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    Bike rental shop in Jimbaran area?

    Thanks all for the answers.... I ended up renting at the shop in Legian where I go for years now. Bit far, but they even wanted to bring the bike to Jimbaran, but I went to pick it up myself. ;-) @moderator: this topic can be closed for me. :-)
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    Poolpumps.

    Thanks a lot Alex, this will help. At the moment the pump is doing good and working a lot of the time, as we changed complete pool water and it turned out brown because of the iron in the water. At the moment it's very clear again, but to keep it this way, we have the pump on more than...
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    Bike rental shop in Jimbaran area?

    Any recommendations of a bike rental shop in the Jimbaran area? I always used the same shop for years whenever a bike was needed, but that's in the Legian area. As now I'm needing a bike for the Jimbaran area, I'm looking for a nearby shop. Any recommendations where to go? What rate to...
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    New Bike

    It looks nice, but only a 250cc in that bike looks to me as u will have lack of power. I think better options could be found, no?
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    Bule scammers in Indonesia

    Let's hope they find him and that he get jailed u till he paid everyone back in full.
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    Poolpumps.

    U have a website, brand, ... where I could find more information? Would take a look at it if it could be used in my installation. ;-)
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    Poolpumps.

    @markit: Thanks for ur reply. Mine has been services 3 times in the last 8 months, so I'm a bit finished with the servicing jobs. It's an American brand but somehow there seem to be too often problems with it. I know all pumps are electric, but now they have new ones with an electronic control...
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    Poolpumps.

    My poolpump seems to be reaching the end of its lifetime as every some months a problem appears with it. I need to start looking for a new pump and want to buy a good one, preference goes to an electronic one whith much lower electric consumption. Someone has experience with this kind of...
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    bringing in over 100 million in foreign currency

    The reason I take cash money with, is also the exchange rate used by my bank on the transfer. The rate they use is at least 3 till 5% different, so it's worth to bring the cash with in my case. As al money is officially taxed money from my accounts, nothing to worry about.
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    bringing in over 100 million in foreign currency

    As you can read in my previous message, this isn't true. Let them feel you know how things work and tell them you contacted their colleague customs officer in your homeland embassy.... ;-)
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    bringing in over 100 million in foreign currency

    No problem at all to declare money and it's free of import duty. You need to declare it on the form and write on the back what currencies you bring. They ask you to put the amount you bring, but I left that blank as I didn't want everyone to know that. Make sure you know for yourself how much...
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    Micro chip implant proposal for Bali tourists

    Lucky it's April fool day.
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    Japanese man accused of child sex trafficking

    I hope this investigation will be done better than witch the Dutch national as there all seems to have been made up,stories, buth the man is still in custody while investigation goes on.
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    Unmarried Couples Caught Having Sex Could Face Jail Time

    It's too crazy for words. They better start to make work to get a hold on the corruption. That's a much bigger and important issue.
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    Expat set up in drug case while being embroiled in land dispute.

    I hope all will come to an end very soon and that Ms. Johnston can enjoy many more years in Bali in peace. The responsible people should be in court and convicted according to Indonesian laws.
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    Bali loses its appeal to European tourists

    I think another big issue is the raising cost of flights.
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    Bali visa on arrival fee update

    I don't have a good memory of bank branches exchange rates, mostly much worse than the official exchanges offices. Go to Jl. Raya Kerobokan, you find there a BMC, a MoneyExchange and another (forgot the name) all nearby. From my experience BMC rate is always bit lower than the others, so go to...
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    Banjar. What needs to be paid to them and what amounts to pay?

    Thanks all for the answers, great to read and we are a lot smarter again. Today is a meeting of residents, we were first told was Banjar meeting, but is a resident meeting in which they explain some stuff and what they expect of people living in the area. It's interesting, but many people...
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    Banjar. What needs to be paid to them and what amounts to pay?

    As all people living (or havong a property) in the area the Banjar supervises, their are things that need to be paid and also demands for donations for celebrations and stuff. Up till now, I never had to deal with this, as this was taken care of for me, but as from now, I have to take care...
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    Belgian Beers

    U can always drink one at the resto Manneke Pis in Seminyak (Jl. Raya Seminyak). ;-)