Rebuilding the Sari Club

Aloha Nick and Sean,

Do you know exactly what they are building? Is it an exact replica of the former Sari Club? With the same owners? Are they going to make it with sprinklers and fire exits this time? I hope they are taking safety precautions into the construction and not taking the most inexpensive route. Even if the bombing never took place, the former Sari Club, although it was my favorite watering hole on the planet, had to be one of the most flammable as well. It was made of straw and bamboo and all of that other easily burnable stuff with gas cannisters inside used for cooking and no sprinklers and fire exits. Even if someone were to light a match to that ceiling, it would have gone up in a second. Let’s hope that the builders spend the extra cash and take this into consideration this time.

And will there be a Balinese version of a memorial anywhere? I know there was a purification ceremony, and I must admit, even though I lived there for two years, I’m not sure if that’s as far as it goes with regards to remembering the victims.

Any thoughts?

Jason G.
Waikiki, Hawaii

Jason,

I am unsure right now…all we see is building going on. Very good questions, we’ll look into the answers.

Hey Nick, ease off the Bintang before you start editing photos. What’s up with the “top guys” photo?

Jason showed me some kind of paper umbrella thing in one of the corners of the building that didn’t burn. Its right next a black item. The Balinese are superstious about balck and white and news of this spread around the island ( supernatural forces were at world ensuring balance was still entact ) kind of thing.

I’ll try to get a pic. Jason told me he has all kinds of wealthy young Indonesain friends who frequent the Sari Club and who were on their way their that night, or for some reason decided not to go. Very lucky.