For the past couple of weeks, we have been without power once every four days, just for the evening. It was a little frustrating at the beginning. It seems to go off just as you are watching something good on television or working on something on the internet.

After a few blackouts though, you get used to it and it is actually a good chance to have a quiet candle lit dinner and just sit outside in the peace and quiet. As long as you don’t look at the clock, it somehow feels much later just using candles for light and it surprisingly easy having an early night.

The Jakarta Post is reporting that Bali is facing power cuts in Bali between September 23 and November 23 as repairs are undertaken on the gas-fired Gilimanuk power plant PLTG) in Jembrana regency.

“We expect the governor and regents to spread the news to village and district heads, and finally to residents,” PLN Bali spokesman Agung Mastika said Tuesday.