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    Some Nyepi Pics

    Shhhhh.... She's not supposed to know. We agreed that with everything that's going on in our lives, we wouldn't exchange gifts. Of course, I did get her something and you have devined correctly that it's something for the new house (does living in Bali that long give you prescience or what?)...
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    Some Nyepi Pics

    Thanks Roy and Uma, Just talking about it openly helps a great deal. Chin up, indeed! We'll be there..... Today (April 2 here in USA) is our 20th wedding anniversary! Congrats to us!!!!!! Interesting it should coincide with Nyepi this year. Dennis & Susan
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    Some Nyepi Pics

    Hi Uma, Your funk strikes a responsive chord with us. Our plan is to move there at the end of July, and that same little voice in your head is also whispering in ours. Will the war have inflamed Indonesians to the point that we will no longer be safe in Bali? Will the Indonesian government...
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    Tourism versus Tradition - The Future Of Bali’s Paddy-Fields

    Agree We certainly agree with the sentiments Roy expresses. When we began looking for land in 1999, we were intending to buy it, since that was simply the way it was done in the USA. As we began to learn more about the people and culture of Bali, including the developments in the social...
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    S.A.R.S.

    SARS & BaliNuts After posting the above, I skipped over to the BaliNuts forum, and see that there is quite a bit of info on this posted there. Taking care of us as usual, aren't you Lothar. Thanks to you and the other posters. Dennis
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    S.A.R.S.

    Hey folks, Lots of news here in the States about a new bug called "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome" (SARS), that is infecting people in Asia. Health officials are not certain whether to call it a form of pneumonia or influenza. Today's latest posting from the Center for Disease Control in...
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    A question I used to hate, but now love to be asked!

    Hi Uma, Welcome to the ranks of Zen drivers.... a bit different than California, eh? There's a certain ebb and flow, assertive/passive rhythm to it that I have actually come to enjoy in a bizarre sort of way. It certainly focuses one's attention! You sound as if you're in a bit better...
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    A question I used to hate, but now love to be asked!

    Hi folks, Uma, thank you for voicing some of our own concerns -- though we don't move until July, we've certainly experienced similar feelings during our visits. From what I gather of your situation, you are married to a local person, and thus are integrating into a family. This is much...
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    Visa run to Kuala Lumpur

    Hi Lothar, What airline do you recommend for a Denpasar to KL visa run? Dennis
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    We've arrived!!

    Hey Augie & Jeff, Re: the multiple entry business visa, do you have to have a properly registered Indonesian business to get one of these? How difficult was the process? Is this the one wherein your "departure tax" increases to Rp one million per person each time you leave the country...
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    We've arrived!!

    Hey Lise, Couple of other things. First, what sort of visa did you choose to get, if not a tourist visa? How did you go about arranging it? Second, re: a house to rent. Susan reminded me that we found an American woman who has a house just outside Ubud (don't know exactly where) that...
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    We've arrived!!

    Congrats, Lise happy to hear you made it safely and Customs was no hassle. I'm not much of a Yoga person, but I noted when we were there a couple of weeks back (seems so long ago!) that a new studio (can't remember the name) has opened on the Champuan ridge road toward Bangkiang Sidem. The...
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    Where to get a credit card

    Hi Michelle, We don't live in Bali yet (we're moving there this summer), but we've traveled there several times for 3-4 weeks at a time. We certainly agree with Augie's advice about getting a card in your home country, and not doing it with Indonesia's silly restrictions. The only caution we...
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    Aaron Brown and My Neighbor's Suicide

    Roy, So saddened to hear of your neighbor's suicide...every culture perceives suicide differently in some ways, but as thorsten said so well: "The blood is always red, the tears always taste salty, the pain is to everybody the same, the weeping children, the widows, the orphans, the smell of...
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    More Potential Bad News for Bali

    My understanding is that the "new" visa requirements for Indonesians (and some other foreign nationals in the US), once met, then allow the person to stay in the US for up to 6 months (or one year in the case of a student visa) without having to again check in with Immigration until the end of...
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    Information schools

    I agree in general with Lothar about the cultural/language benefits of local schools in foreign countries, having had some similar experiences myself. However, I have quite a bit of info about many of the local public schools in the Ubud area, and unfortunately the vast majority of them are...
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    We're baaaaaaaaaaaaccccccccccckkkkkkkkk!!!

    Hi guys, We must have almost passed each other in the Bangkok airport, you on your way to Bali, us on our way back to California after 3 1/2 weeks in Bali. Glad you're back on our adopted island....glad we'll be there in 5 1/2 more months. You'll be glad to know that the ol' "wipe the...
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    Thanks, Bert, and....

    USB USB 1.0 for the moment, but will probably be v.2.0 by next July. I like the ones that have both USB and firewire (IEEE 1394) connections. Dennis
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    Thanks, Bert, and....

    gee whiz, I thought my last post on the old forum was such a good farewell post. But here we are again....glad I didn't say anything I wouldn't want to live with now that we've risen from the ashes. So, we are arriving on Jan 17th, with pots, pans, cutlery, dishes, bowls, artwork, etc...
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    A Tropical Island, a naive dream

    Bert, With regard to issues about the clinic and/or Gloria, I know nothing and can offer no comment. With regard to your work in establishing and maintaining this forum, the expatriate portion at least, I owe you my most heartfelt thanks. Here I have connected with people who have offered...