Discerning investors in vacation properties know the key rule in real estate: location, location, location! Seminyak is considered to be the most sought after area of Bali, its value originating from a mix of elements unparalleled by other locations on the island. Over the past five years Seminyak, and the Oberoi area in particular, have seen a dramatic growth unmatched by any other location in Bali. The Layar lies right in the heart of Oberoi, and within a few minutes walk are the undisputed best beach bars, refined restaurants and boutiques of the island. The offer is complemented by a countless number of popular restaurants, spas, art galleries, home décor galleries, bars and clubs. Even the best gourmet shops are here. And then there’s the ocean, with the famous Legian beach, which is ideally suited for entertaining small children as well as surfers and hosting the most frequented sunset gatherings of the island on a daily basis.

The combination of attractions and a superb location have been the engine for recent dramatic growth and will be the key factor for Seminyak to retain its role as THE number one holiday destination in Bali. Limited land left for development in Oberoi means capital growth is more than an opportunity; and 90 years of lease secured in your personal name means not only you but also your children will enjoy its returns. The land acquired by The Layar has already increased 20% in the past 18 months and is predicted to keep rising over the next years.

Neighbouring land is already fully developed with one storey residential developments (Hotel Villa Lumbung, Sentosa, The Kunja); which means no construction will disturb your peace in the future, no surprises will appear next door, and the whole area will assume the status of an upmarket residential enclave that will contribute to its capital increase. (c) The Layar

Hidden away from the hustle and bustle of mainstream tourism, Rumah Teratai is situated off a narrow laneway that is not accessible by car. It is just a few metres on foot to the front entrance gate that opens wide to reveal a manicured garden compound.

Desirable Location
While Rumah Teratai is cocooned from the traffic of Seminyak, it enjoys a desirable location down a quiet alley that connects Jl. Dhyana Pura with the main road. It is within convenient walking distance or just a short bike ride to shops, restaurants and cafes.

The evolving district of Seminyak has everything that today’s modern traveller is looking for. The sand and surf of Blue Ocean Beach is mere minutes away along with a great choice of wining, dining and nightlife alternatives. The airport is 20 minutes by car.

Home Comforts
Rumah Teratai takes on a classic L-shape structure that wraps itself around a swimming pool and timber sundeck. Each bedroom has been carefully positioned for optimal privacy yet there are also common spaces for guests to come together throughout the day.

A galley style kitchen and open dining environment is the heart of the property. Fully equipped with cooking utensils and elegant tableware, it is a setting that welcomes social evenings around the white-washed table to sip wine and enjoy the breeze.

Sleeping Sanctuaries
There are two spaciously appointed bedrooms separated by an air-conditioned living room. Decorated in elaborate chandeliers, framed mirrors and old world treasures, each bedroom is a sanctuary for the senses with its earthy colour palette and silky textiles.

Each bedroom has its own en-suite bathroom facility showcasing a similar design aesthetic. The first features a semi-outdoor rain shower and terrace while the master suite has a lavish terrazzo bathtub and glamorous light fixtures.

Elegant Lounge
The indoor lounge is resplendent in natural shades of colour and comes with oversized chairs and sofas to sit and relax in air-conditioned comfort. Full length French doors bathe the room in sunlight and can be left open for fresh air to circulate.

A cosy recess at the back of the lounge features a home entertainment system and satellite television. There is also a carved timber daybed filled with plump scatter cushions to enhance viewing pleasure or read in peace.

Bungalow Bedroom
The third bedroom is a tastefully designed bungalow at the end of the garden with its own bathroom facility. It is the perfect spot to accommodate teenage children seeking their own space and privacy away from adults yet remain within the safety of the compound.

Outdoor Pleasures
While Rumah Teratai pays tribute to the decorative traditions of yesteryear, its outdoor area has certainly been inspired by the tropics. The garden is edged in miniature bamboo and other species of indigenous flora,

A traditional gazebo accommodating chairs made from reclaimed timber overlooks the swimming pool. At the other end is a round sofa with an adjustable canopy. And tucked into a far corner of the garden is a neat patch of grass and a pair of reclining sun beds.

