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Written by Ron B
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Friday, 09 February 2007 |
 Kuta Inn Sign | The Kuta InnGo up Popplies Lane II, and a short distance past the Bounty Hotel there is a 2 story building with the Bamboo Restaurant upstairs. Turn left here (a tight turn) into a Gang - and go down 4o metre to where there is a Surf School sign. | | The have some rooms with air-con, some with just fan. There is car parking space (a big plus for us) and a swimming pool. |  Kuta Inn _ Entrance from Carpark |  Kuta Inn - Pool at Dusk | Breakfast consists of a croissant, toast scrambled egg and tea or coffee. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 18 November 2007 )
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We Have a Roof - and the rains are starting |
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Written by Ron B
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Wednesday, 31 January 2007 |
 Panoramic view of L1B | | So we count ourselves lucky - if the rains had come sooner, the progress could have been delayed significantly. As it is, we have a predicted finish daate of mid March which is about 6 weeks later that we had hoped. The panorama has been pieced together (immperfectly) from 4 shots. So there is ome distortion, and the fence you see with double images on the left is really at right angles to the fence on the far right. |  L1B with the afternoon sun behind | This view is taken from along the beach to the east, looking west. | And this one is from directly in front looking over the pool - which now has lights.
|  The Pool now has Lights |
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Written by Ron B
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Tuesday, 23 January 2007 |
 Inventory with those all important stamps You apply at the Indonesian Consulate, bringing a detailed inventory and showing your visa status, and they then permit your shipment to be categorised as personal effects exempt from duty - there are some rules like electrical equipment should be "used" and "not too new". Australiasian Relocations was the Sydney company that advised us, picked up the shipment, documented it and despatched it. This was a "home to port" consignment - meaning that we would arrange to pick it up from Denspasar Airport and have it trucked to our new home.  Inventory with those all important stamps We had used our car rental person to get us a truck at a pretty aggressive price - but it turned up as an open truck with no serviceable tarpaulin, and there were thunderstorms about. A tarp was purchased and draped over, then came the next challenge. The driver and his two assistants did not know where Lovina was (just a bit more than 100 Km from the airport), and again after much talking the only solution was that I should lead with our rented car, and they would follow. I am still pretty new to Bali roads and take wrong turns and sometimes get lost. I dreaded the prospect - but off we went. We lost them once when they turned into a "pumpa benzin" to re-fuel, then went through thick fog on the mountain road at Bedugul, then later nearly took them down a "no trucks" street in Singaraja. But we got here, no great downpours, and got everything off-loaded into our house. All the cartons we have looked in so far seem fine with no breakages.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 23 January 2007 )
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No Street Address - but it's home |
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Written by Ron B
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Tuesday, 23 January 2007 |
 No Street Address - the approach | Hendra and I have been based in Sydney for 15 and 35 years, respectively. So to pack up personal effects, get rid of car and furniture to relocate to Bali is -- wll big!. Out dream home is 2 months from completion, so for now we have a new home in a rented house. I enquired its address and got the reply - "there is no street address" - but for us it's home.. The approach, shown in the photo is at the end of a narrow street, and there is an even narrower driveway beside barely wide enough for our rented Kijang. But locals still push through the remaining space with bicycles or bundles of straw or other loads - so its important that we park it perched on the edge. | | It has a great atmoshpere. Here you look down from a balcony of the main bedroom -- across the courtyard to the entrance gate with the Kijang outside. |  No Street Address - the courtyard |  No Street Address - main bedroom | The main bedroom is upstairs and huge - you only see half here. There is no air-conditioning but there are many fans, lots of windows -- and the mosquito net. We have not encountered many mosquitos here - there were plenty in Kuta.
| | The stairway to the main bedroom is steep and narrow - common in Bali, and Chonki has been active chasing up and down checking where we are. | |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 23 January 2007 )
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Written by Ron B
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Saturday, 20 January 2007 |
 Chonki's travel crate | It is 10 pm on Thursday 18th in Bali and we are waiting at the front of the hotel with stubbies of Heinekin. The convoy of 2 vehicles comes in from the clogged traffic on Jalan Legian - a car with Indah and her assistants, and a small truck with the wooden crate Pet Carriers International had provided for the journey. The box labels said "Live Dog" and "My name is Chonki, if my water is low please add some". In the box is an alert, but nervous Chonki - he had been in that cage for about 18 hours - around 6 hours before the delayed flight took off, 6 hours on the flight, and another 6 hour from touch down till be got him.
| After farewelling Indah and her entourage the hotel staff took him by trolley to our room and we got him out and took a stroll around the large gardens and he checked out every tree. Then because we had not eaten while we were waiting, we took him to a small Japanese restaurant nearby where he sat under the table just like dogs at restaurants in France. We took their set menu with tuna as the main dish - so I sneaked a few bits to Chonki - he seemed hungry.
|  Chonki in Sydney in December |  Chonki on the tiles | In the morning we took him for a short walk on Jalan Legian which was wet from overnight rain, then after an early breakfast we packed the car for our trip to Lovina. We stopped several times for breaks, and because he was so white and fluffy (Hendra had already shampooed him) he became a centre for attention. At a small street shop in Singaraja where we were getting drinks, school children were goind home in groups. When he was on the ground they kept their distance but were fascinated. When I picked him up suddenly dozens of hands were reaching out to pat him. | In Lovina we have a rented house in Kaliasem that is in a village neighbourhood. We went for an early morning walk and created a ripple of pandemonium as the many local dogs barked - but mostly kept their distance. Again we found the locals were interested, often fascinated, but generally kept their distance too. I can see we will become "those people with the small white dog". When we take him out he sometimes seems to be getting fairly hot, but in the house, which has ceramic tiles, he sprawls out on the tiles to cool down - and seems quite comfortable.
|  Chonki under the table |
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