December/January, 1998
No. 032/VI/97
cover story
Christians in
Paradise
How Christianity came
to Bali
Once Upon a
New Years Eve
MC-ing a New Year's
Eve party during a
blackout
bali focus:
nusa dua and
jimbaran
The Origin of
Nusa Dua
A fable
People of a
Fertile Sea
The fishers of
Jimbaran beach
Center Stage
Steve Charles revamps
the Candraloka
Amphitheatre
Nusa Dua Nights
How to survive them
The Sacred
Wilderness
Colonial encounters with
Bali's southern peninsula
arts and
culture
Latter Day
Laksamana
A.A.M. Djelantik's
recently launched
autobiography
Kulkul
new Fiction by Gde
Aryantha Soethama
The Rat Pack
Who are Bali's literati?
beyond
bali
An Eddy in The
Counter of Time
Kayaking off the west
coast of Lombok
Slick and Cool in
Sengigi
Round midnight at the
famed Lombok resort
regular
Fashion
Adventure
Into the blue
Food
Jewel of the southren rim
Jungle Drums
Bali Update
On the Road
Home Grown
Made Adi Putra
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Just south of placid Sanur, a narrow road winds through coconut
groves and past sparsely spaced local dwellings before it reaches a sanctuary on the edge
a forest of mangroves. This is Waka Maya, the most recent stroke of genius from the young
Balinese designer and architect Ketut Siandana.
Waka Maya occupies a piece of land that stretches back from a gentle beach. Its mandala-like layout consists of seven self-contained, individually-styled villas, encircling seven luxury bungalows.
Ketut
Siandana's trade mark is an aesthetic reminiscent of an ancient Balinese simplicity. His
bungalows recall a classic Balinese family compound. The pools in Waka Maya's villas are,
as the bathing pools in Balinese temples, adorned with mysterious stone statues that peep
from abundant foliage.
Surrounded only by mangroves and the ocean beyond them, Waka Maya has a dreamy serenity to it, where coconut boughs turn silver under the light of the moon, and the golden sunrise, as thick as molasses, trickles leisurely into the sea view.
All guests of Waka Maya are invited to part with their coastal
hideaway, and explore Bali's mountainous interior. Waka Tangga is a journey to Puncak
Tedung, a mountain located deep in the Balinese countryside. Here, guests ascend an
ancient stairway to four age-old temples at progressive stages of the trek, and savour
Balinese delicacies from a spectacular viewing platform before descending and returning to
their haven by the sea.
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