Lato Tupai... Your Search Has Ended!

[Sentinel]

Hey Lato Tupai, your search for the perfect getaway from this mad Bolehland has just ended.

Here it is, the perfect find.... Villa Burung Raja (Kingfisher Villa) and its right in Bali man! And its only USD750,000 lock, stock and barrell...

http://www.villainbaliforsale.com/

Why buy a coal mine when you can buy this villa and just move in... dun worry, I will visit you often with the Glenfiddich...

[geordie]

Freehold lah ... Non-Indonesians are not allowed to buy ...

Here's a more mouth-watering villa owned by a mate of mine who has no intention to sell as of now. Infinity pool literally next to the sea front.

http://villakarangkembar.com/

[Rhiga]

For those who like Bali and don’t mind the threat from Islamic fundamentalist, this villa is difficult to resist.

[cml]

Bali itself is mostly Hindu so the threat is mainly from outsiders and these people can be threatening anywhere.

[Rhiga]

Bali itself is mostly Hindu so the threat is mainly from outsiders and these people can be threatening anywhere.

What I mean is Bali is a well-known place with the most western tourists, certainly the preferred choice for terrorist compare to other cities in Indonesia ….. like what happened in Marriot Bali.

[tupai]

WAH! :eek: USD750K ah??? where got money lah!! :eek: :eek:

USD75000 got ah? :D 'S' size also can lah...Otherwise, its LOS for me! :D

Hindu majority Bali is only as dangerous as anywhere u find a horde of westerners. And in bali its the kuta area...so if u avoid rubbing shoulders with western tourists there, u wont get bomb lah.

Except for close encounter with Ms Mola Mola, bali is not 1of my fave spot on earth...Chan rak thai :D

Yang Beli diLOS latotupai :D

[Sentinel]

For those who like Bali and don’t mind the threat from Islamic fundamentalist, this villa is difficult to resist.
I think you are making an unsupported statement here Sagamihara-san. My friend had stayed in Villa Burung Raja for 12 years now and he's British and I have been there too... people of Bali are not Islamic fundamentalists, they are mostly Hindus! The bombers of the Bali disco are from Java, not Balinese!

[Sentinel]

What I mean is Bali is a well-known place with the most western tourists, certainly the preferred choice for terrorist compare to other cities in Indonesia ….. like what happened in Marriot Bali.
Marriott Bali? Care to share the incident? I know JW Marriott Jakarta was bombed twice but Marriott Bali....??? :eek:

[DarkNite]

...so if u avoid rubbing shoulders with western tourists there, u wont get bomb lah.
Yang Beli diLOS latotupai :D
Yup avoid rubbing shoulders and wat not with the questionable tourist or people there lest you may get unwanted health 'problems'


....the latest HIV screening study in March 2010 by the Bali Health Department reveals Bali has the second highest infection rate in Indonesia behind Jakarta and the island's young are most vulnerable, with those in the 20 to 29 age range peaking at 46 per cent. Sexually active teenagers between 15 and 19 account for 2.3 per cent of HIV.

[Rhiga]

I think you are making an unsupported statement here Sagamihara-san. My friend had stayed in Villa Burung Raja for 12 years now and he's British and I have been there too... people of Bali are not Islamic fundamentalists, they are mostly Hindus! The bombers of the Bali disco are from Java, not Balinese!

Welll, I did not say Balinese are Islamic fundamentalists.

Pls refer to post #5

[Rhiga]

Marriott Bali? Care to share the incident? I know JW Marriott Jakarta was bombed twice but Marriott Bali....??? :eek:

Yes, you are right. It was Marriot Jakarta

My aplology for the error.

[cml]

I was in Bali about 2 months after the bombings. Everything was getting back to normal. Amazing for something so serious. We went to the 4 seasons for a look with my bosses and the security to go in was very tight at the entrance. Because we had made an appointment we could go in. Bomb sniffing dogs and metal/bomb detectors going under the vehicles. I asked the person showing us around what was their occupancy. Was informed that it dropped quite badly to 70%!!!. I asked them from what? From 95% up!! If malaysian resorts have that kind of occupancy they would be laughing all the way to the bank and they were selling their one room villas for 600plus onwards us dollars mind you.

[Rhiga]

Bali is a famous place among Aussie & Kiwi, especially for those lower income group.

The short travelling distance (cheaper travel fare) plus the strong Aussie/NZ dollar allow them to spend a good time in Bali beyond their dream in their homeland..

I have nothing against Bali and I really like the Balinese garden design, I just particularly dislike Aussie and to be more accurate the white Aussie.

Ps. read the BBC news last night, the Aussie government apologised to the aborigines of taking their land for mining using the reason of improving the children right (curb child abuse).

[Rhiga]

... I asked the person showing us around what was their occupancy. Was informed that it dropped quite badly to 70%!!!. I asked them from what? From 95% up!! If malaysian resorts have that kind of occupancy they would be laughing all the way to the bank and they were selling their one room villas for 600plus onwards us dollars mind you.

I don’t think this can happen with the current service level of local hotel.

Anyone with the right frame of mind will rather spend the money elsewhere (Thailand especially). The room rate and food is value for money and more importantly, you feel good after spending the money.

With airfare getting more and more affordable, I can only see people will spend their vacation elsewhere rather than domestic

Hotel in bolehland is only for gomen seminar, kursus, etc and once a year buka puasa…

[currymee]

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Hotel in bolehland is only for gomen seminar, kursus, etc and once a year buka puasa…

HAHAHAHA .... correct 100% :D and the Buka Puasa food is getting lousier and more expensive as time goes by ... :mad: - soon Buka Puasa in Bali !! :D

[cml]

Having a little bit of experience in resort hotels in bolehland i can say that running a resort hotel here is extremely challenging because normally the resort hotels are in the less urban areas and the only people we can find to work are the putras and since they are so well taken care of by the gomen they do not have much desire for a job or a livelihood. Press them a little they resign, after pay they disappear for a day or two and sometimes they bring in their relatives to settle work disagreements. They just do not have the hospitality spirit in them, the desire to be nice and serve people is simply not there and its not because we do not train them. After being promoted they will play politics and they will write surat layang to the owners to run down the one running the show and if they are entertained they will become more emboldened. If they are not entertained they even send letters to the local yb to complain that we are being unfair to their kind when we were the ones to employ them in the first place. Talk about being ungrateful. After a while the owners basically give up on the place and it becomes run down. This scenario is played out throughout the country with a few exceptions but for most people who pay from 150 to 400 for a room there are very very few worthwhile places to go.

[tupai]

sentinel..how this for half the price? in my fave LOS...opposite Boat lagoon wiht the airport beach not 15mins away...cheap & fresh bbq seafood and sea-hum the size of half my fist for baht10 only :-) , cheap chilled heineken, relaxing gazebo and great snokelling site too....Ahhhh...Life's is so unfair! :D

[tupai]

fully furnished 3 rooms sumore! :D
Private pool with jacuzzi (artesian well + self filtration sys ensure free water sumore!) and a great gazebo amidst landscape garden to chill out! :D

Life's a bitch, innit? :p

Let 'em eat cakes! :cool: