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My recent TIME story about crime, trash and traffic on the Indonesian resort island of Bali clearly struck a nerve. A government spokesman called it “harassment.” The chief economics minister saw it as part of an attempt to destabilize the country. The minister of tourism blamed the wind for the dunes of rubbish on Kuta [...]

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Eat, Pray, Duck: Bali’s Ongoing Woes

TIME magazine 18 April 2011 Balinese spiritualism is a bewildering blend of Hinduism, Buddhism and animism. But the island's planning code is simple: if you build it, they will come.

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