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 On this Indonesian island, the hills are alive with the music of gamelan - By Mary Roach The telephone directory for Pengosekan, Bali, is short but confusing. Of 200 listings, almost all contain a Dewa, the name of the person I'm looking for. Dewa is a much used Balinese caste name, and while not everyone chooses to be called by their caste name, that's still a lot of Dewas.
"Better you just go there," says a waiter at my hotel, in the neighboring town of Ubud. I mention that the Dewa I am seeking is a gamelan musician.
"Walk down the street and listen," says the waiter. "You are sure to find him."
The advice is astute: Bali is an island best navigated by the s...
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 Islands are unique ecosystems steeped in mystery, adventure and novelty. The isolation of islands effects the types of plants and animals found on them. Ninety five percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world. How islands are formed is equally unique. Geologically speaking, not all islands are created equally. Geographers claim two major classifications of islands: oceanic islands and continental islands.
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 an Article by Bob Payne It was our third day on Bora-Bora, the island no one seems capable of writing about without saying that James A. Michener called it the most beautiful island in the world.
My wife and I were trying to decide what to order for lunch in the restaurant at the Sofitel Marara, the hotel that film producer Dino De Laurentiis built to house his crew during the making of Hurricane, a film apparently famous only as a flop; I've never come across anyone who has actually seen it.
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