Category: Bali

I’ve been living in Bali especially Denpasar and area surround for almost 17 years now, and i see how this town has evolved to one crowded city.
Stores, malls, houses, buildings cars and motor cycles seem more and more dense this city. And now its just no way for me to get piece of property that suit my wallet here in Denpasar, even in Tabanan, the property price is keep on raising, and i got this feeling that its unstoppable. i notice one area in Tabanan that cost you 75 million rupiah 5 years ago, now its above 250 million, wow that’s quite a lot of jump.
Despite banking policies tightening for financing residential properties the demand continues to rise, while public housing has come under great pressure with more retail and tourism development, yeah now villas and apartments likely spread all around the Island.

Despite of rejection by numbers of Islamic mass organizations in Indonesia,  Miss World beauty pageant will continue to run on the island of Bali. Bali as a world tourism destination was chosen to host the event. This event will also be able to lift the image of Tabanan Bali in the world. The security is tighten and Bali Police is determine to make the event goes on. Since yesterday the police had been assigned to conduct security functions, especially around the venue for the Miss World  around Tanah Lot tourist attraction.

Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (IHRA) Bali regret the slam practice of price of hotel rooms in Bali , causing the lower hotel room rates. Based on the observation IHRA Bali hotel room rates for city hotels in Bali has touched the per-day rate of Rp. 300,000 to Rp. 200,000.

This is good or bad, i can’t tell yet, but it sure a good news for those who want to take both vacation or business trip to Bali.

What started as a dream to create the world’s largest, tallest statue has been sitting idle and half-finished for 16 years. However, with the help of new investment, jobs now resumed and the final part of the Wisnu Kencana (GWK) statue of Garuda is scheduled to be completed.

After being suspended since i came to the island in 1997, I Nyoman Nuarta the master sculptor said the work will take three years to complete and will cost around Rp. 157 billion.

Describes Lord Vishnu riding Garuda mythical bird, the statue will reach the final 126 meters, higher than the Statue of Liberty which is currently the world’s tallest statue.