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Radar Bali reported, Legian also got flood. As we known, has been 3 days since Saturday evening, Denpasar got downfall and it made flood for some area in Denpasar.

In Kuta area, Dewi Sri street, Nakula street, Kresna street, Sri Rama street, and Sunset Road street are in serious flood condition. Especially at Sunset Road street, the flood as high as knee, and it made some motorcycles and cars got strike while heading off at Sunset Road street.

Else where, flood also inundated Dewi Sri street. Whereas in house complex high of flood was 50 centimeter until 2,5 meter.

We never experience it before, the flood has been a new trend in Denpasar, and it’s a problem for us and we need to stand together to make it out, how ? we have to keep clean our area, starting from our house, throw trash to the right place and the important is keep trees be alive!

The arts of Bali are the expressions of the Balinese deepest beliefs; it is the form of worship. Dance, music and drama are closely related in Bali. Many of dances in Bali rely on music to give dramatic expressions, while some of them tell a story of some form. Bali’s dances are always sacred in feeling and at once graceful and dynamic to look at.

Kecak dance is the best known of many Balinese dances. It is illustrates the story of Rama and Sinta taken from the Ramayana epic against a background of about 100 chanting men. Kecak is derived from the sound “cak” which is chanted in complex interlocking patterns that are like the rhythmic patterns played on the Balinese traditional gamelan. Kecak is sensational sight to behold. Hundreds of bare-chested men sit in a circle with a flickering single oil lamp in the middle. “cak…cak…cak”, the chant begins and the men start dancing and swaying to the rhythmic reverberation of their own voices. Their hands rise to the sky and bodies shaking in harmony. The chorus performs the highly structured vocal music for about an hour. This unique dance has been the most popular dance in Bali.
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This day is a last day in year 2008, and as we known it’s hard to walk in couple last months in this year. Global crisis has been a night mare for some countries and also for peoples here. In my tough, many peoples will help a same expectation for next 2009, go out from the crisis. And some Bali villas agent also have same hopes, survive in this crisis!

Couple month ago, i wrote that Bali tourism didn’t get impact from the crisis, at least until January 2009, but honestly i doubt it. I hope Bali will survive in this crisis, as Bali has experience in crisis, from Bali bomb I & II, Aceh tsunami, etc. Bali is depend on Tourism, and many peoples here have occupation in tourism related business.

We have to survive and go out from the global crisis, for prosperous new year 2009. Happy New Year to all of you!

I saw on TV this morning, that terrorist aggressed some hotels in Mumbai, India and have killed approx 100 peoples. The victims also from United Kingdom and Australia.

On my opinion, the terrorist used different strategy, they don’t only using bomb or suicidal bomber, but they also shooted and aslo hostaged the guests in hotel. They did it to find hotel guests which from US and UK.

What the effect from Bali tourism ? Tourism is really sensitive with security issue. After global crisis has implicated tourism industry in Bali, now some country such as UK, US, and Australia might be release travel warning for their citizen. I got information from my friends on tourism industry, that hotels and villas in Bali have low booking for next year as global crisis issue. We hope this crisis and also terrorist issue not decrease occupancy of hotels and villas in Bali.

My deepest sympathy for mumbai terror victims

Global financial crisis doesn’t impact to Indonesia yet, especially in East Java. It’s caused prime market of Indonesia is Asia pasific. From China, Hongkong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, ASEAN, Australia, Middle East and South Africa. Only a bit travelers are come from United States and Europe.

The Lead of east java PHRI (Association of Indonesia Hotel Entrepreneur) Yulianto Sochebu said
in next three month the crisis will be impact as gradual. It will be impact if monetary fund for transaction of business rotation in Asia Pacific come from United States and Europe. Or the crisis in United States and Europe have on run down of their peoples buying power, so it will reduce potency of market which come from its country.

The crisis itself also helped by decreasing of world oil price, and it has good implication for circle of industry and commercial, and also for the hotel industry.

In spite of that, Yulianto also said that progress of hotel industry in 2009 not better than 2008. Although it has growth of productivity, but will increase operational cost, especially a matter of impressed by enery trade policy.

Every tourism destination in Indonesia getting recovery as tourism destination such as Bali, if all
community on tourism and also decision maker on national tourism consistent to effort tourism development.

One of the main solution is opening direct flight destination to Indonesia, for example India Market, if we have direct flight from India to Indonesia, it will increase visitor to Indonesia.