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BALI HASH CELEBRATING THERE 41 ST ANNIVERSARY WITH SPECIAL RUN AT BATURITI

BALI HASH CELEBRATING  THERE  41 ST ANNIVERSARY  WITH SPECIAL RUN AT BATURITI
On Thursday, May 10th 2018 from 11.30  there is a special event
to discover of the best beauty of Baturiti / Pura Puncak Padang Dawa
As part of there celebration for BALI HASH 41st ANNIVERSARY,
everyone is invited  anyone to join short or long walks / runs 
with distance of  6 / 10 / 21 km or the  "30 KM BALL BREAKER"
 
 
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The Run will start in the beautiful rice fields of Baturit

i in Pura Puncak Padang Dawa.

It Will take you through the vegetable gardens,

Tea plantation, Bamboo Forest, Planted Forest all the way to Bedugul,

then the Primary Rain Forest all the way to Tapak summit

and the breath taking view of Bedugul Caldera.
We will have 2 Water Stations at km 10,5 and km 21. 
We recommend all of you to wear long pants due to

stinging plants in some parts of the trail.

 

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 T-shirt wil be offered for "Ball Breaker finishers"

It is our regular scheduled run on that thursday

so they will have our regular circle!!!

Run fee is 40K for members and 150K for visitors.

Ball Breaker - Runners start no later than 11.30am for 30 Km run
Walkers start from 6am-10am 

XL and Long - Runners start no later than 2 pm for 15/22 Km run
Walkers start no later than 11am

Medium and Short - Regular Run start at 4pm for 6/10  km run 

More info http://bali-hash.com/
 
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Increasingly activity of tourist with guides climbing Mount Agung despite the potential eruption risque

Increasingly activity of tourist with guides climbing Mount Agung despite the potential eruption risque
Since the alert status of Mount Agung has been reduced from level IIII to level  III ,
 Several local trekking tour guides from outside Karangasem
have been climbing to Mount Agung.
They climbed Mount Agung to take foreign tourists who want
to see the condition of the mountain.
Information obtained, usually the local trekking guide
climbs Mount Agung in secret, with no knowledge of the relevant officers.
Chairman Pasemetonan Jagabaya (Pasebaya) Mount Agung,
Gede Pawana explained that Caucasians
who climb to the top of Mount Agung quite a lot.
There are also domestic guests, as well as locals.
 
"The tourists are rising in secret,
initially just saying it will reach Pura Pasar Agung,
but when they reach Pura Pasar Agung they go up
to the top of Gunung Agung,
 
 
Most local and foreign  guides go from Pasar Agung street
in Sebudi Village, Selat Subdistrict,
and Pengubengan Line, Besakih Village, Rendang District.
They are to the summit of Mount Agung at night.
Gede Pawana added, currently the situation and conditions
of Mount Agung began to sell local guides to foreign tourists.
The circulation of photographs of Mount Agung climbing activity
in social media encourages the tourists want to rise to the top.
 
 
"There are one or two guides who sell the situation
and conditions of Mount Agung, which they call safe,
and now there are pictures of the conditions on the top of the mountain,
so many people are interested," he added.
In fact, according to Gede Pawana, pemedek who want to tangkil
or hold a prayer to the top of Mount Agung, until now still banned up to the top.
 
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The reckless and recalcitrant climb to the summit are the maancanegara tourists.
Gede Pawana who also serves as Perbekel Duda Timur admitted
he had told the tourists not to make the climb, given the condition
of Mount Agung is still at risk because of alert status. 
The potential of the affected area at the Standby level
is within a 4-kilometer radius.
Although already told, the tourists are many who do not bother,
and known they still climb to the top.
"We hope it will be at the top of a sterile mountain,
but tourists are hard to tell, and that is also used by local guides
from outside Karangasem," he added.
Secretary of Pasebaya Gunung Agung, Wayan Suara Arsana added,
at dawn yesterday obtained information that four Caucasian
native brave to climb Mount Agung
without the knowledge of police officers and pasebaya.
They rose from the path of Pura Pasar Agung Sebudi,
Sebudi Village, Selat District. Therefore, their identity is also unknown.
 When the officers tried to prevent, they had already run away first.
I got a phone call from a hotel officer who said that the foreigners were up,
Late last April, said Gede Pawana, a number of residents around
the slopes of Mount Agung had climbed the mountain. 
They climbed to check the volume of magma that
was rumored to almost meet the crater.
Information collected, on 25 April the people who climbed to Gunung Agung
were residents of Temukus, Besakih Village; and citizens of Sebudi, Selat District.
They rise in the morning and reach the peak during the day.
There, they checked the volume of magma in the center of the crater.
They want to make sure. 
The goal is that residents on the slopes can grow crops and raise calmly.
 
