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		<title>A day trip to Northen part of Bali (Part 1) &#8211; MUNDUK WATERFALL</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- There are still many places in Bali I have not yet discovered and explored despite the fact that I&#8217;ve been living is this sun, sea, surf island for about 9,5 years. This is a serial of 3 blog posts of A Day trip to Northern part of Bali (trilogy!). Written NOT in an order [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">- <em>There are still many places in Bali I have not yet discovered and explored despite the fact that I&#8217;ve been living is this sun, sea, surf island for about 9,5 years. This is a serial of 3 blog posts of <strong>A Day trip to Northern part of Bali </strong>(trilogy!). Written <strong>NOT</strong> in an order of where to visit first, although for your easy guide, I will give an itinerary* that most people usually does. Enjoy!</em> -</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Waterfall-icon.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-977" style="margin: 5px;" title="Waterfall icon" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Waterfall-icon.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>If you are going up to North of Bali, to the highland village of <a title="Bedugul" href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Bedugul" target="_blank"><strong>Bedugul</strong></a>, that is famous with its Botanical Parc (<strong>Kebun Raya Bedugul</strong>) and <strong>Ulun Danu Temple</strong> on <strong>Beratan Lake</strong>, your journey can continue up to <strong>Buleleng</strong>, to the splash spot of the area : <strong>Munduk Waterfall</strong>. This is not only a visit to a beautiful waterfall place in Bali, but also a short hiking deep into the rain tropical forest of Munduk Village. Very recommended for Bali visitors after 4 or 5 days with skin tanning beach days and Seminyak night life, you should definitely schedule a day trip to Singaraja area.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="more-971"></span><a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Wanagiri-gapura.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-976" title="Wanagiri gapura" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Wanagiri-gapura.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="262" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Munduk is a quite village much different from  the south of Bali area situated at 1,500 meters above sea level, at the Northen part of Bali, Buleleng. That&#8217;s 2 hours drive from Denpasar. After passing Ulun Danu Temple in Bedugul, turn left at <strong>Wanagiri Village</strong>, Munduk is about 5 km downhill from here. A special small parking lot next to a small &#8216;warung&#8217; is available right on the steep hill road of Munduk village. Be careful when you cross the road as cars and motorbike are speeding up as they enter to an extreme up hill and down hill road at the same time, from 2 ways. Waiting for you crossing the road (slowwwly&#8230;) is almost impossible at that speed level.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/hill-road-munduk.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-973" title="hill road munduk" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/hill-road-munduk.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="268" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The path way as you enter Munduk rain forest is a mix between natural trail road and paved way. You will have occasionally to share the small path with the villagers on motorbike..Interesting hiking type!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/trail-road-munduk.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-974" title="trail-road-munduk" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/trail-road-munduk.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/villagers-motorbike.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-975" title="villagers-motorbike" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/villagers-motorbike.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You will be captured by the beauty of green lush tropical forest across the hill, with coffee and clove plantation around you. Stop by for a photographic moment! I was really in the middle of a pretty forest jewels having seen these giant bamboo trees, tropical colorful flowers and plants.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/munduk-forrest-jewel.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-978" title="munduk-forrest-jewel" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/munduk-forrest-jewel.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="400" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">To get to the waterfall is actually easy, as they made the sign boards clearly enough to follow. But! at one intersection <a title="Bali Web Developer &amp; Photography" href="http://www.risanto.com" target="_blank">Bart</a> and I got lost into another part of the forest area where it led us to a village  with no tourists/visitors but us..and the sound of  the pigs grunt! We actually missed one (OBVIOUS!) sign! haha..So I think I should just post some pics here just to give you a guidance, in case you giggle too much with your friends (like I did) you didn&#8217;t notice the sign boards to the waterfall.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/waterfall-1st-sign.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-981" title="waterfall-1st-sign" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/waterfall-1st-sign.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/waterfall-sign.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-979" title="waterfall-sign" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/waterfall-sign.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<div id="attachment_980" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/this-way.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-980" title="this-way" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/this-way.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="268" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">To the right..to the right...</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Just right after you did a wooden board surfing to cross the wet watery soil, there will be a local people sitting on a plastic chair taking Rp 5,000 (50 cents) of entrance fee to the waterfall. The ticket guy was away when we got there, so the waterfall visit was free of charge <img src='http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/woodenboard-surfing.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-982" title="woodenboard-surfing" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/woodenboard-surfing.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="268" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I noticed this is one of favorite destination for french and taiwanese tourists, with a big difference of attitude. The french tourists only took a picture of the waterfall, enjoy the splash, then leave. The taiwanesses took half an hour to change 20 (almost the same) poses of 2 victory fingers under the waterfall, one by one, and there were 4 of them&#8230;and that&#8217;s the only reason why <a title="Bart's tweeting!" href="http://twitter.com/bartcatapult" target="_blank">Bart</a> and I had to spend more time just to wait for them to finish their victory and &#8216;vogue&#8217; pose so we could take ours&#8230;*sigh*..</p>
<p><a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cool-waterfall.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-983" title="cool-waterfall" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cool-waterfall.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="268" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You will be as happy as I was when the rainbow struck across the water right under the waterfall, leaving a shinning reflection on the river beneath it. Who wouldn&#8217;t be jaw dropped when you see this beauty of nature moment..</p>
<p><a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/munduk-waterfall.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-984" title="munduk-waterfall" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/munduk-waterfall.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="598" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">*<strong>An ideal and strongly suggest itinerary for a day trip to Bedugul &amp; Buleleng area would be</strong> :<br />
- Bedugul  : Visit Ulun Danu Temple, then Botanical Garden.<br />
- Munduk Waterfall.<br />
- Stop at the highest point at Wanagiri Village, Sukasada sub-district, Buleleng,  at this open air sitting area overlooking 2 magnificent twin lakes of Tamblingan and Buyan.<br />
- On the way back to Bedugul, a MUST visit to : Bedugul Market where &#8216;warung&#8217;/stalls displaying an array of fresh colorful fruits and vegetable, harvested from Bedugul land itself. Why I put Bedugul Market at the end, because shopping should be on your last itinerary after other nature spot destinations -  that&#8217;s if you don&#8217;t want to loose to much time between bargaining and spending your money <img src='http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Travelblogsites.com &#8211; Get Listed &amp; Ranked!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is always rewarding for a blogger when a reputable association or a professional community mentioning your blog and giving an award for such a great job you&#8217;ve been doing in what you are most passionate about : writing and sharing it with people.
