Anturan

spicyayam

Indihome (fibre) is available in the area (packages from 10-50Mbps). I often go for walks around the area and you see many signs with house for rent. I would just walk/drive around and you can easily find something and just deal directly with the owner. I know there is a house for rent near Celuk Agung Hotel, which is close to the beach, but noisy from the Mapindo school. There are also houses available if you take the road next to the gas station up towards the hills. Drive down some of the side streets there and you can find some houses for rent.

harryopal

Spicyayam, Thanks for the response. My wife is something less than a strict Muslim and likes the effect of the Balinese religion but the reacts against the possibility of a house with Hindu shrine. I guess that may narrow the range of possibilities. Offhand, do you have any more information about the house near the Celuk Angung Hotel?

harryopal

Good morning to Spicyayam in particular, Mugwump suggested you might be able to assist with information about Anturan. In the next month or so, once my visa arrangements are finalized, we will begin looking for a house to rent. At the moment we are staying in Jimbaran. We recently visited Singaraja and I was pleasantly surprised to find the water, at least along the Anturam shore, was reasonably clear. I enjoy snorkeling and found a coral reef of sorts and lots of attractive fish. I find just swimming a rather boring activity but have always enjoyed snorkeling. We are not looking for an expat "villa" but hope to find something suitable for us, (my wive is Indonesian) at around 40 juta per year. There are occasional posts on OXL and will keep looking at that. Wifi seemed a bit unreliable when we visited the area. Is that a general problem? I would appreciate any suggestions you have on the matter. Yours tropically, harryopal

spicyayam

I think you will find most houses have temples here. The place I was thinking of near the hotel had a sign "house for rent" but was actually an advertisement for a kos.

sakumabali

There are a lot of Muslims living in the north-west of Bali - especially around the mosques

harryopal

spicyayam wroteI think you will find most houses have temples here. The place I was thinking of near the hotel had a sign "house for rent" but was actually an advertisement for a kos.

If one found a suitable house with a not too large temple or shrine would it offend religious sensibilities if we asked if it could be removed? I don't have a problem with these religious features and my wife and I have stayed at a variety of places with shrines but she is steadfast in insisting that she could not live in a house if it has a shrine. She is unable to explain why but that is how it is.

sakumabali

If you rent the house the temple can't be removed. Impossible. It would seriously offend the owner...you can take out the "plangkiran" (the small wooden place for offerings but that's it) If you buy the house you can remove the temple after a cleaning ceremony

harryopal

Terima kasih. Last thing we want is to incite religious friction.

JohnnyCool

Most Balinese take their religion [I]extremely[/I] seriously. It’s unlikely you’d ever come across a normal home without temples. Any sizeable place will have three shrines externally and maybe one or two inside. And if you rent a Balinese house, the Balinese will want and need access occasionally to place their offerings. I lived and built a house once in Java. In a very small village (near Bantul, Jogjakarta). There was [I]"only[/I]" one mosque nearby, but it was extremely loud. Imagine if I'd asked the locals to remove it? Getting the sound volume turned down was basically impossible. My “solution”? Eventually sold up and moved back to Bali. I don’t think that your wife will like living in Bali. Maybe you should both consider some other island.

harryopal

Thanks for the post but ironically my wife feels much safer in Bali and she attributes this to the Balinese tradition of Karma which she thinks inhibits crime. She is not naive about the realities of crime having worked as a presenter with RRI for many years. It is certainly so that in the older areas almost every house has a shrine but this is not so with many of the newer houses in Bali. It seems we may finish up having to accept Jimbaran as a location. Outside of Bali, one of the first things I would check is are we far enough away from the nearest Mosque. My wife is Muslim so I have no problem with living alongside Muslims but, like you, I find the amplification of the call to prayer rather discordant and worse if there are other mosques overlapping.

JohnnyCool

One other source of noise pollution you should be aware of. Renting a house within the vicinity of a karaoke bar or local “cafe”. Those places crank up late at night and can keep pumping out until 3-4 am. The only ways to check it out [I]beforehand[/I] are to either: 1. Ask some locals (unreliable: Balinese can sleep through anything and/or some might be partners in the business). 2. Go near the house late at night and listen for yourself. I rented a place near one once and couldn’t sleep properly for eight months. Talked to the owners several times and they offered me shares in the business and even two free large bottles of Bintang anytime I went there. Thanks. Told them I didn’t want to be a partner nor free beer, just to be able to sleep. Moved to another place after that but did my own checks first. [ATTACH=full]2993[/ATTACH]

tel522

JohnnyCool wroteMost Balinese take their religion [I]extremely[/I] seriously. It’s unlikely you’d ever come across a normal home without temples. Any sizeable place will have three shrines externally and maybe one or two inside. And if you rent a Balinese house, the Balinese will want and need access occasionally to place their offerings. I lived and built a house once in Java. In a very small village (near Bantul, Jogjakarta). There was [I]"only[/I]" one mosque nearby, but it was extremely loud. Imagine if I'd asked the locals to remove it? Getting the sound volume turned down was basically impossible. My “solution”? Eventually sold up and moved back to Bali. I don’t think that your wife will like living in Bali. Maybe you should both consider some other island.

balinese owner for me is no problem , the owner or his staff arrive by appointment a couple of times a year place a few offerings at the rear temple , no issue . my wife is muslim . living in java is another story bloody noisy the mosques never stop especially in ramadan , I think its a form of mind control , keep the population knackered easier to control.