

Thailand is turning to the wet season in May. Anyway, it's still very hot and humid. Someday,it's rain very heavy. I have a small garden to take care. Therefore, I like raining, sometime.

Please say hello to your family for me.

Mama
Abhinya Rath ( Thailand )

Hi Rio,

All is good in Denmark ....but yes it was a long trip back (33 hours!)
Thank you for being part of my wonderful stay on Bali , I will deffinitly be back. Say hello to your own family and to Wayan and his family :o)
Best wishes,
Birgitte HALL

DENMARK

Hi Rio !

Thanks for the great pictures of your family and all! You have a beautiful family Rio – lucky man. We have now returned to Norway with waist high snow and ice cold – bring me back to Bali ! We hope to see you again in Bali or maybe in France !?!

Take care Rio and say hi to all.

Alan & Anne Kind regards,
Alan R. Milligan
CEO / Producer Sandakerveien 24C 0473 Oslo ,
Norway+47 9285 9197

Hello Rio !

Thank you for a nice update and mail. I first saw this mail now, but i see it was sent on my birthday, 1 march so that was funny:) We just came from paris , France . We were looking at three of toms horses, nice meers! They are really beautiful.

Since we lwft the day after my birthay we spent three ekstra days in paris . It was wery cold, around 0- 10 degrees, but in Norway the temprature lies from -15 to +5 degrees, and we have a lot of snow! these days the sun shines it is really nice! So we are glad to be back, tom has fell a sleep on the sofa after travel, it is now late at night. I think i must drag him to bed.

Hope you and your family is good, include the dog and Wayan, family and friends. Hope not the tropic storm is to wet. Bali is still in our mind.

Tom & AnneNorway (Oslo

Hello Rio,
Thank you for the email. So nice to hear from you. We are both doing well and happy to announce our return to Bali.

We will be arriving 01:15 pm Friday, 13 March on China Airlines flight #771 and would like to have you pick us up at the Airport. We will be going to the Villa but want to stop at Carrefours to do some shopping first. Please let me know if you are available and this works with your schedule.

We plan to be at the Villa for a week and then visit Ubud, South Bali and Lombok before returning to the States on 25 March. We are looking forward to seeing you and visiting you family, too !

Warm regards,

Frank Kephart
From Sandiego/USA

Hi Rio,
hope all is well with you and your family! I'll send you all the pictures as soon as I have time to download them. If you want I can print some too and mail them to your home. Let me know...
Thanks for driving me to the airport and for inviting me to your home, all my best !

Cristina Berio
Italy/Stay at L.A/USA
Cristina Berio
Dubbing Supervisor

Hi Rio!

Thanks again for some lovely days with you. Today I've recommended you and given your number to some torusist we met in Sanur. The needed a driver and hopefully they will call you. Check out or web site www.getjealous.com/karisafari

All the best,
Karianne & Henrick & Aurora ( 4 years)
From Norway

Hi Rio,
sorry we are writing only now, we´ve been having a lot of stress, but we have arrived safely in Germany . Thank you again for everything, it was a great pleasure to spend time with you.
Let´s stay in touch!
Big hugs,
Natascha and Frank ( german/berlin)

Hey Rio , yes, that is us - Frank and I :) Thank you so much for taking u around and also showing us so many beautiful Bali areas! Best wishes to you and your wife and daughter, hugs,

Caroline & Frank

From: Frankfurt am Main , Germany

Hello Rio! We just arrived in KL...
We had the best time in Bali with you!!! Thank you so much for your kind hospitality, it was really great to meet your family! You really made our trip in bali fantastic, especially Ubud! We will send you the photosin a week, ok? Sorry we didnt manage to say bye properly, we really had a lot of fun thanks to you Rio!!!!
All the best!!! We will keep in touch!

Best regards to you and your family,
Dana and Mr Hanging Tree (Paolo)
ps- Paolo says the Dogs say goodnight! :-)

Ms.Dana Azouri & Mr.Paolo

From Maritus island

Dear Komang Rio,
Well we made it on time, Thank s to You.
You were great Komang, What a drive down to the airport,it was like Hollywood movie, I am smiling it was sort of funny!.We were greeted at airport and escorted as quickly as possible to airplane no trouble.Thank you so much.
Warm regards to You and Wayan.
Ms Fiona ( west coast/Australia)

Hallo Komang Rio,
Thank you very much for the photo’s from your family! We are back in Holland and already missing Bali!
This morning we made a very nice Balinese coffee, that your mother gave us!

Komang, thank you. We had a very nice day, thank you for your stories about Balinese life and for inviting you into your home!