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Temukus and Sebudi are within a radius
of 5 to 6 kilometers from the top of the mountain.
Residents claimed to be worried about the condition
of the mountain lately. 
It is known that the new crater filled half magma.
Magma distance with surface crater 130 meters.
Previously, Head of Volcanic Mitigation Field PVMBG,
Wawan Irawan revealed that the supply of magma
to the surface of the crater is still happening.
 It's just the volume is smaller than when the mountain
is still the status of Awas (level IV).
Although now the condition has come down to Standby level,
said Wawan, the potential for eruption still exists.
Whenever eruption can occur depending on the wishes of the mountain.
The impact of the eruption is estimated around a radius of
4 KN from the top of the mountain or in the crater area.
"Blowing solfatara and seismic activity still exist, only smaller than before.
 Energy stored in the stomach is still low compared to the first, "said Wawan.
PVMBG calls on local communities, climbers, visitors, and tourists
to avoid climbing or activities in the forecast of the hazard zone.


Source : http://www.propinsibali.com

Seminyak Design Week 2018 event from 4th to 13th May

Seminyak Design Week 2018 event from 4th to 13th May

The island’s inaugural design festival provides a platform

for designers and consumers to share and collaborate.

The trendy neighborhood of Seminyak, known for its

plush restaurants and glitzy nightclubs,

will host the inaugural Seminyak Design Week .

 

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As many as 100 key players of the design industry,

ranging from prominent architects and interior designers

to fashion designers and product creators,

will share their thoughts on SDW2018’s main theme:

“Design for Better Community”.

They will also exhibit their creations

during the event that will run until May 13.

“Through a wide range of programs open to the public,

we want to provide opportunities for the wider community

to witness the latest achievement of works in the

creative industry especially in Indonesia,”

SDW2018 event director Jacob Gatot said.

 

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“This event can build awareness of design in the community,

be a meeting point and initiate discussion

on design and discourses around it,

to stimulate a universal creative spirit,” he added.

Jacob is also the owner of Uma Seminyak,

the main venue of SDW2018. In the past few years,

Uma Seminyak has grown into one of the island’s leading

cultural hubs by providing a platform for up and coming

young artists to showcase their works. SDW2018

comprises exhibitions, inspiring panel discussions,

workshops, competitions and design trails.

Uma Seminyak and Seminyak Village will

co-host the principal exhibition, featuring dozens of products,

ranging from architecture and homewares to craft and graphic designs.

Participating exhibitors include Yokasara, Andramatin,

Budi Pradono, SHAU, Largo, Morfologix, Urbane,

HAP (Han Awal & Paskal), Magno & Spedagi by Singgih Kartono,

Santai by Dennis Pluemer, BYO Living by Lim Masulin,

Studio Hiji by Abie Abdillah, Eva Natasa, CushCush,

Ong Cen Kuang, Casa Studio Bali, Craft District,

Studio Mari Ubud, ADGI (Indonesia Graphic Design Association),

Suku Tangan, Monez, Salaga, Siji, Mena, House of Rumantra,

Cinta Bumi Artisan, Vitarlenology, and  Art of Whatever.

Uma Seminyak will also host ArchiTalks,

a series of intimate panel discussions during

which 12 architects will share their thoughts.

ArchiTalks are free to attend. Meanwhile,

The Inspiring Talks program will take place

at Ke{m}bali Innovation Hub from May 5 to 6.

This program features 22 influential figures,

who will discuss how design can help build businesses,

improve sustainability, engage communities,

enrich people’s lives and develop a better community.

SDW2018 will also organize events outside Seminyak,

including at Denpasar’s CushCush gallery,

where an event called Natural Curiosities,

a tribute to natural wonders, artisans, and designers,

will run from May 11 to June 11.

“Moreover, Indigo Hotel and Katamama Hotel

will open their doors for SDW2018’s Design Trails program,

which is limited to 30 people.

The participants will have a guided tour,

during which they will learn about the unique

and distinctive architectural features

and design of those establishments,”

SDW2018’s event manager Ruth Onduko said.

The success of SDW2018 would put Bali right

on the heels of Berlin, Tokyo, Milan, Singapore

and Chiang Mai, which each boast thriving

creative communities and an influential,

annual design week event.

source : http://www.thejakartapost.com

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103 Chinese nationals arrested in Denpasar for cyber crime activities

103 Chinese nationals arrested in Denpasar for cyber crime activities

Bali Police arrested on April May 1 st 2018 on 3 locations

103 Chinese nationals including 92 men and 11 women

The have been arrested in two houses in Denpasar and

another house in Badung regency.

Police also arrested 11 Indonesians

who were allegedly working for the Chinese nationals. 

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"They were targeting Chinese nationals living in [China].

They were working from abroad to make it harder for the

Chinese police to track them.

They did not just operate in Indonesia;

many of them had worked in other countries,

" said the Bali Police's special crime director, Sr. Comr. Anom who

added that the suspects had contacted

their victims in China by phone, pretending to be the authorities.

"They had many ways to trick their victims.

They told the victims that a family member had gotten into an accident

and needed money for emergency medical treatment.

Or they threatened their victims and extorted them,"

 

The arrest was the result of a joint investigation conducted

by the Bali Police's special crime directorate,

the Counter Transnational and Organized Crime (CTOC) task force

and the SABATA antibandits, street crime and anarchism unit.

"The investigation took time.

We saw suspicious behavior from these people

who are similar to other fraudulent cyber activities

previously uncovered in Bali,

The police later raided three houses in connection to the case on Tuesday,

seizing multiple mobile phones, routers and laptops allegedly used to commit fraud. 

