Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Bali Blooger recommended Silver: The Best Winning Streak Since 2006

Bali and world news and views editor's comments. 

Those of you of the following my blogs and posts are well aware that one of my favorite investments the last three months has been silver.


Lo and behold, it has had the best winning streak in years.

I must admit that in times such as yesterday when it had a new high that I was tempted to sell but I decided to hold. 

And even though it feel later in the day it is back up again day. 

This is one investment I will hold for a couple years as I believe it will at least double and possibly even triple in 3 to 5 years.

I don't sell this investment, and cannot profit from buying it. 

So my advice is friendly advice from someone who has been investing in precious metals for over 30 years.

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Summary

Silver records nine consecutive weekly gains.
The precious metal becomes overbought on the daily chart.
SLV sustains above 200-day SMA and crosses a major resistance on weekly chart.
In my previous article titled SLV Has Done Something Not Seen Since 2011, I discussed that the iShares Silver Trust ETF (NYSEARCA: SLV) had recorded seven straight weekly gains, a streak not seen since 2011. I had then concluded that the precious metal would continue its winning run in the coming weeks as well. I am glad to announce that silver has proved me correct yet again by registering nine straight weekly gains. This is the first time since 2006 that the precious metal has achieved this feat. So, is this a good time to take some money off the table? There is no easy answer to this question but by the end of this article, an investor will be able to make a better investing decision.
The weekly silver futures chart highlights the latest winning streak and tells us that the precious metal is about to reach the crucial resistance level of $18.455, according to the 50 percent Fibonacci retracement.
Source: TradingView
This dominating feat was last seen in 2006. Take a look at the chart below.

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Monday, February 27, 2017

'La La Land' Was Mistakenly Declared Best Picture, But Here's The Real List Of Oscar Winners

Editors Comments: What a major screw up by the academy as they allowed the announcement of the wrong winner for best picture this year.






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Emma Stone won Best Actress for 'La La Land.' (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Hollywood's biggest night concluded with more chaos than usual: The prestigious Best Picture was mistakenly announced as La La Land, when in fact Moonlight took the category.

The Barry Jenkins-directed coming-of-age triptych earned the top honor at the 89th Academy Awards, held at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre. But the prize found its true owner only after confusion onstage: presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway wrongly declared La La Land the winner. La La Land's director Damien Chazelle came onstage and began his acceptance speech, before Beatty rectified his error and handed it to Moonlight's Barry Jenkins.


Jenkins handled the error with aplomb, giving a nod to La La Land's cast and expressing joy at the result. 

Moonlight took home three awards in total, including Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali, reportedly making him the first Muslim actor to win the category. The movie also took home Best Adapted Screenplay.

It may not have nabbed Best Picture, but La La Land led the night with with six awards, including Best Director for Chazelle and Best Actress for Emma Stone. The movie-musical starring Ryan Gosling and Stone had 14 nods, matching the all-time record set by Titanic and All About Eve. At 32, Chazelle became the youngest director to ever win the category.

February Sees Rp141tn Tax Amnesty Repatriated Assets Zoom Out Zoom In Normal

February Sees Rp141tn Tax Amnesty Repatriated Assets
People wait to register for the government's tax amnesty program inside a tax office in Jakarta, September 30, 2016. REUTERS/Iqro Rinaldi
MONDAY, 27 FEBRUARY, 2017 | 08:00 WIB

TEMPO.COJakarta - At the end of February, the tax amnesty program has seen increases in the participation of taxpayers. The third period of tax amnesty program will end in late March.
Tempo observed that as of February 26, Rp4,405 trillion worth of assets has been declared through the assets declaration letters (SPH). The assets being declared in the SPH are Rp3,248 trillion in domestically declared assets, Rp1,016 trillion in overseas declared assets and Rp141 in repatriated assets.
Moreover, the retribution fees based on SPH submitted in the tax amnesty program have reached Rp104 trillion. Retribution fees have been paid by individuals owning non-micro, small and medium-sized (SME) businesses at Rp85.6 trillion, individuals owning SME business at Rp5.46 trillion, non-SME business entities at Rp12.5 trillion and SME business entities at Rp378 billion.
Earlier, the Director General of Tax Ken Dwijugiasteadi said that he had planned three fresh approaches to optimize the results of the tax amnesty program.
Ken elaborated that the first step is to launch an app to disclose bank secrets called Aplikasi Usulan Buka Rahasia Bank (Akasia).
Secondly, the Tax DG will implement Article 28 of the Tax Amnesty Law on the consequences to be faced by taxpayers not joining the tax amnesty program or those who did join it but came up with inaccurate data.
Thirdly, the Tax DG will improve services to taxpayers by providing an e-form as an upgrade to the e-filing service. “Previously, [the form] is filled online, now it can be downloaded and be filled offline. Once you have finished, it can be uploaded and sent to us.”
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Bali offers some of the world’s best Spanish cuisines