We liked very much to meet your family. And you are a very good driver! We felt very save! We had a wonderful time in Bali, and we hope to be back soon. Here in Holland it is cold and rainy. We miss the colours and the warmth of your beautiful country and people! We hope you and your wife Kerni, will soon have a healthy and wonderful baby

Mr/s.Syariel & Lisa ( Amsterdam /Holland)

Hi Rio,now back to France and at work. I phoned to Christophe yesterday and followed to him your friendships. Lots of nice memories, specially evening with your family. I took some fotos from bali on my facebook profile and will have a special item for book we shared about : it is a very strange and nice anecdote. I do lots of advertise for your so nice country around me and hope I will have opportunity to come again. During the back flight from Denpasar to Hong Kong, I met a french couple from Marseille : they are involved in snorkling, world is so little ! I expect to have some days around Marseille on april or may and will test their diving. Please follows my friendships to your wife and daughter. If possible to send to you by your boss address (without tax and with chance on arriving) a case, please transfer me informations : I would be pleased to share with you and family some french specialities. Have a good day,

Céline ( Paris/french)

Dear Rio,

Meanwhile, we have made it back to Germany. We spent a very fine time
in Bali and would indeed love to get back some day, so we will keep
your message against such a day!

Many thanks for your kind words and the photographs. All the best to
you and all the best for your wife!

Kind regards,
Marie-Luise( Franch)

Hi Rio

Sorry it has taken so long to send these pictures to you. Work has been very busy for both Lyn and I this week as we have had to catch up on everything that happened while were were on holiday.

It was lovely to meet you and your family in Bali. We enjoyed the time we spent with you very much and your tours were very informative. Some of the trips we took were very long - so thank you for your patience. We were very impressed with your excellent and safe driving in the CRAZY Bali traffic! Of course we would recommend you to any of our friends who are visiting, and will pass your details on.

Please can you also show the picture of everyone at Villa Akasa Segara to Ketut, Komang and Putu as promised, and thank them very much on our behalf for the wonderful time we had there. They were all very kind to us and they made the stay memorable.

I hope everything is well with your wife and daughter, and we wish you all the best for the new baby. We would love to see a photo when the baby arrives.

Love and best wishes from Australia.

Lyn and Antonia
Antonia Mocatta
General Manager, SAE Institute Sydney

Hello Rio

Thank you for the photos of your family. This will help me remember my wonderful time and friends in Ubud.

There are 1400 people at this conference. The vice President of Indonesia is speaking to us this morning - much security here.

On the 29 we are taking several trips to see eco - developments. One of them is Hanging Gardens!! So you will see a big bus full of my colleagues on that day but I will go to another site.

Please give my regards to my new family, and I will write again very soon.

Warm regards, Betty

Betty Brachman
CIPS
DRE# 00671304
www.BrachmanGroup.com
Sotheby's International Realty
117 Greenwich Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
O 415.296.2215 F 415.981.9197 C 415.630.0222

Hello Rio
thank you for the picture, we are always in jimbaran, we will send you some pictures of our family when we will be back in france. you have a nice familly

Take care
MrMRS GADJIGO

Hi Rio Always good to hear from you. Sorry to hear that there are less guests visiting. I think the riots in Malaysia might have deterred some visitors unfortunately. Your daughter is so adorable-cute picture. Not sure how you would promote in this area other than tieing your web-site into Canadian tourism sites. An idea although I am not that familiar with this subject area -is for you to introduce yourself by email to various Chamber of Commerce's in Canada. If you Google Vancouver, Burlington or Toronto Chamber of Commerce in Canada there may be a contact listed that you could approach to ask them how to promote your web-site. Certainly worth a try. Amazing to think you are going to have a new baby soon. Look forward to seeing the pictures.

Take care.

Regards Angela ( toronto/Canada)

roger & tom Koopman California

Selamat Pagi Rio Vegas Elvis,

We are home, safe and sound, after a 40 hour trip from Canggu to home. It was a LONG trip, without disco lights unfortunately. But, it is great to be home and in our own bed. Attached are a pic of the front of our home and the back yard. We got home Friday, the 9th and then my sister came to visit starting Saturday the 10th. We are having a good visit, especially since she went to visit a friend yesterday and stayed with them overnight (no, memitra).

We have had a very dry winter, and it hardly rained in California while we were in Bali. So, it decided to start raining on Monday and hasn't stopped !! What's up with that?? We need the rain, but I prefer sun. Perhaps we will come back to Bali next week for some sun ?!

Thanks for the pics of your ceremony. Your kids are SOOOOOO cute (and your wife is beautiful), it must be all the vegas lights and jean gati food that Kirni cooks. We still expect you to be FAT the next time we come to Bali.

Ujean ujean go away, come again another day. At least there is no tatit or grrrrooonng, just aqua minum from the gods.

