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Bali Taman Lovina Resort & Spa

Saturday, October 6th, 2007 by baliwww.com

Welcome to Bali Taman Lovina Resort & Spa

Immediately after landing at Bali’s International Airport, we are ready to drive you for about two and half hours, passing countless temple, rice terraces, beautiful lake, through impressive mountains with its tropical rain forest & hordes of monkeys, reaching to the highest point on the road and descending through coffee and clove plantations with breath taking views of the panorama to the sea until you reach our small oasis at the edge of small coastal village in North Bali.

The Bali Taman Beach Resort, is one of the finest resort hotel at North Bali, ideally nestled at the famous beach of Lovina, renown for its clam wave, quite and unhurried pace of life. Inspired by the best selection of Balinese architecture combined with an integrated design concept in each structure reflecting the greatest care to maintain the timelessness of Bali. The sheer beauty of landscaped garden at the entire of the resort and the artistically integrated natural environment is really perfect place where life is celebrated with genuine hospitality and smiles. The management places great emphasis on the care of its guests and supported by experienced staffs and a unique VIP-standard of guest service, ensures that Bali Taman Beach Resort is managed and maintained to impeccable standards. You really must wonder that ” We are more than you can imagine “.

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Snakefruit and Seaweed

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007 by Gin Simpson

Bali’s new Village Ecotourism Network provides an alternative to mass tourism.

Ibu Soma balances precariously on a small wooden stepladder. It wobbles a little, but she is practised at this. Rolling up her sleeves, she reaches into the tree and claims her tiny prizes one by one. They are sunset-coloured capsules, which she will sun-dry and husk, revealing the perfect coffee beans within. Her daughter picks some of the lower beans and slowly they begin to fill their basket. The work is methodical, and made even more meditative by the peacefulness of the forest-gardens around them.

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The silence is interrupted only by birdsong. From far off, however, come the sounds of footsteps. Eventually a small group of visitors round a bend, pattering quietly in damp undergrowth and murmuring softly. They are headed by Gede, one of Bu Soma’s fellow coffee farmers, and a local eco-guide. They stop to admire Bu Soma’s harvest, and soon the little patch of garden is filled with chatter and laughter.

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