This luxury ocean-view villa offers two and one bedroom contemporary modern style accommodation ranging from 800 square meter to 1,500 square meter, sitting on 5.000 square meter of lush garden, designed lavishly with plush features including 26 meter square infinite swimming pool up on the cliff front, worshiping the breathtaking ocean view, two additional swimming pools, one hot tub Jacuzzi, floating living area, and a cliff front floating deck function area, perfectly set at the cliff, fronting the stunning ocean view for your viewing pleasure. 

The extraordinary villa offers an unforgettable experience shrouded in awe-inspiring colorful gardens and tranquil waterways under the small bridge and water lily pond, capturing the essence of small hidden paradise on a tropical destination. Immerse yourself in a serene white pristine of Nyang-Nyang Beach through the villa’s private access of 100 meter white-stone stairs down.

The Sanctus Villa is an astonishing ocean view property that embodies elegance enveloped with the true spirit of Bali’s best tropical destination! A Truly exceptional hideaway!

The Sanctus Villa property holds two separate building, serves as the main house and guest suite. The independent main building consists of one master bedroom with an al-fresco gardenia bathroom completed with bath-up and separated to shower, an extra bedroom for two persons with its own private bathroom, a stylish dining room, green backyard garden, covered terrace and a plunge pool, facing the sprawling lush garden and the ocean view. While the second building, located next to the main house serves as a guest suite, available for two persons with its own bathroom facility, a small terrace, and a view to the beautiful garden and ocean scene.

Location
The Sanctus Villa nestled on a high cliff of Bali’s southernmost tip, only 30 minutes away from the International airport of Ngurah Rai through a well-paved accessible road from the highway. Located among prestigious holiday gateway Bvlgari Hotel and the Pecatu Resort with the 18 holes golf-course, the famous surf beaches of Padang-Padang and Bingin, and the famous for its amazing Balinese Fire Dance, Pura Uluwatu, this exclusive villa offers a hidden paradise with a colorful garden concept in a tropical most-sought after destination on the island.

Service and Facilities for In House Guest :

• Airport transfer (1x check in & 1x check out)
• Welcome drinks and cold towel upon arrival
• Welcome flower arrangement and fruit basket
• Daily Continental breakfast
• Butler service from 06.00 – 10.00
• One car and driver for 8 hours usage (Excluding fuel)
• Full house keeping
• 1 swimming pool in front of the Main House and 2 swimming pools at the cliff front
• Jacuzzi bathroom tub for 2 persons

Who does not know Seminyak. All the people who visit know about Seminyak Bali. Since the number who visited the Seminyak the need for greater accommodation facilities, it was seen by so many investors who founded the various means of accommodation from large to small, from which have facilities that simple ones to have luxurious amenities such as those held by Bali beach villas. Right now a lot of standing around Seminyak Bali villas offering exclusive and more complete facilities and luxury for the tourists who visit the area.

Ensuring an open view and a sense of freedom and privacy within each plot has been a primary goal in the design of the master plan and the villas. The Layar’s designers managed to accomplish this challenging task through an innovative and clever approach; the key element being a large island of lush, tropical trees and shrubs at the centre of the estate. Driving towards the private parking areas through a tunnel of tropical vegetation residents and guests feel the difference of a truly unique resort, transporting them instantly miles away from the hustle and bustle of Seminyak villas. Villas are spread around this central park-like environment affording natural, tropical views

Other elements have been taken on board to enhance this concept; buildings lay in the back of each plot, leaving the garden in the front so it seamlessly melts with the central garden; plots are shaped uphill from the entry gate toward the house, enhancing the sense of openness; villa’s garden levels are elevated 1.5 to 2 meters above the road level, making the boundary wall in the front of the garden disappear when looked at from inside the villa compound, yet ensuring total privacy from the outside; parking areas are covered with a suspended garden and disappear from view once in the living areas. Even the few villas that don’t directly face the communal garden are oriented in such a way that neighbours’ gardens and trees contribute to open the view. In every villa, the roofs of neighbours will be hardly visible.

