Article July 18, 2005 Issue

'Beauty for ashes of the vanished years'

By Tony Lobl

"IN THE EVENINGS , as we played bridge, we could look out from Tjandi, across Sompok, and see the lights of the harbour. Behind us, further up the mountainside, the beautiful holiday resort of Kopeng was situated."

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Tony Lobl is a contributing editor who is based in London.

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