I had a pleasure moment when last year my culinary blog www.wisatakulinerbali.com [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="TBSites icon" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/TBSites-icon.jpg" alt="TBSites icon" width="150" height="150" />It is always rewarding for a blogger when a reputable association or a professional community mentioning your blog and giving an award for such a great job you&#8217;ve been doing in what you are most passionate about : writing and sharing it with people.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I had a pleasure moment when last year my culinary blog<a title="It's @BaliYummyBlog on Twitter!" href="http://www.wisatakulinerbali.com" target="_blank"> www.wisatakulinerbali.com</a> on which I&#8217;m blogging about <strong>Bali culinary delights</strong> (not only about real and traditional Balinese food, but more on my recommendation of yummy,healthy, affordable, <strong>&#8220;Warung&#8221; </strong>style eateries in Bali) received an <a title="Thank you ICT Watch" href="http://www.wisatakulinerbali.com/thank-you-ict-watch/" target="_blank"><strong>&#8220;Internet Sehat&#8221; Award</strong></a> from Indonesia ICT (Information &amp; Communication Technology) Watch for Travel &amp; Culinary Blog category, how nice!! And things like that always encouraged &amp; motivated me to keep writing &amp; blogging!</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-934" title="Travel Pod" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Travel-Pod.jpg" alt="Travel Pod" width="400" height="150" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Through <a title="Bee's Sweet Tweets!" href="http://www.twitter.com/gabybali" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter</strong></a> I could meet the right people on the right niche of the Travel Community,i e. Writer, Blogger, Journalist,etc. And there are a lot of Travel Community websites now that allow you to share your travel stories, photos, sagas, write a guest post. And when I met <a title="Travel Pod's on Twitter too!" href="http://www.twitter.com/travelpod" target="_blank"><strong>@travelpod </strong></a>on Twitter, I found the link to <a title="Travel Blog Sites is cool..." href="http://www.travelblogsites.com" target="_blank">www.travelblogsites.com</a> (Travel Blog Sites is powered by <a title="Travel Pod" href="http://www.travelpod.com" target="_blank"><strong>Travel Pod</strong></a> &#8211; the web’s original travel blog) and wanted immediately to get listed on their comprehensive directory of independent travel blogs on the web (who wouldn&#8217;t want!). They aim to rank the travel blog sites all weekly and profile the best ones on a daily basis! <strong>Travel Blog Sites</strong> lists and ranks the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Web&#8217;s best travel blog sites</strong></span>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-933" title="TravelBlogSites" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/TravelBlogSites.jpg" alt="TravelBlogSites" width="400" height="123" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Travel Blog Ranking score is updated weekly, and it&#8217;s the average of the <a title="Alexa.com" href="http://www.alexa.com" target="_blank">Alexa.com</a> and <a title="compete.com" href="http://www.compete.com" target="_blank">Compete.com</a> rankings for each travel blog (yum!I want!). So you know how excited I was when I finally saw <a title="Gaby Suroto on Travel Blog Sites!YAY!" href="http://travelblogsites.com/2010/02/12/gaby-suroto-is-your-guide-to-bali/" target="_blank"><strong>my blog was featured!</strong></a> and one day soon hopefully I&#8217;ll see my name on the <a title="Top 100 Travel Blog Sites" href="http://travelblogsites.com/2010/01/11/the-top-100-travel-blog-sites/" target="_blank"><strong>Top 100 TravelBlogSites.</strong></a> Just noticed my lovely fellow blogger <a title="Velvet Escape" href="http://www.velvetescape.com/blog" target="_blank">Keith &#8216;Velvetescape Jenkins</a> stunning travel blog was ranked on this a while ago, I&#8217;m so proud of what he&#8217;s doing! Congrats! He&#8217;s been living an amazing Travel Blogger life, I guess <img src='http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  (Keith, if you read this, I want that &#8220;I&#8217;m AWESOME TOP 100 Travelblogsites&#8221; Banner on my blog too!!!Awww!!)</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to be featured on Travel Blog Sites, let them know on <a title="Travel Pod" href="http://www.twitter.com/travelpod" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter.</strong></a> Thank you <strong>Travel Blog Sites!!</strong></p>
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		<title>BeeAmazing.com will be in Little India&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doing what? Jay ho dancing with Sharukh Khan? Or eat and drink Roti Canai and Teh Tarik? Nah&#8230;will get to that dancing move one day, and definitely am looking forward to see and taste the real indians doing the pour in-pour out Teh Tarik beverage. The tickets were booked about a month ago, after having [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-926" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="BA to SG" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/BA-to-SG.jpg" alt="BA to SG" width="150" height="150" />Doing what? <em>Jay ho</em> dancing with <a title="Shahrukh Khan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrukh_Khan" target="_blank"><em>Sharukh Khan</em></a>? Or eat and drink Roti Canai and Teh Tarik? Nah&#8230;will get to that dancing move one day, and definitely am looking forward to see and taste the real <a title="Little India" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_India,_Singapore">indians</a> doing the pour in-pour out Teh Tarik beverage. The tickets were booked about a month ago, after having spotted an economy promo air fare on this low fare airline website, but not until yesterday, ie. 2 days before the travel date I found a backpacker hostel on the internet (browsing, surfing, swimming on the world wide web could really get us lost!) <span style="color: #000000;">that looks cozy, friendly, intimate and fun in mind, most importantly : CLEAN and SAFE, and even if I&#8217;m going to sleep on a 5 bed dorm (with <a title="Bali Web Developer &amp; Photography" href="http://www.risanto.com" target="_blank">Bart</a> and a friend, we managed to get the room as a private room just for us), doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m not going to enjoy my stay in <a title="Singapore Feb Calendar of event" href="http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/apps/event.html" target="_blank">Singapore</a>..oups! Did I just mention the country I&#8217;ll be in? Oh well, there it goes my Bali Blogger in disguise mission. </span></p>
<p>Hostelling means staying in <strong><span style="color: #000000;">value-for-money accommodation</span></strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">where you can</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>interact                      and have fun with other travellers in a convivial atmosphere</strong></span></span>. Why spending hundreds dollar in a fancy room when you&#8217;ll going to be there only for sleeping in the night? And I&#8217;m going to stay just for 3 days. I better save the money for sightseeing (and shopping too!). I&#8217;m welcoming any great places to see, to taste recommendation. <em>A tout à l’heure</em> !</p>