When it comes to unforgettable food encounters, few destinations around the world can rival Bali and the sheer variety it has to offer. From sublime seafood, succulent barbecued meats and a plethora of traditional spicy dishes, there are many unique food experiences in Bali and in particular, this is certainly the case when you begin to uncover the Spanish restaurant scene.


Although Bali restaurants are renowned for the actual food itself, many of these Spanish restaurants are also the benefactors of stunning ocean views and settings giving them a well-deserved reputation for being one of the absolute best things to do in Bali.

Here are 5 examples of the best Spanish restaurants in Bali:


BAECELONA TAPAS by LA XURRERIA, Ubud

If you miss sangria and paella and you are in Ubud is the place. Salsa music in a small place but very clean and unique Spanish restaurant in Bali. All popular Spanish dishes and typical drink are available, like: Tortilla con patata, Jamon Serrano, Queso Manchego and more. La xurreria Ubud-Bali. la mejor churreria de Indonesia …are also the first company to import the first churros machine in Bali. Welcome to Bali

AKUA Bali, Jimbaran
Akua restaurant has an exceptional view of the beach making it the perfect place to enjoy a sangria as the sun goes down. That said, it also has a huge variety on the menu and a firm favorite with visitors are always the tapas.

La Mexicana, Canggu
The standard of Mexican food in Bali has never failed to delight visiting Australians who, given its prominence in parts of Sydney and Melbourne, are often accustomed to this type of cuisine. Serving generous portions and some especially succulent ground beef, the food in La Mexicana is then accompanied by some beautiful Mexican styled gardens.

La Plancha, Seminyak
Another great place to enjoy the sunset, La Plancha is best known for the most scintillating panoramas and incredible gourmet burgers. Word of warning though, front seats in this Seminyak restaurant will mean for a close encounter with the oncoming tide at sunset.

Miura Pintxos Bar and Grill, Seminyak
Friendly staff, live music and affordable prices, there are many things for which Miura Pintxos is renowned although nothing quite so much as the food. Whether you decide upon grilled fish, Nasi Goreng or Spanish Tapas, this is one of the best Spanish restaurants in Bali which offers an incredible all round experience.

Jalapeno, Sanur, Denpasar
Feedback and reviews for Jalapeno in Denpasar speak volumes and this restaurant is quite often the recipient of more visitors than any other local eatery. Offering a full range of Mexican tapas and Spanish styled cuisine, it has something for everyone and again, the ocean views are simply stunning.

The Spanish owner Alberto Cortes well know a famous designer in Ibiza and the GM Stuart Gemmell a professional in Asian travel, look forward to receiving you at The Purist Villa in Bali and please rest assured that our experienced staff are always on hand to ensure you receive the best overall experience on your upcoming trip.
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Ubud, Petulu, Gianyar, Kabupaten Gianyar,
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Camí Cala Carbó, N2, Sant Josep de sa Talaia,
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Tight security prepared for King Salman’s visit to Bali




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Denpasar, Bali | Sun, February 26, 2017 | 11:01 am
All set -- Personnel from the Presidential Security Detail (Paspampres) carry out a security rehearsal at the Bogor Presidential Palace on Feb. 25. (Antara/Yulius Satria Wijaya)

The Bali Police have beefed up security ahead of the visit of King Salman Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia to Bali next month.

The police will implement extra security precautions for the king’s entourage, which reportedly comprise 1,500 people, including 10 ministers and 25 princes.

“We will implement maximum security measures. This will be a VVIP security operation that will be jointly conducted with the military,” said Bali Police spokesperson Adj. Sr. Comr. Hengky Widjaja.

