Melody Kemp takes a weekend away, and gets talking to the salt makers of Bali's East."Looking like they are stamping grapes, the Amed people circling high in the tinjung, tread the sand. Who knows where their thoughts are as they solemnly stamp, forcing the salt saturated water down into cisterns buried-below the tinjung".
Bali Echo, No.033/VI/98
February/March 1998
THE WOMEN WHO KEEP BALI ALIVE
The March-April '98 edition of Bali Echo commemorates
International Women's Day and Kartini Day with a cover feature on
prominent women image-makers in Bali's tourism industry:

Burning
WidowsHow far have Balinese women come since widow-burning was banned?
Great By-lines of this
Millenium
Bali Echo, No.033/VI/98
February/March 1998
Four Seasons Sayan-A Captivating New Ayung Hideaway
" Harmoniously ensconced right along the banks of the Ayung
River amid a sloping palm-studded forest and terraced rice
paddies (10 minutes from Amandari), this stunning new 46-room
highlands gem would appear destined to become one of Asia's
quintessential resort sanctuaries for the sophisticated
vacationer. Though not slated to open until late his fall, we
recently toured the grounds and a finished villa and were truly
astonished by the heroic architectural vision that went into this
project".
Hideaway Report - Andrew
Harper's
July 1997, Volume XIX, Number 1