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		<title>BALANGAN BEACH &#8211; the hand basin beach :)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Hihi&#8230;I laughed at myself at the blog title, but it&#8217;s true! I found several cavities or hollow spaces on this beach with pristine clear water, clean enough to wash your hands from sands. Bored with Dreamland Beach several years ago, I chose to find more secluded beaches with less people on it, so I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="Balangan icon" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Balangan-icon.jpg" alt="Balangan icon" width="150" height="150" /> Hihi&#8230;I laughed at myself at the blog title, but it&#8217;s true! I found several cavities or hollow spaces on this beach with pristine clear water, clean enough to wash your hands from sands. Bored with <a title="Dreamland" href="http://www.beeamazing.com/reasons-why-i-dislike-dreamland-beach-in-bali/" target="_blank">Dreamland Beach</a> several years ago, I chose to find <a title="5 Favorite Bali Beaches" href="http://www.beeamazing.com/my-5-favorite-beaches-in-bali/" target="_blank">more secluded beaches with less people</a> on it, so I could enjoy reading my book and take a nap without any interruption that sometimes makes me crazy like : getting hit by a mis-kicked soccer ball, screaming kids, a group of school kids from Java complete with their accompanied teachers in their Batik vest in the midst of hot sunny day!! And on <a title="5 Favorite Bali Beaches" href="http://www.beeamazing.com/my-5-favorite-beaches-in-bali/" target="_blank">My 5 Favorite Beaches in Bali</a>, I&#8217;ve noted down all the beaches I like..</p>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img title="Cuci tangan-1" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Cuci-tangan-1.jpg" alt="Water basin-1 :)" width="400" height="268" /></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Hand basin-1 <img src='http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </dd>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img title="Cuci tangan-2" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Cuci-tangan-2.jpg" alt="Water bassin-2 :))" width="400" height="268" /></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Hand basin-2 <img src='http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> )</dd>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">But I never bother to check the <strong>next door beach</strong> of Dreamland, called <strong>Balangan</strong>, and I don&#8217;t know why! ..and I kept saying this to <a title="Bart's photos" href="http://bartcatapult.multiply.com" target="_blank">Bart</a> once we got to this tranquil beach : <em>how on Bali earth we never got to this beach that&#8217;s located only 10 min from my house in Jimbaran!</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Balangan Beach, is a <strong>surfing beach</strong>, located up in the Bukit Peninsula, Uluwatu. Go straight head up the hill, pass GWK (<a title="GWK" href="http://gwk-culturalpark.com/" target="_blank">Garuda Wisnu Kencana</a>), on a small intersection (where to the left you will go towards Bali Cliff ) take the right small road next to NIRMALA Supermarket (you will notice &#8216;To Balangan&#8217; sign), just follow the road of &#8216;Cotton trees&#8217;, and there is a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">small metal fence</span> to the beach parking lot.</p>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd">The &#8216;cotton field back hommme..&#8217; road <img src='http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </dd>
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<div id="attachment_608" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-608" title="Parking lot" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Parking-lot3.jpg" alt="The still natural &amp; untouched parking lot (please..please no paving stone), love it!" width="400" height="269" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The still natural &amp; untouched parking lot (please..please no paving stone), love it!</p></div>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The mix of white and black sand on some spot of the beach, the funny green and dark brown musty stone texture on the shore, and those hollow spaces with clear water to wash my hands after playing with sands, with still very few people/tourists *phew* on the beach, THAT&#8217;S!! what I love about <strong>Balangan</strong>.</p>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img title="Less tourist on it" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Less-tourist-on-it.jpg" alt="*pheww* I'm glad there are few people here..less umbrella..ella.." width="400" height="268" /></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd">*pheww* I&#8217;m glad there are few people here..and less umbrella..ella..</dd>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img title="Greeny musty textured beach" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Greeny-musty-textured-beach.jpg" alt="Greeny musty textured beach" width="268" height="400" /></dt>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">This is exactly the place for you to get away from your hectic routine life, the ME TIME spot, perfect hidden place, a very peaceful beach to read your book with zero interruption.</p>
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		<title>WHAT THESE 2 TEXAS GUYS DOING IN BALI??! &#8211; Helpless in Kuta</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ &#8221; Gaby,
I found your blog on through Google and have enjoyed reading it very much so far.  I wonder if it will be possible to get some advice from you about my stay in Bali: where to go, what to see and eat, etc&#8230;&#8230;Kuta makes me sick with all the tourists everywhere.  I came [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="texas-guy-icon" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/texas-guy-icon.jpg" alt="texas-guy-icon" width="100" height="67" /><em> &#8221; Gaby,<br />
I found your blog on through Google and have enjoyed reading it very much so far.  I wonder if it will be possible to get some advice from you about my stay in Bali: where to go, what to see and eat, etc&#8230;&#8230;Kuta makes me sick with all the tourists everywhere.  I came to Indonesia to experience the culture, the food, the beauty, and the people.But here in Kuta, with all the development and crowding, I am getting none of that, and starting to go crazy because of it&#8230;. Please let me know soon if you are able to help us!  We appreciate so much already what you have written on the internet that we will have no hard feelings if you cannot help us&#8230;&#8230;I have only 7-8 more days to discover the amazing beauty of this place, not the ugly tourist centers that we are currently in.<br />
Looking forward to hearing from you,<br />
Brian &#8220;</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So last month I received this email from one of my blog reader, and quite surprising as he pointed out that finding my blog through <a title="Just GOOGLE it!" href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google</a> has given him some good tips about what to do in Bali to help him escaping from his &#8216;helpless&#8217; situation in the <a title="Bloody Kuta" href="http://www.beeamazing.com/a-night-at-bloody-kuta/" target="_blank">Bloody Kuta</a> (later he told me how he ended up in Poppies Lane, on his <strong>first visit </strong>to Bali!staying in a dirty cheap hotel,and surrounded with some tourists that showed a disrespectful act to locals, and it made him and his friend were very sick of it).</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Believe it or not, to have that kind of response from what I wrote on my blog, besides receiving lots of comments on every blog posts, and more and more of followers on <a title="Wisata Kuliner Bali" href="http://www.twitter.com/BaliYummyBlog" target="_blank">Twitter</a> that brings pretty big traffic to my blog (<a title="Thank you Indonesia!" href="http://www.beeamazing.com/thank-you-indonesia/" target="_blank">Thanks to USA</a> now!), is a rewarding moment for me as a full time blogger, as well as for <a title="Bart's photos" href="http://bartcatapult.multiply.com/photos" target="_blank">Bart</a> who has consistently inspired me and supported me technically.