“We don’t want to take any risks. We will secure all hotels where they will stay and routes and tourist sites the king may visit,” Hengky said.

(Read also: 459 tons equipment brought along on Saudi Arabia's King's visit to Indonesia)

King Salman will reportedly take with him at least 100 security personnel from Saudi Arabia to secure his five-day visit to Bali.

Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika said authorities had made all necessary preparations to welcome the king. “Everything is ready,” he said.

The governor said it was not yet known where exactly King Salman would stay. “He only wants to take a rest in Bali,” Pastika said.

Pastika said the food provided for him would be halal. “They have a special team for preparing the food. They have their own procedure for food security,” he said.

King Salman is scheduled to arrive in Bali on March 4 and will leave on March 9. The Ngurah Rai International Airport will close flights to and from Bali for at least 45 minutes to prepare for the landing of King Salman’s plane on the island.

Before going to Bali, King Salman will enjoy a state visit to Indonesia from March 1 to March 4, during which time he will meet President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java. King Salman is also expected to visit the House of Representatives and Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta. (ebf)

8 Things to do in Bali (again and again)


2017-02-25 14:30 - Anje Rautenbach

When I hear that someone is going to Bali I go weak in the knees. Actually anything Indonesian gives me butterflies in my stomach.
After my first visit to Bali I ran to the store in search of some pages to keep me busy until my next visit; Fragrant Rice (by Janet DeNeefe) whisked me away with words wrapped up in Indonesian flavours and Colin McPhee revealed a much simpler Bali to me in his book, A house in Bali; a simpler Bali, pre-tourists, when Ubud was still just a tiny village.
After my second visit I picked up an Indonesian dictionary, got a Teach Yourself Indonesian Guide and attended weekly Bahasa Indonesia language classes in Busan, a 100-minute train ride from where I lived in Gyeongju, South Korea.
My third visit to Indonesia had me exploring the uncrowded, untouched and unnoticed depths of Nusa Penida on a motorcycle and my fourth visit turned into two-month bicycle discovery when I explored Bali, Lombok and the Gilis from the seat of my bicycle.
I was smitten. So, Bali (and your sibling islands next to you) when I see you again, I will focus on these 8 things to...

#1 Watch the rice grow
To watch the rice grow in Bali connects you to more than just the island’s staple, it also connects you to the Balinese culture where the rice goddess, Dewi Sri, keeps a watchful eye over the rituals and ceremonies of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating and harvesting. Grab a coffee, a hammock and a good book and watch the rice as it grows from the padi (rice paddy), into gabah (unmilled rice), to beras (uncooked rice) to the nasi (cooked rice) on your plate.
(Photo: Anje Rautenbach)
#2 Treat yourself
Bali does luxury best, treat yourself! Wine and dine at award-winning restaurants, sip on cocktails, visit top boutiques, stroll through art galleries and experience an elegant relaxing retreat and book your hotel online. The Mulia Bali is situated along the beachfront of Nusa Dua where you can soak in all the sun, sand and sea with beach activities, an array of pools, a selection of Japanese, Chinese, Pan-Asian & Mediterranean and other International cuisine and lavish amenities.
#3 Learn yoga from a monkey
It turns out that it is not only humans who salute the sun, stretch and get into the warrior pose; monkey see, monkey do. A visit to Ubud’s Monkey Forest to observe the monkeys’ behaviour is time well spent.
#4 Pay respect to Mount Agung
Mount Agung is the highest mountain in Bali and it is considered the dwelling place of the Hindu gods. It plays a significant role in the lives of the Balinese; it dominates the surrounding area, influences the climate and is the deciding factor of their spatial orientation. The peak, (3031m) can be reached via two popular trekking routes and promises spectacular sunrise views.
#5 Appreciate the sunsets
The island of Bali (as well as its neighbouring siblings like Nusa Penida, Lombok and the Gilis) is no stranger to striking sunsets…best enjoyed unfiltered and unedited. These sunsets attract thousands to the cliffs of Uluwatu, the temple in the middle of the sea, Tanah Lot, as well as the peaks of Mount Batur, Agung and Mount Rinjani in Lombok.

