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Aug/Sept, 1998
No. 036/VI/98

Young Gun
Bali's Generations X Speak Out

Bali-Sumbawa Surfari
Gone surfing by boat

Regular

Gallery
Imagining the soul

Health and Beauty
Which doctor ?

Food
Something Fishy

Fiction
Womb by Cok Sawitri

Jungle Drums

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Indonesia’s youth, official history would have it, has been a prime motivator in the major events that have shaped the country’s post-colonial path. Youth and student organizations were key to the overthrow of the Dutch regime, as they were to the ousting of Indonesia’s first President Soekarno.

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Ever true to its cultivated image of uniqueness, Bali has remained safe for travel and riot-free in spite of the headline upheavals that have been occurring not far to the island’s west. Visitors to the island could even be forgiven for assuming that Balinese have decided that the events rocking Jakarta are irrelevant to them.

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As Bali’s breaks become increasingly overpopulated, surf trips by boat to other islands are ever-more sought after. Veteran surf photographer Peter Crawford boarded one vessel bound for Sumbawa.

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Art is about liberation. But can creative freedom survive when art is subjugated to the academy, critics, or ‘local culture’?

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Bali Living
Hotel Tugu Bali, "the forgotten history of Bali".
In between green lush rice-fields and pristine beaches, under the illumination of glowing sunset, tuned by gentle rolling waves, set in private, peaceful, and romantic haven, lies a museum boutique resort..

Lombok Finest
The Two best sides of Lombok

Postcard from Ubud

Into the City

Restaurant News

Dining To Your Taste
Foreigners who choose to settle in Bali seldom have a chance to miss anything from their homeland. Everything and anything, it seems, is available on the paradise isle.sides

On the Road

Bali Update

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