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So here we were : <a title="Bart's twitter!" href="http://www.twitter.com/bartcatapult" target="_blank">Bart</a> &amp; me, on a &#8216;<strong>Mission</strong>&#8216; to save  <a title="Brian on Twitter !" href="http://www.twitter.com/PoinyPoin" target="_blank">Brian</a> &amp; <a title="Cisco's Twitter!" href="http://www.twitter.com/FransiscoDio" target="_blank">Francisco</a>-2 nice guys from Austin,Texas-  we picked them up at Kuta,  &#8216;rescued&#8217; them from the crazyness of this <strong>busiest touristy spot ever in Bali </strong>(and people just never stop abundantly attack and invade Kuta Beach &amp; its famous spots!), took them to my favorite places and introduced them to the &#8216;real&#8217; Bali as it should be enjoyed. And here&#8217;s their &#8220;VelvetEscape&#8221; (borrowing from my fellow blogger, <em>Keith</em> from <a title="Keith Jenkins-Travel Blog" href="http://www.velvetescape.com" target="_blank">www.velvetescape.com</a>) in Bali :</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">1. <strong>LAKE VIEW, Kintamani</strong> &#8211; <em>the scrumptious lunch overlooking Mount Batur &amp; its crater lake</em></p>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img class="size-full wp-image-483" title="lake-view-2" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/lake-view-2.jpg" alt="Mount Batur crater" width="400" height="269" /></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd"> Mount Batur crater, a stunning view from                            LAKE VIEW RESTAURANT balcony</dd>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img class="size-full wp-image-484" title="lake-view-to-besakih" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/lake-view-to-besakih.jpg" alt="Found best spot to Lake Beratan,after Bart took the wrong turn to Besakih Temple!" width="400" height="269" /></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Found best spot to Lake Beratan, after Bart took the wrong turn to Besakih Temple!</dd>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img class="size-full wp-image-485" title="lake-view-1" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/lake-view-1.jpg" alt="A very nice lunch spot on LAKE VIEW RESTAURANT" width="400" height="269" /></dt>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">2. <strong>IBU RAI, Ubud</strong> &#8211; <em>what&#8217;s better than cold beer &amp; wooden fire pizza?</em></p>
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<div id="attachment_487" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-487" title="texas-guy-ibu-rai" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/texas-guy-ibu-rai.jpg" alt="An angel pouring cold beer freezed Cisco's face..." width="400" height="269" /><p class="wp-caption-text">An angel pouring cold beer  &amp; freezed Cisco&#39;s face...</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_488" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-488" title="ibu-rai-in-the-night" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ibu-rai-in-the-night.jpg" alt="IBU RAI Restaurant sparkling in the night" width="400" height="269" /><p class="wp-caption-text">        IBU RAI Restaurant sparkling in the night </p></div>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">3. <strong>RAFTING with SOBEK, Ubud</strong> &#8211; <em>paddling the spectacular Ayung River</em></p>
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<div id="attachment_489" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-489" title="rafting-sobek-with-texas-guys" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/rafting-sobek-with-texas-guys.jpg" alt="See..how hard I'm paddling while the 2 guys just enjoying the 'going with the flow'..*sigh*.." width="400" height="297" /><p class="wp-caption-text">FORWARD!!!..See..how hard I&#39;m paddling while the 2 guys just enjoying the &#39;going with the flow&#39;..*sigh*..</p></div>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">SOBEK &#8211; The Adventure Specialist <a title="SOBEK Bali" href="http://www.balisobek.com" target="_blank">www.balisobek.com</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">4. <strong>WARUNG WARDANI,Dps and SPICY GRILLED FISH,Jimbaran</strong> &#8211; <em>the hot &amp; spicy culinary tour</em></p>
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<div id="attachment_490" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-490" title="warung-wardani-with-tg" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/warung-wardani-with-tg.jpg" alt="Balinese chicken spicy rice WARDANI (they put lots of ice cubes in Cisco's beer glass...WOTT?!?)" width="400" height="269" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Balinese chicken spicy rice WARDANI (they put lots of ice cubes in Cisco&#39;s beer glass...WOTT?!?)</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_498" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-498" title="ikan-bkr-kuah-pds-tg" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ikan-bkr-kuah-pds-tg.jpg" alt="Hands are much better utensils than fork &amp; knife to deal with these crazy fish bones!" width="400" height="269" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Hands are much better utensils than fork &amp; knife to deal with these crazy fish bones!</p></div>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">5. <strong>BALI ARTS FESTIVAL</strong>, <strong>Denpasar</strong> &#8211; <em>an annual big cultural show not to be missed!</em></p>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img class="size-full wp-image-491" title="tg-baf" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/tg-baf.jpg" alt="So..what this Mask Dance Drama is about?.." width="400" height="269" /><p class="wp-caption-text">So..what this Mask Dance Drama is about?..</p></div>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">6. <strong>BALI TRIATHLON, Jimbaran Bay</strong> &#8211; <em>get up and RUN, Cisco!!!</em></p>
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<div id="attachment_493" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-493" title="bali-triathlon" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bali-triathlon.jpg" alt="People get ready to SWIM - BIKE - RUN !!" width="400" height="269" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People get ready to SWIM - BIKE - RUN !!</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_494" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-494" title="tg-watching-bt" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/tg-watching-bt.jpg" alt="People get ready to watch people Swim-Bike-Run..zzz..." width="400" height="269" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People get ready to watch people Swim-Bike-Run..zzz...</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This Bali experience seemed like has given them some deep thoughts about several things in life and Bali in a very particular finding. One experience lead to another. Cisco decided to quit smoking! Brian agreed human hands are the  best utensils to enjoy the spicy sauce grilled fish. Despite of the overly charged airport taxi, they knew there is still probably a disguised angel named <strong>Made Jaga</strong> who voluntarily walked with them to the beach, drove them to Ubud, found them a place to stay there, and refused to get paid for the service, for helping a lost tourist is a &#8216;good karma&#8217; for him..</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I hope this <strong><span style="color: #333399;">BeeAmazing</span></strong> experience made Brian &amp; Francisco 1st visit to Bali memorable and never a dull moment passed on this fun trip! Thank you to <a title="Bali Web Design" href="http://www.risanto.com" target="_blank">Benny &#8216;Bart&#8217; Risanto</a> who patiently drove us to Kintamani &amp; Ubud &lt;3 !</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333399;"><strong>Hotels Brian &amp; Cisco loved</strong></span> :<br />
- <a title="HARRIS Tuban" href="http://www.harris-tuban-bali.com/" target="_blank">HARRIS TUBAN</a>, next door to airport, worth for every rupiah spent, clean, modern (just don&#8217;t go to the cafe accross<br />
the hotel,please!!)<br />
- <a title="Sari Segara Resort,Jimbaran" href="http://www.sarisegara.com" target="_blank">SARI SEGARA RESORT</a>, Jimbaran, their 4th floor room gave a nice ocean view with fishermen boats on the background, cozy balcony to hang out with friends!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #333399;">Hotels Brian &amp; Cisco wish never to go back there again</span></strong> :<br />
- &#8216;MH&#8217; Hotel in Poppies Lane 2<br />
- &#8216;PG&#8217; Cottage in Jl.Hanoman, Ubud<br />
they are both just dirty &amp; noisy, with &#8216; thin made in straw wall&#8217; (WHATT??really?) rooms</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">For a great selection of places to  stay with discount prices visit</span></span> <span><a href="http://www.hoteltravel.com/indonesia/bali/hotels.htm">Bali  Hotels</a></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"> for more  information</span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Related posts :</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">- <a title="Bali Arts Festival" href="http://www.beeamazing.com/bali-arts-festival-2009/" target="_blank">BALI ARTS FESTIVAL 13 June-11 July 2009</a><br />
- <a title="A night at Bloody Kuta" href="http://www.beeamazing.com/a-night-at-bloody-kuta/" target="_blank">A Night at Bloody Kuta</a><br />
- <a title="Thank you Indonesia!" href="http://www.beeamazing.com/thank-you-indonesia/" target="_blank">THANK YOU, INDONESIA!</a><br />
- <a title="Mangrove Bali" href="http://www.beeamazing.com/mangrove-photoshoot/" target="_blank">Mangrove Photoshoot</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Follow Brian on <a title="Brian's tweets!" href="http://twitter.com/PoinyPoin" target="_blank">Twitter</a><br />
Follow Fransisco on <a title="Cisco's tweets!" href="http://twitter.com/FranciscoDio" target="_blank">Twitter </a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">All photos on this blog post are courtesy of <a title="Bali Web Design" href="http://www.risanto.com" target="_blank">www.risanto.com</a></p>
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		<title>ONE WEEK IN BANDUNG &#8211; PARIJS VAN JAVA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On my last visit to my parent&#8217;s house in Bandung,West Java in December 2008 I promised my self I should go back visiting this city, where I was born and grew up, every 3 or 4 months (my wish!), as I always miss my niece &#38; nephew soon after I landed in Bali and so [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">On my last visit to my parent&#8217;s house in Bandung,West Java in December 2008 I promised my self I should go back visiting this city, where I was born and grew up, every 3 or 4 months (my wish!), as I always miss my niece &amp; nephew soon after I landed in Bali and so exactly on My dad&#8217;s birthday, 2nd of June&#8217;09 a &#8216;direct flight&#8217; of Merpati Airlines Denpasar &#8211; Bandung flew me away from the <strong>sea,sun,surf island</strong> to the <strong>flower city</strong> or people in the past called it: <strong>Parijs van Java</strong>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I called it a &#8216;direct flight&#8217; even though there was one transit in Surabaya just for 30 minutes, because I usually took a flight of Denpasar &#8211; Jakarta as it is much cheaper then continue the trip to Bandung by land with a travel van for another 2,5 hours. But this time I got a great deal from <a href="http://www.merpati.co.id/">Merpati Airlines</a> I grabbed it right away after I spotted a promo air fare for Jun&#8217;09 only on their website.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You might wonder where that <em>Parijs van Java</em> name came from for Bandung. Well, Indonesia was colonized by Dutch for <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>3,5 ages</strong></span> (woww that long??!), and with the fact that Bandung has a beautiful landscape for plantation and known as the most prosperous plantation area of the province was one of the reason why dutch men and dutch ladies liked to hang out in this cool breeze of Bandung air. And flowers were blooming as if you were in Versailles Palace of Paris. And this is why people back then called my hometown : <strong><em>a Parijs van Java</em></strong>, Paris from Java&#8230;Check out more about the history of Bandung <a href="http://www.geocities.com/bandungcity/history.htm">here</a> and log on to <a title="Visit Bandung" href="http://www.visitbandung.net" target="_blank">www.visitbandung.net</a> if you&#8217;re planning to see what Bandung has to offer soon during this Summer time!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But nowadays, all you can see mostly are factory outlets (GOOD quality of cloth at very affordable prices! Bring MONEY when you go to Bandung!), tons of restaurants and other eating places. YUP! B<span style="text-decoration: underline;">andung is the city of shop and eat till you drop and full</span> :p And that&#8217;s litteraly my main agenda whilst in this city : <span style="text-decoration: underline;">good sleep</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">good eat</span>, and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">good shopping</span>! I&#8217;m not thinking about jobs, or anything else beside totally relax and enjoying being with family. Sometimes I wish I could live in a same city again with them, but hey, we all have our choice of life and respective direction of where we want to go in or life&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My little niece, Dede, was one of the main thing that makes my Bandung visit happy. She lovvves hanging out with me because sitting on my lap, touching my laptop keyboard and get to choose any card she likes on this Dress up and Dance card online game like on <a title="Dress up and Dance Card" href="http://loveandberry.com/cards/index.html" target="_blank">www.loveandberry.com</a> is her fun activity with me beside, off course getting photographed again and again, over and over again. She just never stop posing, wishing she&#8217;ll becoming a supermodel one day. So all my camera shots were just about her and her hundreds &#8216;belle&#8217; poses and her brother, Ecal. That&#8217;s all!! And I never get bored taking her pics neither!</p>
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<img class="aligncenter" title="It's all about Dede" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dede-ecal-semua-300x179.jpg" alt="It's all about Dede" width="300" height="179" /><br />
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<p style="text-align: justify;">A good friend of mine, <a title="SAVAGEETHA" href="http://www.twitter.com/SAVAGEETHA" target="_blank">Gita</a>, with her magical photoshop hands made this cute collage on Dede&#8217;s pic, how cute is that!! I&#8217;ll make sure I&#8217;ll give this pic to Dede,Thanks Gita!</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft" title="dede-i-am-a-cute-girl" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dede-i-am-a-cute-girl-150x150.jpg" alt="dede-i-am-a-cute-girl" width="150" height="150" /><br />
Oh one more thing, Arma, yes, Arma is my BEST friend ever since we were in a kindergarden. She has three little kids that sometimes drove me mad with their &#8216;over-excitement&#8217; in the malls..arggghhh&#8230;And what both of us lovvve to do beside shopping is : <strong>EAT</strong>!!<strong>MAKAN</strong>!! So in the middle of a windy day,feeling week from 2 days of diarrhea, a bit fever, here we were at <strong>RASA Bakery</strong>, an old restaurant in Jalan Tamblong, Arma took a picture of me sipping hot tea, my comfort drink ever&#8230;<br />
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Bee, Arma &amp; The Three Musketeers<br />
