Today, while much has changed, Sanur retains the charm that drew Donald Friend, and other great ex-pat artists to the area from the 1920s onwards. It is neither brash nor homegrown, it is genteel with the odd splash of eccentricity. Its founding families are expanding into the tourism business and keeping up with the trends in water sports and cuisine. It is a village in the true sense with sons and daughters from generations past watching their offspring prosper in the new markets yet keeping their feet firmly planted in the Balinese world of family and tradition.Sanur retains elements of magic...more