(Anje Rautenbach)
#6 Witness a ceremony and sidestep an offering
It is impossible to visit Bali and not witness a ceremony, a ritual or sidestep one of the daily offerings that is placed outside houses, on the streets, in front of shops, restaurants, spas and inside cars. These daily offerings are called Canang Sari and it is believed that it will bring luck, prosperity and good health. It is common to see a sign saying “Hati-hati ada upucara” which translates for traffic, pedestrians and cars into “Be carerful, there is a ceremony taking place”. 

#7 Get in touch with Bali’s holy side
Visiting temples might not be everyone’s cup of jasmine tea, but if you find the Hindu culture and religion intriguing, make sure you visit some of the sacred sites in Bali and just observe the prayers, rituals, cleansing ceremonies and the importance of offerings. Always show respect, don’t be in the way of the devotees and dress appropriately with a sarong and a selendang (a sash). 
(Photo: Anje Rautenbach)

#8 Be Responsible

- If you are visiting Bali, please be a responsible traveller and take note that while you might think you're doing good - you're actually not. See the top six reasons why here
This article first appeared on the blog Going Somewhere Slowly, by Anje Ruatenbach - find her Facebook,Twitter  or on Instagram
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Sunday, February 26, 2017

East Bali: A taste of paradise that is far from lost


Bali news and views editor's comments:
Editor Lawrence and Notaris wife Azizah

As this article below mentions the beauty of Bali ,many people were attracted to in the past has definitely been lost in much of southern Bali , especially the West Coast from Tuban up to the middle of Changgu.

People don't come to Bali to spend hours in gridlocked traffic taking an hour just to go a couple kilometers.

I've been saying for some time Paradise is not lost it has simply moved north and east. 


"Paradise is not lost it has simply moved north and east"

As one who has lived on Bali's east coast for 20 years, I can say it is eminently more beautiful and natural here.


Especially along the coast from Sanur all the way up to Candidasa. 















Yes this is the next area that will be sought after by tourists and by those seeking to really enjoy what Bali has to offer.

Clean air, fast-moving traffic on a World Bank built four-lane highway, wonderful ocean without you tourists and close proximity to Sanur Denpasar, Ubud  and even the international airport make this area my number one choice for  the next 5 to 10 years for quail y lifestyle and increasing values.

You can start your look with our Tripadvisor hall of fame award wining Bali Luxury Villas located right in Sanur eight minutes from the beach. Starting as low $139,000 for a 3.5 bedroom 550 m2 villa with pool.


Alternatively a 4 1/2 bedroom massive 450 m² beachfront estates in Bali Paradise beach estates starting as low as $525,000 or raw land for the $350,000.
Contact Me direct at 62 – 812-381-4014 to learn more about low priced, quality properties on the East Coast Bali.



Craig Tansley 24 Feb 2017, 11:45 p.m.









+3Mt Agung, Bali's tallest mountain, casts its shadow over most of East Bali

Niluh Sriasil looks across her property, through her flame trees of blazing red and frangipanis of fairytale pink; past her fast-ripening mangoes out onto a crescent-shaped bay where the sea glints like a hundred camera flashes exploding at the same moment in the morning sunshine. She apologises quietly: "I'm sorry," she says. "We have no money for a swimming pool." Beneath us – where her front yard pitches into Lombok Strait – there's scarcely room for the three tiny bungalows she's built above a black-sand beach where jukung (traditional fishing boats) fill every spare centimetre of space, but she's embarrassed all the same she can't provide me with the fancy horizon pools that are the standard of every accommodation provider in Seminyak, Canggu or Uluwatu in Bali today. "I don't want a horizon swimming pool," I'd like to tell her. "I want what you have here: a beach with no-one on it."

But I know she won't understand what I'm trying to say; that many travellers to Bali are really just trying to find what they already had; before horizon pools and fancy ex-pat-owned cafes serving anti-oxidant shakes with cashew nut milk that cost the same as what they cost back home. Fancier hotel rooms, restaurants owned by celebrity chefs and swim-up pool bars don't make up for the fact many once-pristine beaches now teem with plastic, or for coach-loads of well-heeled Chinese tourists following guides with flags right through what used to be your secret surf spot.

