Articles tagged ‘Pemaron’

Getting to Lovina Bali

By Nick | December 7th, 2006 | 2 Comments »

According to some people the town of Lovina, (which is actually a conglomeration of the villages of Pemaron, Tukad Mungga, Anturan, Kalibukbuk, Kaliasem, Temukus and Banyualit) got its name after the last king of Buleleng, Pandji Tisna (1908-1978), named his holiday home ‘Lovina’ back in 1958. Some say the name means ‘the love in the [...]

 

North Bali why would you go there?

By Nick | January 25th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

North Bali was the point of arrival for tourist in the 1920’s and 1930’s. They would arrive by steamship usually from Jakarta, looking for that ‘new found paradise’ talked about in some of the travel books and magazines of the time.