In this issue

This first edition of the hellobali Guide to Bali series is both broad and specific. It covers many facets of Bali and it explores each one so comprehensively that even some of us who are familiar with a lot of things about the island will find it insightful. The one fundamental danger with producing a guidebook is its editor’s tendency to treat certain things with a considerable amount of levity and therefore, leaving the book too thin in its content quality. Hopefully, we have not.
I personally find the first part of this book to be a beautiful reading experience. The editor of this guidebook has managed to assemble a group of writers who are clearly not only knowledgeable about Bali but also passionate. The second part of the book, while perhaps carrying less flair than the first part, is very informative, and therefore highly useful for anyone who wants to navigate their way around the island well.
To add to your reading experience, we have also created an interactive electronic version of this book, which is available for everyone free of charge on our hellobali website. I hope you enjoy reading and using this book as much as we enjoyed producing it.

HELLOBALI GUIDE TO BALI Magazine Description:

Transforming a monthly magazine concept into a yearly guidebook has always been a challenge. But it’s a challenge we all at Indo Multi Media like to take because it forces us to look at things differently, to go about things in a different manner, to come across different sets of problems, to utilise different problem-solving processes and tools; in a nutshell, it brightens up our days, renews our daily routines and provides us with new findings.
Working on hellobali every month, interacting with our readers, our friends, we often wish there was one good book that could store all that we learn about Bali every day. Of course, we always try to put all the things we learn about the island in the magazine every month, but because of the nature of the magazine, we often feel that we have to leave out some things. A book, however, provides a different medium: it has more pages, it lasts longer, and, by its nature, has a much wider reach.