Villa Adenium is fully equipped with an abundance of facilities, including a 15-metre salt water swimming pool, kid’s playroom complete with Xbox, games room with table tennis and billiard table, gymnasium and massage room, Villa Adenium, is the ideal holiday pad for families and friends.

Behind beautifully carved wooded double doors, opens a large high ceiling living room with an American style fully equipped kitchen, a private garden and swimming pool. Each of the 5 bedrooms has a partly open-air private bathroom with either a bath or a shower. The feeling of space is achieved by the blend of a sober colors palette such as beige, green, gray and chocolate. The swimming pool is surrounded of a spacious garden with deckchairs covered by exotic alang alang umbrellas and two outdoor open-air showers.

The interior decor is a mixt of sober style and timelessness with a purified line of furniture designed with local and gorgeous materials such as flax, sonoklin wood, and stone curving.

If one is cut in half, the head portion grows a tail and the tail portion grows a head. Cut it into 20 pieces and 20 new worms, each an exact copy of the first, are created.This has been exploited by Nottingham University scientists who have created a colony of more than 20,000 worms, all from one original, whose bodies and organs do not appear to age.

They are confident a single worm which did not divide would live forever – unless it catches an infection or another illness. Researcher Dr Aziz Aboobaker said: ‘In my opinion, they are immortal.’

It is hoped that the research will help develop treatments that allow humans to stay fit and healthy long into old age. The experiments focused on Schmidtea mediterranea, a relative of an African parasite which can be found under stones and rocks in British ponds.

The flatworm has a simple brain – or concentration of nerve cells – in its head, which can be regenerated by stem cells found elsewhere in the body. In contrast, an earthworm would die if cut in two.

One strain of Schmidtea mediterranea reproduces without sex, simply by splitting itself in half and creating two copies, growing new muscles, skin, guts and even an entire brain in the process.

To speed up nature, the scientists cut the worms with a razor blade. Dr Aboobaker said: ‘You take one and wait until it is seven to ten days old and you cut it. The tail grows into a new head and the head grows into a new tail. A big one can be cut into ten to 20 pieces.’

By doing this for four years, they have generated around 20,000 copies of one original worm. The longest survived around a year before succumbing to infection. Most worms live just a few days.

Key to the flatworms’ immortality are telomeres – tiny biological clocks that cap the ends of chromosomes. Normally, they get shorter with time, stopping cells from dividing and renewing and causing the body to age.

But in the flatworm, the telomeres stay intact, allowing cells to divide many times and stopping ageing in its tracks. Dr Aboobaker and colleague Dr Thomas Tan have pinpointed the gene that allows them to do this, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports.

The researchers said: ‘The next goals for us are to understand the mechanisms in more detail and understand more about how you evolve an immortal animal.’

Knowing more about how the worms safely do this could help stem cell scientists achieve their Holy Grail – the growth of new hearts, livers or brain cells in a dish. It could also speed the development of drugs that stave off many of the diseases of old age.

Douglas Kell, of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, which part-funded the study, said: ‘This research contributes to our fundamental understanding of some of the processes involved in ageing and build strong foundations for improving health and potentially longevity in other organisms, including humans.’

source dailymail.com – english.kompas.com

To find your ski vacations on the budget then you must not trying to find them on popular ski resorts. Why? Because the price on popular ski resorts will be quite high, it will take more from your budget. Just look for lesser known ski resorts but still offer all the ski facilities and will give you the same fun you can get at popular ski resorts. Lesser known ski resorts mean that they offer the same but they are not quite well known as the popular ski holiday resorts and therefore the price may be cheaper than the popular ones.

You must try to find ski vacations that will include everything on their packages like lodging, lift tickets, ski lessons, rental equipments and if possible include some meals. The point when trying to find ski holidays on the budget is that you are willing to exchange some of the things which is not necessary like eating in a fancy restaurant every day. It can be change with eating in a cheaper fast food or make your own sandwiches in your room.

You can joint with a friend to rent ski equipment and join some group for your ski lessons, don’t try to have a private ski lessons. Other things you need to arrange is the accommodation. Try not to book a lodge by the slopes instead try to book on a motel away from the slopes if necessary. There are so many ways you can do to have your ski vacation on the budget. The point is having lots of fun in doing it.

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