Articles tagged ‘Sanglah’
Denpasar: Bali’s only municipality
By Nick | April 30th, 2007 |
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Denpasar means ‘by the market’ and is Bali’s only real city. Denpasar is home to Balinese people from all over the island who work in Kuta, so in the late afternoon the roads leading to Denpasar are choked with traffic. For a Javanese person Denpasar is home from home. I’ve been told that there is [...]
Remembering the victims of the Bali Bombings
By Nick | October 11th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Terrorism is an over used word in the 21st Century. We hear it so frequently it doesn’t seen to shock anyone anymore. With the anniversary of the bombings at the Sari Club and Paddy’s, in Kuta Bali here again, its good to get an idea, of what the families of the victims are going through.
Talking to Hamid: Bali Bomb survivor
By Nick | April 27th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Back in 2003 I did many interviews with Balinese locals, who were in the location of the Paddy’s and Sari Club bombings. It was obvious that most were shaken up, and really still in the recovery process. One lady I talked to named Nita, worked in Sixth Sense surf shop, on Poppies II . The [...]
Hospitals and Clinics in Bali
By Nick | February 28th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
For emergency purposes its good to have a list of the local hospitals and clinics. Obviously if you have medical / travel insurance you would want to go to a western standard clinic (BIMC or SOS), if you don’t have insurance those places are very expensive, so you’ll end up going to the same place [...]
Urgent call for blood in Bali
By Nick | January 26th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Just got an sms form a friend who says that Swiss national Jon P. Zurcher is in Denpasar’s Sanglah hospital with dengue fever. He needs blood type A rhesus negative.
