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...Themed holiday villages don't always work, but Desa Seni-located amid rice farms in Canggu, a corner of Bali known for its bucolic tranquility-isn't as contrived as you would expect. Founders Howard Klein and Tom Talucci have lived in Indonesia for over 10 years, and have traveled its islands extensively. The insights they have garnered, as well as their evident good taste, lend the resort an unaffected charm. "We always wondered why no one replicated what it's like to live a village lifestyle," says Klein, before laughingly admitting that having 80 satellite-TV channels in every...
...resort's saltwater pool is another way of keeping healthy, as are riding and golf, which can be arranged on request. There's also a beach just a short walk away. But if you feel you've earned a treat, the restaurants, cafés and bars of Bali's lively nightlife area, Seminyak, are only a 10-minute drive from Desa Seni. Rates start from $120 a night for a one-bedroom house, including airport transfers and breakfast...
...visiting European Parliament legislator blaming the rash of Shari'a bylaws for turning investors off. The specter of violence, too, acts to dampen foreign interest in Indonesia. The indigenous terror group Jemaah Islamiah-an organization linked to al-Qaeda that is blamed for hundreds of bombing deaths in Bali and Jakarta since 2002-doesn't have broad appeal among Indonesians, and its infrastructure has been battered by a number of recent arrests. But in January, clashes between police and alleged jihadis in the central Sulawesi city of Poso resulted in 16 deaths...
...taken as a threat to world peace. Jack Treese Simi Valley, California, U.S. I would like to ask Ramadan three questions. If Islam is a European religion, why are other European religions not permitted in many Islamic countries? If atrocities like 9/11 and the bombings in London, Madrid and Bali are being committed by a marginal minority of radicals, why weren't European Muslims out on the streets demonstrating against such atrocities, as Europeans demonstrated against the Iraq war? And if jihadists are supposedly defending Islam against the decadent West, why are they murdering each other on a daily basis...
After weeks of lying low in London, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is back in Asia as a private citizen following his Sept. 19 ouster by a military coup. So far he has been spotted riding horses in Beijing, shopping in Hong Kong and golfing in Bali. Where to next? Anywhere but Thailand, where Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said on Nov. 12 that Thaksin should stay away for another year, until after elections are held under a new constitution...