So instead I sit looking out to sea from the eclectic restaurant she's assembled from shells, lava rock and bamboo here near Bali's most eastern point, and wait on a cup of strong black Bali coffee. I ask for a drinking coconut to chase it down with. She leans precariously off the edge of her pergoda, looks skyward, and apologises again: "I'm sorry, today we have no coconuts." And below this peaceful scene, life goes on much as it always has. Fishermen gather in groups after a morning spent at sea to slurp noisily at noodles, then they'll down their bowls to sort their catch, transporting the fish they won't feed their families to local markets. And a few kilometres inland, locals still till the soil of their rice paddy farms using water buffalo on the terraced foothills of Bali's largest mountain, the dormant volcano, Agung. Locals call it "the navel of the world".

Chances are you've never heard East Bali spruiked as a tourist destination – or the towns that dominate it, like Amlapura, Candidasa and Tenganan. But it's here – an hour's drive east of the Eat Pray Lovedevotees in Ubud, and two hours journey north-east of the traffic jams in Seminyak, Legian and Kuta where you're most likely to find the Bali you came looking for: for it's that Bali of our collective imaginations; think: misty mountains, rice terraces spilling down hillsides, wild volcanic beaches. And except for the occasional European traveller (or ex-pat), there's barely a tourist to share it with. Despite the Australian annexation of Bali these past 30 years or so, few of us venture this far east. Many make it so darn close – just a few kilometres west of here to the port in Padangbai, to journey by sea to Lombok and the Gili Islands. I watch them motor past me each morning over breakfast at my pretty hotel by the sea.

Truth be told, I needed to find this place; because I've found myself outgrowing Bali. Or perhaps, if I'm really truthful, lately I'd noticed Bali's outgrown me. All around me, twentysomethings borrowed from Tommy Hilfiger catalogues whizzed past me on scooters between new age cafes and fancy ex-pat-owned bars; and cocktails came at me on lounge pods, by slick staff who took my change for tips. The surf spots I found in my late teens two decades or so on are now patrolled by locals sponsored by Billabong and Quiksilver. The leftovers are shared by surfers from every continent on this earth. It was a day trip I took quite by chance three years ago that made me consider East Bali as my antidote to the modern world, a place I might find what I loved here a quarter of a century ago. East Bali only demands a small effort by the traveller – it begins barely 1¼-hour's drive from the airport. I do battle with Seminyak-like traffic outside the tourist town of Sanur, but the road east soon narrows and the jungle grows right up above me, forcing me to drive through green tunnels of low hanging vines and trees in full bloom.

Bali metamorphoses here; like I'm time travelling. I manoeuvre around hair-pin corners, where locals bathe and wash clothes in slow-flowing rivers and fruit vendors peddle their wares – durian, mangos, bananas, snakefruit – centimetres from the roadway. Life in all its glory, and its tedium, happens here by the road: goods are traded, gods are blessed in tiny temples, children with hair slicked sideways trudge to school. Two cars can barely pass; when farmers carrying hoes and sickles and old men carrying logs to burn for cooking line the roadway, there's barely room for one.

I drive high into the mountains inland from the village of Candidasa, near where my hotel is. The road slopes drastically now, we shift down gears fast along narrow ridges, teetering above huge green valleys. Farmers slash grass with machetes by the road to feed their buffalo; each tiny village is decorated with hanging vines and Hindu offerings. Petrol is sold in Smirnoff bottles where attendants sit on pink plastic stools eating bowls of hot rice. We stop here high among the clouds, and pull mountain bikes from our vehicle. Down narrow, winding, shaded mountain roads I coast through a Bali I remember well; teens on motorbikes follow close behind, while women carrying baskets of snakefruit on their heads disappear like ghosts in the mist behind the spindly bamboo fences at the road's edge. I stop to look out across an enormous green valley to Mount Agung. It last erupted in 1963, killing thousands. The huge chunks of lava left behind made much of the land difficult for farming for decades, and forced entire communities to flee to other parts of Bali, and beyond. It's why East Bali is still sparsely populated today, and partly explains why it's still not a major player in the tourism stakes.

I ride till we hit the beach, stopping at a semi-secret spot locals call Virgin Beach. There are beaches all along East Bali's coastline – though surfers who discover breaks here keep the locations to themselves. "This whole east coast of Bali is littered with unknown surf breaks, with amazing beaches, with pristine spots, you can't even see them on a map," long-time Bali surfer and co-owner of nearby surf resort, Kommune, Tony Cannon says. "You just have to turn off and have a bit of hope and see for yourself."

