Closer and closer to finished.

Here are some further images of the villa. It’s starting to take shape and is due to be completed in March. We are looking forward to seeing it completed soon.

This slide set shows the bathroom, a couple of external shots and the tile floor going down in the living space. Hope you find them interesting.

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We now have a roof. A little earlier than planned but Ayu has been forging ahead with this project. We had thought we should wait for our friend to get there but Ayu is determined to push on. So we can’t argue with getting some shelter onto the villa and so here it is. There [...]

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It was great to get back to Senaru and the Horizon in December. As you can see from this large slide set there is lots of development and the villa is starting to take shape. It was great to be back although we have been a little concerned that the budget for the villa is [...]

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We’ve been very curious to see the progress on the buildings that we approved when we were there in September. Finally Ayu has managed to email through some photos and as you can see in the slide show below, the progress is continuing apace.
The mini-market and staff room is looking close to completion. The villa [...]

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Here’s a few slides of the Horizon as it was looking in August. Hope you like them. It was beautiful clear weather and Mount Rinjani was in full, spectacular view.

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We finally managed to return to Senaru in mid-February. It was my first time to see the restaurant in the flesh and I liked what I saw. In fact, I was very pleased with the work that Ayu and the team had done. We took two friends from Australia with us, Gina and Barbara and [...]

It’s so nice to be close to heading over to Senaru again. As soon as we get back we’ll post some more images for you to look at, and hopefully a bit of video.
The latest challenge is trying to find a cheap PC or laptop to take over for Ayu to begin to learn [...]

Well, BB managed a quick trip over to Senaru last month and took these pictures. The restaurant has developed apace and as you can see is looking fantastic.
Here are some slides of the development so far:

As you can see our friends have done a great job in getting this building together for us. I [...]

It’s been a long time since posting here, but at least we can report that we have made significant progress, and that is… significant progress. As you can see in the picture the restaurant stage of the building is nearing completion.
This photo was taken in June and the building is well advanced now. In [...]