Right Reasons Funding are holding an Early Holiday Celebration for Charity on December 16th that’s going to be amazing! This is the event to allow them to continue their mission in supporting the seven foundations they have committed to help in 2023…. “Christmas Comes Early” will be held at Mari Beach Club on December 16th and it can use all the support possible from the community, local baths and visiting tourists. First the event features a day market including live DJ sounds from DJ Flex and Dj Dodger. The Day Pass is only IDR 150,000 and includes a welcome drink…
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Top 8 WooCommerce Plugins for Business Blogs WooCommerce is a powerful (and perhaps the only) plugin on the WordPress platform that allows you to create your own online store. Installing the WooCommerce plugin opens the door in the WordPress CMS to elements and tools related to managing online stores. Such as managing inventory, goods, managing orders, then managing the available payment methods and the income you earn from selling products in your online store hosted on WooCommerce. Installing and using WooCommerce is not enough to enhance your online store, you need a few more tools to improve the performance of…
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Not all luxury hotels are created equal, even if they have five sparkling stars attached to their name. A new report from the high-end travel website Compare My Jet has revealed the world’s worst-reviewed luxury hotels, and you’ll definitely want to keep them off your list if you’re planning a trip any time soon. The hotels were judged based on the number of guest complaints — “poor” or “terrible” reviews on CN Traveler and TripAdvisor. In its research, Compare My Jet determined that the most common complaints at luxury hotels revolved around issues with access to hot water and room…
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Known as the Queen City, Cincinnati is set on the banks of the mighty Ohio River. Step back in time with a stroll through Over-the-Rhine, one of the largest preserved historic districts in the country, featuring beautifully restored 19th-century architecture. Catch a baseball game at the Great American Ball Park, home of the Cincinnati Reds, one of the oldest professional baseball teams in the United States. Visit the many museums and galleries. And indulge in the city’s famous chilli, a unique regional specialty served over spaghetti or hot dogs. Here are our favorite Cincinnati hotels. The Cincinnatian Hotel, Curio Collection…
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The Beat talks to Scott Pullen, who is just returning from a mini-tour spinning his own tracks in Germany. This is a new position in the world of electronic music for Scott and we wanted to find out more, but we’ll start from the beginning….. We first got to know DJ Scott Pullen a few years back when he came to Bali shores with a corporate entertainment outfit called Groove Academy from his hometown of Sydney. They played a few shows here and there, with mixed results and few expectations. That may have been around 10 years ago. Over time…
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PARQ and the Bali Status Quo

After reading a story in the Australian Financial Review about the Bali digital nomad community yesterday, I decided to take a look at PARQ, north of Ubud. The owners of PARQ Ubud bill the place on their website as a city of the future. The article billed it as a Russian and Ukrainian enclave, full of digital nomads, setting up camp in Bali to escape the war in their neighborhood. The place is enormous. Someone obviously spent a lot of dollars or rubles to put it together, but I didn’t feel threatened by it, nor the people there. In fact,…
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