to Europe, and dropped anchor in the bay of Tajung Sanghiang on Lembongan Island. This is where he discovered the magical location of what later become the Waka Nusa Resort. The skipper having helped develope the resort has since sailed on. He now lives in Australia. Nusa Lembongan is situated 12 kilometers East of Bali. The resort is facing Sanur and the well known Gunung Agung volcano (3.100 meters) and because of its isolated location and limited insfrastructure, the island has been preserved from the growth and progress that has evolved in Bali over the last ten years. The Hindu population of 3.500 is divide into 2 villages and still reliant on seaweed farming and fishing, and this is the economic resource of the island to this day. Here, times has stopped and the Balinese traditions and cilture are still the same as they were many many years ago. The resort has 10 bungalows built amongs a palm tree plantation edging the whites and beach of 'Tanjung Sanghiang; a turqoise lagoon and coral reef with the 'Segara' temple and its centuries old Kapok tree as its setting. The architecture is inspired by the romantic round shaped buildings familiar to the eastern Indonesian archipelago and a lot of the South pacific Islands. Materials used are in harmony with the natural landscape and local tradition; hatched roofs, earth pigmentted wall, rendering, find wood joinery and traditional decoration.