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Early evening stroll in Pererenan

The best times for walking are early in the morning or the late afternoon. Not only are the ultraviolet rays milder and thereby less damaging to your skin, it is also cooler (although in the tropics “cool” does not mean “grab a sweater”). Map: Directly across the road from Ohana Retreat Bali is a lovely […]

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Want an authentic Indonesian experience? Try Go-Jek

Although it may sound like it, Go-Jek is not a strange type of tropical fruit. In fact, it’s a full-blown, born in Indonesia unicorn that made it to Fortune’s 2017 list of 50 Companies that Changed the World. In 2010 twenty motorscooters armed with an Uber-like app hit the Jakarta streets. Eight years later there’s […]

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Scooters own Bali (and Asia)

If you plan to see much of Bali, you have two choices: rent a car, or rent a scooter. Bicycles don’t quite work on the main roads as scooters own both the edges of the roads and even some sidewalks. With a rented car you get a huge benefit — a driver. I wouldn’t even […]