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Now, at last..in Bali again&#8230;one week visit to Bandung was just never enough&#8230;But for now, here comes Bali sunshine that I desperately needed after 21-22 degree celcius too cold for my &#8217;surfer girl&#8217; temperature&#8230;WELCOME BACK TO BALI,BEE!!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter" title="bee-on-the-plane" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bee-on-the-plane-300x143.jpg" alt="bee-on-the-plane" width="300" height="143" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Related post: <a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/bandung-jakarta-so-far/">Bandung and Jakarta so far</a></p>
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		<title>A NIGHT AT BLOODY KUTA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 15:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well,that&#8217;s what the aussie tourists always say. I don&#8217;t get it tough.Is somebody bleeding in Kuta? hmm&#8230;I&#8217;m not a big fan of Bali touristy place, but have to admit, Kuta Beach and its ambiance has its magic spell that attracts people all over the world to taste the &#8216;bloodyness&#8217; of this tourist mecca. The beach,shops, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Well,that&#8217;s what the aussie tourists always say. I don&#8217;t get it tough.Is somebody bleeding in Kuta? hmm&#8230;I&#8217;m not a big fan of Bali touristy place, but have to admit, Kuta Beach and its ambiance has its magic spell that attracts people all over the world to taste the &#8216;bloodyness&#8217; of this tourist mecca. The beach,shops, Hard Rock Hotel landmark with the giant blue surf board (a must photo shot for most of local tourists, and I have one pic of myself! :p ), overly priced mini-marts along the road &#8211; the place where most young locals hang out with Bintang beers, watching non stop scene of people passing by, Kamasutera Club, halfway spot with another mini mart + cafe, and this horrific buiding claiming to be &#8220;the biggest Jakarta club to be built in Bali&#8221; in the corner of Melasti Road and Kuta Beach..Kuta..Kuta..Kuta..</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-368" title="bloody-kuta1" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bloody-kuta1-300x201.jpg" alt="bloody-kuta1" width="300" height="201" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But last night <a title="Bali Web Design" href="http://www.risanto.com" target="_blank">Bart</a> and I had really fun with our sightseeing in this area, our main intention was just doing an ice cold<br />
beer Rendez-vous by the beach, but we stumbled upon this new food court with various food stall to offer where ALL the waitress will shout the menu at you at the same time, we felt like the place is on fire and everybody screaming : <strong>Run..! Run..! Run..!!</strong> Gee&#8230;I&#8217;ll never come back to this place, I couldn&#8217;t even have a chance to choose which food stall I&#8217;ll like if they&#8217;re like a lunatic screaming at me like that.</p>
<p>Escaping from that suffocating place, we then decided <em>Pizza,Fresh Green Salad, Coca Cola Zero</em> and S<em>parkling Strawberry Tea</em> will be the best dinner choice, after all,it&#8217;s dinner time! And it&#8217;s none other than Pizza Hut, local franchise brand that has variety of topping and flavour, not a classic wood fire one, but enough to make my <a href="http://www.traveltuesday.org/">#TravelTuesday</a> entertaining. And there goes away my bad mood&#8230;Thanks,<a title="Bali Web Design" href="http://www.risanto.com" target="_blank">Bart</a>!</p>
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		<title>REASONS WHY I DISLIKE DREAMLAND BEACH IN BALI</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On my previous posts 5 Tips to enjoy Bali not as a tourist and My 5 Favorite Beaches in Bali, I keep bringing up why
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">On my previous posts <a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/5-tips-to-enjoy-bali-not-as-a-tourist/">5 Tips to enjoy Bali not as a tourist</a> and <a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/my-5-favorite-beaches-in-bali/#more-329">My 5 Favorite Beaches in Bali</a>, I keep bringing up why<br />
I don&#8217;t like <strong>Dreamland Beach</strong> anymore that is called now <strong>New Kuta Beach</strong>. Located on the Bukit Peninsula,Bali, only 10 minutes from my house! Dreamland Beach was once spotted and found by a western surfer back in the 70&#8217;s.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The beach provided basic accommodation and cafes for surfers and day trippers. One of the most beautiful beaches on the island, it is also renowned for its dangerous shorebreak.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-356" title="dreamland-surfer" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dreamland-surfer-300x201.jpg" alt="dreamland-surfer" /><br />
It is the site of the failed Pecatu Graha development, planned by Tommy Suharto, the youngest son of the former President Suharto.As of 2008 this is an active building site with all the previous Warungs having been levelled for a hotel complex (source:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamland_Beach">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamland_Beach</a>). Here are some photos that thankfully I had a chance to document them before the hotel and the new leisure spot contractor did their abracadabra to my magical Dreamland.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><!--more--><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-354" title="dreamland-bird-eye-view-2004" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dreamland-bird-eye-view-2004-300x225.jpg" alt="dreamland-bird-eye-view-2004" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-355" title="dreamland-guests-2004" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dreamland-guests-2004-300x225.jpg" alt="dreamland-guests-2004" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Yes, it used to be some good looking tanned skin italiano girls and surfers who came to this place. To get to the beach, again, no pain no gain in finding beautiful hidden beach in Bali, you have to hike down a narrow stairs, and on the last couple of stairs, usually <em>Ibu Wayan</em> from <em>Surya Cafe</em> would greet me and she&#8217;s the only parasol hire and warung owner I love to chat with.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-357" title="bu-wayan-surya-cafe-dreamland" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bu-wayan-surya-cafe-dreamland-150x150.jpg" alt="bu-wayan-surya-cafe-dreamland" width="150" height="150" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And as usual, hiking upstairs back to my motorbike is an art of thigh muscles strenght and a right way of breathing technique (I always wonder why <a title="Bali Web Design" href="http://www.risanto.com" target="_blank">Bart</a> never lost his breath to climb those crazy stairs of Dreamland, it is probably because of his <a title="Mount Rinjani" href="http://bartcatapult.multiply.com/photos/album/31/Holiday_by_Weezer" target="_blank">Mount Rinjani</a> well experiences!).</p>
