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The immigration situation was this: Malicious false report by opponents in the court case to immigration. No violation of regulations was found after investigation. Immigration officers suggested I should use a different category of stay permit, and arranged to void the one I had at the time so...

Johnston Land Case - Drug Setup - The Basics The Basics: The late husband of USA national Susan Johnston ("Johnston"), who was an Italian national named Bruno Piazza ("Piazza") bought land in Bali to build a home in 1999, and executed the transaction with an Indonesian "nominee" also signing...

What's the best pay tv service available now (value, quality, reliability)? I live in Pererenan, past Canggu, so I don't think we're on the fiber optic line that brings cable TV. Guess it has to be satellite. What's on offer that's good? We don't watch sports or kids shows. Would like news...

@ the arak lovers above . . . we're all now aware that four foreigners have died from methanol poisoning after drinking local alcohol. One was a 48 year old woman artist from Arizona. Definitely gives a new meaning to the term "arak attack." Hati hati.

Whoops, I did it again . . . reacted dramatically to a relatively benign Jakarta Post article with another one of my Xanthippean tirades. Different topic this time. Here's the short article, and my characteristically long comment, which seems to have hit home, because sixty seconds after the...

I am delighted. My parents have just arrived in Bali after six years without a visit to our magical isle. Well . . . . they have been commenting nonstop about how much better the trash situation is compared to six years ago! They have been to Bali many times over the past fifteen years, but for...

I certainly hope this comment is a joke: If not, then this must be a very self-interested person indeed with little compassion or care for others and their well-being. Sounds a bit cynical. Being cynical can make you seem cool, sure, but ultimately it's destructive and mean spirited.

Now this is an interesting footnote: While Indonesia has boosted its duty on imported beverages to (correct me if I'm wrong) 300% . . . . Hong Kong has just LOWERED theirs . . . to ZERO percent! :P Seems to me the Hong Kong government has a creative approach to easing the impact of the...

It is easy indeed - - precisely because there are so many problems to list. That's worrying. I do make meaningful contributions to solving them. And I do a lot of reasoning and analysis, actually, although I could certainly do more, time allowing. Not really. It's not an attack, and the above...

Oh, about the cholera outbreaks, it's a fact. Cholera is a "gastrointestinal infection". The papers reported it as such, without mentioned the specific pathogen. The same thing happened during the first weeks of the rabies outbreak in Ungasan which has spread quickly to neighbouring areas. There...

Hi Bambang, You've got the wrong end of the stick on many points. Facts wrong, too. I'm not an interior decorator, for starters. Please stop by my office for a coffee next time you're in the Petitenget area, would love to meet you and have a chat. I'm usually around after lunch until about 7pm...

I've been driving in Bali for almost 15 years, and haven't had a fender-bender yet! (Touch wood.) Does that qualify me for some kind of a prize or certificate? I used to be a ski racer, and a mountain bike racer, and an extreme surf kayaker, and I think those skills transfer well to driving in...

Blog post with fab photos at http://susijohnston.com :oops:

Yes, please do read the blog post. I wrote the Jakarta Post response rapid-fire. Then I went back and reviewed it, as one should. And I added more than a dozen telling photo images with pithy captions (as pithy as I could make them). I think you will appreciate the properly edited piece, and...

Hello . . . it is rabies. Dogs have been tested, found positive, as have human victims. Four humans victims have died after dog bites. Numerous others have been bitten without provocation by dogs with erratic behaviour and are being treated as rabies exposures. 11 dogs have been found...