In the mean time almost 2 million Chinese tourists visited Indonesia last year,

 overtaking Singapore as the largest group of foreign visitors to the archipelago.

Breaking news : Agung eruption with 1500 m ash rising following 3 minutes earthquake

Breaking news : Agung eruption with 1500 m ash rising following 3 minutes earthquake

Gunung Agung again showed high activity amid

its status at level III (standby) on april 30 th 2018. 

From data KESDM, Geological Agency, PVMBG

Observation Post Gunungapi Agung, erupsi

occurred at approximately 22:45 WITA.

Observed from the eruption is high ash column observed lk.

 1500 meters above the peak (4642 m above sea level).

Noted there is a maximum Amplitude 23 mm and 172 seconds

of the earthquake and the wind leads to the west.

"With the eruption tonight, I am still not surprised,

so we are still in Level III status, if the earthquake decreases,

the activity could be decreased, but it could be because

there is blockage and accumulation of energy in shallow depth,"

explained Head of Sub- Mitigation of Monitoring of the

Eastern Volcanoes of PVMBG, Devy Kamil Syahbana.

Devy Kamil cautioned that eruptions do not always occur

when the earthquakes are the most numerous.

As in September-October 2017 and earthquake

to a thousand per day but the eruption actually occurred

at the time of the low earthquake in November 2017.

Source : http://bali.tribunnews.com

 

Tourist dies after rescuing wife and two children at Secret Beach on Ceninga island

Tourist dies after rescuing wife and two children  at Secret Beach on Ceninga island

A Spanish tourist of 53 years old named Franscisco ,

died after swimmingin the waters of Secret Beach

Ceningan, Dusun Cening Kawan, Lembongan Village,

Nusa Penida.Francisco died after successfully

rescuing  his wife and two children who had been dragged

by the ocean currents at Secret Beach .

Nusa Penida police chief,

Kompol I Ketut Suastika explained that the incident

happened at around 11 pm.

Francisco Menganyo at Cliff Villa Lembongan was swimming

with his wife and two young children in Secret Beach. 

When swimming, suddenly the two children and his wife dragged

the stream quite loudly.

"Seeing his wife and two children washed away the current,

Francisco swim directly to the sea trying

helping his wife and children, finally succeeded

in rescuing the child and his wife,

and tried to swim at the loneliness held

by his wife and two children.

But he was expected to be exhausted

when he tried to swim to the coast.

Half the sea Francisco was out of breath.

Luckily, not far from them was a fisherman who happened

to be passing by on the scene.

The fisherman helped the four and raised them to the canoe.

"At that time, Francisco was unconscious

While the children and his wife limp.

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The place is then taken to the Yellow Bridge

by boarding a boat, üngkap Ketut Suastika.

After arriving at the Yellow Bridge,

one family was brought to Nusa Penida II

Community Health Center in Jungut Batu Village

to get medical treatment. But when examined,

the head of the family was already declared dead.

"The victim's body was then evacuated

to Sanglah Hospital Denpasar by using New Man boat,

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Full Moon Ceremony GWK Cultural Park April 30 th 2018

Full Moon Ceremony GWK Cultural Park April 30 th 2018

The Full Moon Ceremony will be held once a month.

WAM-IFRA organising Publish Asia in Nusa Dua - Bali during April 24/25 th 2018

WAM-IFRA organising Publish Asia in Nusa Dua - Bali during April 24/25 th 2018

World Association Newspaper and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)

organising the Publish Asia 2018 in Bali.

Austalian musician Jae Haydon dies following surfing accident at Padang Padang Beach

Austalian musician Jae Haydon dies following surfing accident at Padang Padang Beach

The man's family confirmed on 24/04/2018 the 35-year-old's body

was found is Australian national Jae Haydon

12 hours after a broken board washed up last night near

Padang Padang Beach, near Kuta, in the tourist island's south.

Indonesian authorities confirmed that Badung lifeguards found

a body floating in the water on Monday night,

 

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His sister, Heidi Haydon, said in a text:

"My mum and I are feeling the love from all and know

 that you would understand we would appreciate privacy at this time."

A friend of Mr Haydon's, Mark Brightwell, said

the surfer's board snapped after a wipeout.

He said two surfers tried to pull Mr Haydon

onto another board and bring him to shore,

 

 

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but they reportedly lost him when another wave hit.

"Obviously in the 10-15-foot conditions the white wash

would have been powerful and obviously

they weren't able to maintain him on the board and lost him," he said.

 

Mr Brightwell said his body was located at another surf break,

Impossibles, which was further down the reef.

Early reports suggested it was brought in by lifeguards.

 

A Go Fund Me page was set up by Mr Brightwell under the name
Our Amazing Friend Jae Haydon
to help raise the funds to bring his body back to Australia.
 
Source : http://www.abc.net.au
 

Bali's most popular live music venue Zappaz counting down for black Sunday !

Bali's most popular live music venue Zappaz counting  down for black Sunday !
The legendary well know live music bar is closing down on April 29 th 2018.

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