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Th e Go a Go n G ST o r y
Ancient temples, beautiful scenery and wonderful people, life in Bali is a facinating experience that you too can enjoy
when you stay at the Longhouse Private Retreat, writes Linda Nederkoorn.
very time I go to Bali something wonderful Longhouse, on Jimbaran Hill located just off Goa Gong
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happens and this last time was no exception. I sat road. The temple had always been a landmark when giving
with feet tucked neatly underneath me on the cold directions for deliveries of furniture and such…..“just
damp ground. My palms were pressed together with yellow turn left before the temple.” Many of Bali’s temples are
flowers between the tips of my fingers as I looked up at architectural wonders that entice postcard perfect photos
my outstretched hands. In the mystically dim light I was by tirelessly appreciative tourists. But the temple at Goa
blessed by a Hindu priest at one of Bali’s holiest temples: Gong is not open to the public and the small door to
the cave temple at Goa Gong. this cave temple is usually tightly shut. It blends almost
For the last three years I had been travelling from seemlessly into the rocky landscape.
London to Bali to oversee the building of our villa, The “Do you think that there is a way that we can go to see
Top: Gardens at Longhouse Bali.
Above: The Longhouse at sunset.
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