<p>And today, the new investor has &#8216;darely&#8217; changed Dreamland into NEW KUTA BEACH with a golf course, a condotel operated by Best Western, and this what made me upset the most! To get to the beach you have to access it through KLAPA, an event venue (more like a failed KU DE TA wannabe to me!) and pay Rp 15,000 for car parking!!!..It used to be free to enter this beach when you are in a motorbike, or the local people will only charge about Rp 5,000 if you come by car, and that&#8217;s for village community. Oh boy&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-362" title="klapa-deck-images1" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/klapa-deck-images1-300x127.jpg" alt="klapa-deck-images1" width="300" height="127" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now those glowing topless skin of italian girls and gorgeous surfers have gone, they&#8217;ve probably moved to another deserted beach I know where <img src='http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> , Dreamland oups ..I mean, New Kuta Beach is now a hang out place of Jakartans, big student tour buses from Java and other part of the country, and a commercial place to do a video clip shooting of Indonesia&#8217;s singers or movies.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-363" title="klapa-nkb-images1" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/klapa-nkb-images1-300x103.jpg" alt="klapa-nkb-images1" width="300" height="103" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>It is no longer a dream. It is a game-changing reality</em>, at least that&#8217;s what the KLAPA owner is proud of. The place is also designated for some tourists who are willing to pay overly priced food and beverage (<em>Jemma &amp; Chris, thank you for the drinks, the bitter lemon soda was a thirst quenching, and spending time with you is priceless!</em>).</p>
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		<title>MY 5 FAVORITE BEACHES IN BALI</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My days in Bali consist of finding beautiful and stunning beaches that are stretching out from west coast to the east cost, and not to forget southern area. As I live in Jimbaran, some surfer beaches are even located only 10 minutes by a speedy bike from my house :p
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">My days in Bali consist of finding beautiful and stunning beaches that are stretching out from west coast to the east cost, and not to forget southern area. As I live in Jimbaran, some surfer beaches are even located only 10 minutes by a speedy bike from my house :p</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here are my <strong>Top 5 Favorite Beaches</strong> I frequented quite often as my day dream spots :</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">1. <strong>Padang Padang </strong><br />
Having enough of visiting Dreamland that is now changed into New Kuta Beach (I&#8217;ll tell you more about this on my next post) and became so touristy (thanks to local tourists and the new investor of a so called &#8216;the largest and most comprehensive leisure spot in Bali&#8217;), <a href="http://www.risanto.com">Bart</a> &amp; me spotted this white sand beach with crystal clear water, not so big wave, tranquil, from the bridge of Labuan Sait. Our favorite activity here is eating <em>Rujak Mangga</em> (Manggo Fruit Salad with sweet palm sugar sauce) and watching fishermen drop fresh barracudas to the warung owners to make a mouth watering grilled fish!! and off course, the big rock is perfect as a hiding place for a nap in the afternoon while having your skin tanned..</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="padang2-from-bridge-13" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/padang2-from-bridge-13.jpg" alt="padang2-from-bridge-13" width="400" height="297" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">More bungalows and private villas are built in the surrounding area, my only concern is that Padang Padang will soon<br />
turn to be the next Dreamland Beach or even worse : Kuta Beach! The promotion of this beach where <a href="http://www.asia.ripcurl.com/?padangpadang08">RIP CURL CUP </a>is usually held is done from mouth to ear, and that&#8217;s how I see more local tourists from Jakarta or Surabaya come to this place specially during holiday season. . <img src='http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':sad:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="padang2-rock2" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/padang2-rock2.jpg" alt="padang2-rock2" width="400" height="297" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">2. <strong>Bingin</strong><br />
First time I came here was to watch <a href="http://www.surf-time.com/contest_surf/detail/18.htm">OAKLEY ProSurf competition</a>, it&#8217;s definitely one of Bali best surfing destination as the wave form a pristine tube. I was watching one of my favorite Indonesia Top surfer, <a href="http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/rizal-tanjung/">Rizal Tanjung</a> on this competition back then. You can also see they are building new bungalows on the cliff, but at least they still have local warung style with funky wooden signage of &#8216;cyber cafe&#8217; or &#8216;ding repair&#8217; and the accommodation there are built in a more tropical style than a modern one. You can bring your snorkeling gear as the waves break on a reef about fifty to one hundred meters from the shoreline. Just be prepared to hike down the narrow dirt path and on high tide, be careful with the unseen reef on the shore.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="bingin-sand-wave1" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bingin-sand-wave1.jpg" alt="bingin-sand-wave1" width="400" height="269" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="bingin-bee-browny" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bingin-bee-browny.jpg" alt="bingin-bee-browny" width="400" height="269" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">3. <strong>Impossible<br />
Dreamland &#8211; Bingin &#8211; <a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/impossible-beach-ever/">Impossible</a> &#8211; Padang Padang </strong>that&#8217;s how the southern coast of Bukit area form these 4 beautiful beaches. Access from C151 Villa driveway. <a href="http://www.risanto.com">Bart</a> and I are always keen for a new adventure finding new spots in Bali, including hidden &amp; beautiful beaches where we can just relax, favorite sarong &amp; ice cold beer, take a <em>nana nap</em>, and do his hobby in photography. Once spotted the wooden sign board, I found the hardest small road to get to the beach down hill!! A bit scary, but when I got there, it’s so worth it!! And leave me a big question afterward, OMG, how do I climb that hill road again to get back to my motor bike…..! <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">It’s an impossible beach trip ever</span></strong>..</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Impossible Beach is actually a surf camp, so there was literally only me &amp; Bart on the beach ! and several surfers paddling on the background.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-511" title="b-e-a-c-h impossible1" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/b-e-a-c-himpossible1.jpg" alt="b-e-a-c-h impossible1" width="400" height="297" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-513" title="impossible-bee-on-the-rock" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/impossible-bee-on-the-rock.jpg" alt="impossible-bee-on-the-rock" width="400" height="297" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">4. <strong>Seminyak Beach</strong><br />