Send our love to the family and keep on truckin!!

Made Bikul and Kentut Miong

Sent: Wed, March 14, 2012 4:04:34 PM

comment from australia

Hi Rio

Sorry it has taken so long to send these pictures to you. Work has been very busy for both Lyn and I this week as we have had to catch up on everything that happened while were were on holiday.

It was lovely to meet you and your family in Bali. We enjoyed the time we spent with you very much and your tours were very informative. Some of the trips we took were very long - so thank you for your patience. We were very impressed with your excellent and safe driving in the CRAZY Bali traffic! Of course we would recommend you to any of our friends who are visiting, and will pass your details on.

Please can you also show the picture of everyone at Villa Akasa Segara to Ketut, Komang and Putu as promised, and thank them very much on our behalf for the wonderful time we had there. They were all very kind to us and they made the stay memorable.

I hope everything is well with your wife and daughter, and we wish you all the best for the new baby. We would love to see a photo when the baby arrives.

Love and best wishes from Australia.

Lyn and Antonia
55-57 Wentworth Ave
Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
date: 15-july-2010
stay at : villa akasa segara lovina

Balines Name

If you've been following this blog you probably realised there are a ton of people in Bali called Made ( Ma day ), Nyoman and Putu. There's a good reason for this. In Balinese culture if you are the first born ( male or female ) you will be called either Putu, Wayan or Nengah. Second born will be called Made or Kadek, third born Nyoman, Ika or Kamang, fourth born Ketut. If you are #5 you go back to 1.

I remember calling my friend Putu at the restaurant and chatting with someone for a couple of minutes, both agreeing it was nice to meet each other…..before realising it was a different Putu. I’m thinking of handing out # cards to any more Made’s I meet….we’re up to about 5 right now and when someone says ‘Made called for you’ I really don’t know who they’re talking about.

The advantage to this system is that if you forget someone’s name you have a shot at guessing it.

Balines Food

hot and spicy (pedas), as well as being peppery. Very often served cold, it reflects the village lifestyle, where people eat by themselves, when they are hungry, instead of a formal family meal. Coconut is central to Balinese cooking and religious ceremony. Coconut is grated and the meat (nyuh) is squeezed to produce a cream, which is added to many local dishes. Coconut oil is used to fry food.

Stopping at one of the thousands of roadside stalls in Bali you might try a plate of tipat cantok. This dish includes lontong, the compacted, rolled rice, cut into chunks, peanuts, lime juice, chilis, sprouts and other items, ground using a pestle and mortar.

In most villages the markets take place every 3 days. Sellers will have fruit, vegetables, beans, grain, you name it. Some of the fruits you will find on sale include, zirzak, salak, jeruk (pink are the best), nangka, blimbing (starfruit), durian, mangosteens, breadfruit, passion fruit (from Kintamani), white mangoes (wani). Of the vegetables you will find, that may not be common to westerners, are greens (kangkung), edible ferns (paku), acacia leaves (twi), tapioca leaves (ketela pohon),

Balines dance

General description

In Hinduism, dance is an accompaniment to the perpetual dissolving and reforming of the world. The creative and reproductive balance is often personified as Shiva's wife, Durga, sometimes called Uma, Parvati, or Kali. This has significance in Balinese Hinduism, since the common figure of Rangda is similar in many ways to Durga

Variants

In Bali there are various categories of dance^[2], including epic performances such as the omnipresent Mahabharata^[3] and Ramayana. Certain ceremonies at village temples feature a special performance of a dance-drama, a battle between the mythical characters Rangda, the witch representing evil, and Barong, the lion or dragon, representing good.

Among the dance traditions in Bali, the following deserve special mention:

Barong
Legong
Kecak
Technique

Bali dancers learn the craft as children from their mothers as young as age 10 (see a 11 years old dancer on the right). In Balinese dance the movement is closely associated with the rhythms produced by the gamelan, a musical ensemble specific to Java and Bali^[4]. Multiple levels of articulations in the face, eyes, hands, arms, hips, and feet are coordinated to reflect layers of percussive sounds.

The number of codified hand positions and gestures, the mudras^[5]^[6]^[7], is higher in India than in Java or Bali. It has been speculated that they have been forgotten as the dance was transmitted from India to Java^[8]. Hand positions and gestures are nonetheless as important in Javanese and Balinese dance as in India^[9]. Whether in India, Indonesia or Cambodia, hands have a typically ornamental role and emphasize the dance's delicate intricacy.

bali island

Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island.

With a population recorded as 3,551,000 in 2009,^[2] the island is home to the vast majority of Indonesia's small Hindu minority. About 93.2% of Bali's population adheres to Balinese Hinduism, while most of the remainder follow Islam. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music.