I find white sand at Virgin Beach after a laboured walk down a cobbled mud track to a tiny bay where the forest grows to the water. There's just a few simple warung (local restaurants) here, for now at least, all selling simple meals – grilled fish washed down with icy-cold Bintangs – a lunch for what a smoothie costs in Seminyak.

Though East Bali is home to the prettiest rice fields in all of Bali, and thick green jungle creeps into every town here invoking a feeling that progress hasn't got a chance of scarring the landscape any time soon, not all of East Bali looks like a postcard. Its beaches are mostly of the black-sand variety, and on many you'd be hard-pressed to find a spot for a towel between the flotilla of jukung pulled up higher than the tide at every bay.

But I love to stare at the life on display here. In the tourist areas of Bali, I gain only an insight into the daily life in hotels, restaurants, cafes and massage parlours; but here just driving by provides me with a window into the traditional ways of a population largely unchanged by all of us. Sure, in towns like Amed and Candidisa I'm still offered taxis, motorbikes, boat trips and massages; but for the most part, I'm permitted to go by unnoticed, a harmless voyeur reliving the past.

I drive the slow, winding coast road to the diving hotspot of Amed, under the shadow of Mount Seraya. Women in colourful dresses walk beside the roadway, balancing baskets on the tops of their heads, while men carry fish on poles. Bananas, mangos and jackfruit grow so close I could pick them from my seat. The road zigzags constantly here, and we're forced to near walking speed travelling high above a rugged rocky coastline.

Life looks basic here: smoke filters out from wood fire stoves, cows, pigs and chickens are kept outside ramshackle wooden shacks, clothes are washed in rivers and hung beside the roadway on low-hanging branches. Around corners I can occasionally glimpse the huge caldera walls of Mount Agung, 3031 metres above the earth's surface, all around enormous lava rocks jutting from the earth are a constant reminder of the volcano's hold over those who live below it.

There's progress in evidence at Amed – 15 minutes drive beyond Niluh Sriasil's simple bungalows near the village of Jemeluk. But it's still of the low-key variety, and yoga (and diving) seems the currency here, it's peddled at quirky retreats alongside the roadside, backed by a hinterland of drastically sloping mountains and laden mango trees.

Some of Bali's most sacred temples can be found in East Bali (including the holiest of the holy, the Besakih Temple, and the sprawling royal water palace at Tirtigangga) but I'm much happier here avoiding the better known spots (where tourist buses do venture) to simply watch life play out around me. I'm quite content trapped here in my time capsule, an observer of a life much less hectic than the one going on in a Bali 40 years on from here, just an hour or so west.
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Jetstar (jetstar.com.au), Virgin Australia (virginaustralia.com.au) and Garuda (garuda-indonesia.com) fly to Bali daily from Sydney and Melbourne. Your hotel will organise a transfer, or a taxi will cost around $35 AUD.
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Alila Manggis is a four-star hotel built on the shores of the Lombok Strait near Candidisa – it's one of the original luxury hotels in East Bali. They offer excursions deep into East Bali including the Mountain to Sea bike ride and an exploration of the east coast and the diving mecca of Amed. They also offer rafting, hiking and other activities. See alilahotels.com/manggis

Craig Tansley travelled at his own expense and with the assistance of Alila Hotels.

The story East Bali: A taste of paradise that is far from lost first appeared on The Sydney Morning Herald.

More BS from the Trump today Regarding the national debt.

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He say "On January 20th, the day of the Trump Inauguration, the US Debt stood at $19,947 billion. On February 21st, a month later, the US Debt load stood at $19,935 billion. Trump cut the US Debt burden by $12 billion and 0.1% in his first month in office!"

As you can see from the second by second national debt clock http://www.usdebtclock.org/ the current debt is $19,979,059,504. A increase of over $31,000,000 or 1.5 % or annualized 19 % increase.

Therefore, it has not decreased while he's been in power, but increased so the Trump is not telling the truth, again.

No wonder he does not want to attend the Traditional press banquet offered to all new presidents because after the truth comes out he will be embarrassed .

Not only that, there's no question my mind that in the next 4-8 weeks America's national debt will cross the barrier of $20 trillion and every American will be over $64,000 in debt.

Unless there's a miracle the United States of America will be over $20 trillion in depth in the next couple months which means every American will be almost $65,000 in debt.