There is nothing special about this too touristy beach located across several Bali&#8217;s most happening night clubs and bars such as : Double Six (some people called this beach as a 66 Beach), Deja Vu, Bacio, and Outrigger O-CE-N resort and I&#8217;m not recommending this place to be your heaven escape, but simply I go to Double Six/Seminyak Beach to go jogging,given the flat landscape beach situation.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Start from the beach volley ball spot across Deja Vu Bar, passing by AJ Hackett Bungy Jumping-if you&#8217;re lucky you can watch people screaming doing that silly adrenaline pumping activity that could kill me in just one second-, Sofitel and Anantara Resort, Oberoi and The Legian, and &#8230;KU DE TA!! (make sure you&#8217;re wearing your best and trendy jogging outfit when passing by this &#8216;to be seen place on sunset&#8217;, girls! ), and if you can still catch your breath, continue until La Lucciola Restaurant, this is where you better stop and back, otherwise you will need to take a taxi to get back to your motorbike or car parked at Double Six parking lot!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="seminyak-beach-jogging-22" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/seminyak-beach-jogging-22.jpg" alt="seminyak-beach-jogging-22" width="400" height="268" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">5.<strong> Pristine Blue Water and Far Far away Beach</strong> <img src='http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Will not tell much about the location of this recently become a favorite place of mine to have a fresh grilled fish in a local warung, surrounded by coconut trees that could suddenly become a no. 1 crusher of your car if you dare park between the treesI chose to park my car/bike in the special area next to each warung).</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="topless-whitesandbeach1" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/topless-whitesandbeach1.jpg" alt="topless-whitesandbeach1" width="400" height="268" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The white sandy beach and pristine blue water, a non touristy one, is totally heaven to me! And it&#8217;s simply because I&#8217;m desperate to have the beach for myself., and I mean it :p I just don&#8217;t want the <a title="Dreamland tragedy" href="http://www.beeamazing.com/reasons-why-i-dislike-dreamland-beach-in-bali/" target="_blank">Dreamland tragedy</a> happens to this place.</p>
<div><img class="aligncenter" title="perfect-spot-wsb1" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/perfect-spot-wsb1.jpg" alt="perfect-spot-wsb1" width="268" height="400" /></div>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">But if you come to Bali next time, and I&#8217;m in the mood to be your local guide, I&#8217;ll be happy to show you this postcard landscape, deserted, tranquil haven&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">(update 28/04/10 : So thankful that this blog post is the most view on beeamazing.com, and to date I&#8217;ve been receiving about 40 emails + comments from people around the world wanting to know where this &#8220;blue pristine water and far far away beach is located. I really mean it when I said this place is not to be revealed. Imagine I have to answer all the incoming emails telling me the same thing &#8220;ohhh I will not tell anyone but myself, my fiance, my family, my best friends&#8221;, etc..etc&#8230; Only for the sake of &#8220;secret beach of mine&#8221;. But if you can find it, you&#8217;ll find it. Cheers)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Related posts :<br />
- <a title="Geger Beach" href="http://www.beeamazing.com/a-me-time-at-geger-beach-nusa-dua/comment-page-1/#comment-3064" target="_blank">A ME time at Geger Beach, Nusa Dua</a><br />
- <a title="Dreamland Tragedy" href="http://www.beeamazing.com/reasons-why-i-dislike-dreamland-beach-in-bali/" target="_blank">Reasons why I dislike Dreamland Beach in Bali</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/impossible-beach-ever/">Impossible Beach Ever</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.beeamazing.com/5-tips-to-enjoy-bali-not-as-a-tourist/">5 Tips to enjoy Bali not as a tourist</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bali is a big island to explore, and finding hidden stunning areas and spots such as blue pristine water in a secluded beach area are among the most fun part to discover this island of paradise.
More visitors or even local residents like me prefer avoiding touristy areas such as Kuta Beach (and Kuta Square), Dreamland [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Bali is a big island to explore, and finding hidden stunning areas and spots such as blue pristine water in a secluded beach area are among the most fun part to discover this island of paradise.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">More visitors or even local residents like me prefer avoiding touristy areas such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuta"><em>Kuta Beach</em></a> (and Kuta Square), <a href="http://www.baliblog.com/travel-tips/dreamland-beach-bali.html"><em>Dreamland Beach</em></a>-who is now known as <em>New Kuta Beach</em> full of Jakarta and Surabaya local tourists! (how on earth those investors from Jakarta dare to change a beach name found once by a surfer in 70&#8217;s!), and would rather explore West,North,and East part of Bali.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Here are 5 Tips to enjoy Bali and its nature beauty not as a tourist :</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">1. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Avoid South of Bali</strong></span> such as : Kuta,Nusa Dua,Jimbaran,Sanur &#8211; specially Kuta that is already packed with tourists from all over the world specially those shopping mania local tourists from Java. Explore more : West of Bali (<em>Menjangan Island,Pemuteran,Bali National Parc,Medewi Beach</em>), North (<em>Singaraja, Gitgit Waterfall,Munduk Village</em>), and the East where I went to recently (<em>Taman Ujung/Water Palace, White Sand Beach in Perasi,Amed</em>)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">2. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Hire motorbike instead of car</strong></span>, as you would find yourself in a small narrow road when you are exploring a beautiful village, don&#8217;t forget to waive and smile to the school kids who are happy to see you visiting their place (<em>pic below</em>).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">3. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Go on a non public holiday/weekend/christmas and new year/Idul Fitri period</strong></span>. Because even some tranquil and peaceful beach could be packed with local tourist in their big buses (with a tour guide accompanied them!) and rented cars as they also try to avoid &#8220;fellow&#8221; tourists and with balinese friend or tour guide they have, some non-touristy spots could be revealed! Oh how I hate when it happened to Dreamland/New Kuta Beach!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">4. Although supporting local vendors around beach areas usually called &#8216;Warung&#8217; is great to have them recognize your face on the next visit and make friends, buying small beer &#8216;Bintang&#8217; at 25K when you could get it half price for the big bottle is only making the food &amp; beverage &#8216;market price&#8217; there unaffordable for us,local residents who also want to enjoy Bali in a non expensive way. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Bring your own small cooler box </strong></span>contains water bottles,orange juice,beers,and if you still want make friends with the beach street vendors you could ask one  of the &#8216;Ibu&#8217; gives you a nice massage at 20K for 30 minutes or so. Hhmmm..</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">5. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Do not tell anyone</strong></span> about the tranquil non touristy spot you just found. Less tourists know this place, the better for enjoying the beauty of that Bali nature. Take some great shots of it and share it on your blog or Facebook, make  a title :&#8221;<em>Hidden Beach I won&#8217;t tell you where</em>&#8220;&#8230;.(<em>see pic below</em>)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Enjoy the Sea,Sun,Surf,Sand of Bali!&#8230;..</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-250" title="school-kids-amed" src="http://www.beeamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/school-kids-amed-300x200.jpg" alt="school-kids-amed" width="300" height="200" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Note :</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">- Thanks to Bali Blog-WhyGoBali <a href="http://www.baliblog.com">www.baliblog.com</a> who constantly and consistenly writing all the beauty of Bali in a most detail and adventurous way!<br />
- <a href="http://www.problogger.net">www.ProBlogger.net</a> , here is my most fav task for 31 DBBB so far :p</p>
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