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Planning a weekend in Bali? Then look further than the tourist magnet of Kuta Beach, which has suffered from the easy access that its location near the airport affords. Instead, spend a few more minutes in the taxi and head for Seminyak. This seafront town easily charms with its laid-back vibe and great restaurants. Here's our itinerary for the perfect Seminyak break. (Read "A Greener Education in Bali...
...decision is just the latest religious controversy to make headlines in Indonesia in recent months. About 90% of the sprawling archipelago is Muslim - the world's largest Islamic population - but significant Hindu, Christian and animist communities live in places like Bali, Sulawesi and Papua. Despite the country's constitutional commitment to freedom of faith, religious minorities have complained in recent years of a creeping Islamization that they believe has strained Indonesia's social fabric...
School is the last place most kids would want to spend a Bali holiday but grown-ups will enjoy the lessons at Green School, www.greenschool.org. The Indonesian island's latest attraction is a private international primary and soon-to-be-high school, established to give an education steeped in environmental awareness. To that end, Green School is constructed almost entirely of bamboo and mud - nary a nail holds up its beautiful buildings in Sibang Kaja, a 15-minute drive from Ubud in central Bali. School tours, held Mondays and Wednesdays at 3 p.m., are so popular with tourists that they...
...traverse the whooshing rapids, you can take in a spring-fed infinity pool, a favorite after-school haunt of students like Chiara and Carina Hardy, the daughters of jeweler John Hardy, who, together with his wife Cynthia, founded Green School with profits from the 2007 sale of his eponymous Bali-based jewelry firm...
...foul stench permeates the strip of bars and clubs along the Double Six Road, the roaming gangs of dogs that have been fixtures in that area pose a new threat. "Now the risk is to stray dogs because they are more aggressive," says Dr. Wita Wahyu, director of the Bali Street Dog Foundation. "And if they are infected, they will bite anything that moves...