The biggest debtor is China and Trump keeps making statements to upset them.


If they have been pulling money out of America as they have the last couple years at rapid pace guess what America, you will be bankrupt.

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Amazing! Trump Cuts US Debt by $12 Billion In His First Month – UPDATE: Trump Tweets Our Numbers


Guest post by Joe Hoft

President Donald Trump reduced the US Debt burden in his first month in office!
On January 20th, the day of the Trump Inauguration, the US Debt stood at $19,947 billion.  On February 21st, a month later, the US Debt load stood at $19,935 billion.  Trump cut the US Debt burden by $12 billion and 0.1% in his first month in office!

On January 20, 2017, the US debt was $19,947 billion.
On February 21, 2017, the US debt was $19,935 billion.
By comparison, under President Obama, the US Debt burden increased by more than $200 billion in his first month in office.  Obama increased the US Debt by 2% in his first month and signed the trillion dollar ‘Stimulus’ bill which is widely considered a colossal failure and waste of US tax dollars as well.  The failed ‘Stimulus’ did not kick in till later in Obama’s first year leading to Obama’s first year deficit of $1.4 trillion.  Overall Obama doubled the US Debt during his Presidency and set records for highest deficits and the largest debt increase by any President ever.

With Trump the stock market is up and debt is down – Winning, Winning, Winning! 
Update: President Trump Tweeted the Numbers from our Post Saturday morning:

The media has not reported that the National Debt in my first month went down by $12 billion vs a $200 billion increase in Obama first mo.

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Donald Trump: The First Amendment Gives Me The Right To Criticize ‘Fake News’


President Donald Trump criticized the media again on Friday while speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.


Trump claimed it was wrongly reported that he called the media the “enemy of the people” last week, saying he’d actually called “fake news” the enemy. But he has branded such reputable media outlets as the The New York Times, CNN, NBC and others “fake news.”

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Sometimes you have to be outside the forest to see the trees Although I am not an American-born I am a North American Canadian who spent 18 years in America and have many American friends..

I am deeply concerned about what's happening with this new administration.

Today Trump announced that he was banding CNN and several other newsgroups from a White House briefing.
"CNN and several other newsgroups banned from a White House briefing"

Why because CNN has been the biggest critic of Trump since he began campaigning and rightly so.

I'm sure there will be front-row seats on the other hand, for all the Blondes showing more legs than good news from Fox news and other similar agencies.

This is the type of actions that Hitler took against press organizations, etc. It is typical of a dictatorship style leadership.

Another news item caught my eye today.

The state of Arizona has just passed a law that if you are involved in organizing a protest that turns violent you could be charged with a criminal offense and you can lose your house and everything you own under anti-racketeering law.

My fellow Americans, although I am not American. I am a North American, Canadian and deeply concerned about the downhill slope that is being developed by this arrogant boisterous, self admitted grouper who is using small percentage of the population, the ignorant rednecks, to make his way without congressional approval.

Millions of young men and women lost their life defending America's right to freedom of press now with one swoop of a pen your new dictator has started a process which you may find years now is the beginning of the end of the American democracy as we know it today.

Please voice your opinion and support any groups that have as a goal to remove this god awful president as soon as possible with non-lethal means.

“I love the First Amendment. Nobody loves it better than me,” he said.

By Paige Lavender
President Donald Trump criticized the media again on Friday while speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

Trump claimed it was wrongly reported that he called the media the “enemy of the people” last week, saying he’d actually called “fake news” the enemy. But he has branded such reputable media outlets as the The New York Times, CNN, NBC and others “fake news.”

The president argued that the First Amendment gives him “the right to criticize fake news and criticize it strongly.”

“[The media] say that we can’t criticize their dishonest coverage because of the First Amendment,” Trump said.

“I love the First Amendment. Nobody loves it better than me,” he added.


Trump also said he thinks news outlets should not use anonymous sources, despite using them himself to make claims that have been proven false.

The president’s comments were likely a thinly veiled jab at CNN. The news outlet recently wrote that the FBI had rejected a White House request to dispute reports that Trump’s campaign team had contacted Russian officials prior to the election.

Trump’s war with the media is “going to get worse,” Trump adviser Steve Bannon said Thursday at CPAC.

“Every day is going to be a fight,” Bannon said.

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