My name is Agus Arya Adhi Wijaya a.k.a Dede, some of my best friend call me Dee or Gorra, I like that names....Gorra sound simple and easy to remember, especialy for western tongue.Born on 1st of February, 1979, in small village eastern part of Bali. As a village boy I used to play in farm and rivers. My village name is Sidemen, part of Karangasem regency, Bali province. Indonesia. Famous with his lovely nature and country side, where the Padis rice terrace still can found sorrounding the village, green hill and clear water flow in over the rivers. Beside tarditional traditions and Bali culture still living in my village. That's attract many tourist come to visit. It was on my age of 6, I really interesting to be part of Tourism Industrial, just because I seen tourist from others country walking down dusty street of my village, or sometimes on their rental car/motorbike, or bicycle. Just try to attract them with all kiddies action with some of my friends on the way home after schooll. I always dream one day I will be a Tour Guide with multi lingual. So I can comunicate with the tourist from all over the world. Always trying to learn to speak English, even sometimes just talk a view words in really bad English to a tourist which come to take our pictures or take the padis rice tarrace is a great experience. I still remember it was a Tourist from America , her name is Ness Preisler ( I still remeber her name, just because I still have a pieces of paper where she wrote her address in America), she walking in the afternoon in dusty roads of my village, and I just run to get her from the house just to try to speak in English with her. And Ness is my great experience, because while she walking and I walk beside of her, she try to understand my worst English, so I think it's progress me much in English at that time.
On my age of 11,I was in Junior High, and we studying English. It such a woderful. Because just like find the way out, that finally I can learn English in formal with teacher.And that's dream come more often, become a Tour Guide.
So while I going to college I attend Bali Hotel & Tourism Training Institute in Nusa Dua, just to make my dream come true. And I choose Tours and Travel Management as my major. And Germany Speaking Guide as my specialty.
A great experience while studying there, I can feel that my dream will come true. And I finally can speak with others language ( Greman), my mentors name is Mrs. Simone, she's a native teacher from German. And I also learn guiding and educated with Bali cultures, so I can understand and knew my own heritage cultures from my Guide master, his name is Mr. Sukardi.
Gratuated on 2000, and I starting to prepare my future, with all of my knowledge and sill I had, I applyed to become a Tour Guide. Was denied. Never give up. In some others time I try to apply again, and denied again. So I decided to kill my own dream, even not to be a tour guide I still make a contact and comuincate with tourist from all over the world.
On 2001 apply a job in the Bali first Dive center, named BARUNA WATER SPORT. Starting my carrier in Baruna Candidasa. When their clients mostly from Gremany, make me feel love the job. And I can have a new knowledge and experience, SCUBA DIVING. The memorable time I had. Meet and falling love with girl from Tasmania, name OLIVIA BR
OWN. Even such a short long distance relationship, for me that was not one night stand relationship.
On October 12th 2002, the Bomb Blast in Kuta, Tourism Industry in Bali became collapse. Creeping for a while, terrorist become a new nightmare, where our country and Bali not yet ready for it, every country all over the world do travel warning, to warn their people not to visit Bali , no more tourist come, tourism in bankrupt and the dive shop where I work was closed, make me must find others job. Still trauma with Tourism bankruptcy, try to find others job that not related in Tourism Industry. I became a Photographer for local News papers ( NUSA TENGGARA DAILY NEWS PAPERS), make a couple worst shot photo of corrupt and bad political, and the way to do it make me feel not comfortable in this field. What I want is being photographer like people from National Geographic or such a paparazi. Casual look but talented. After 6 months as Photographer, I decide to quit.
Being jobless for couple months, make me fallin back into what I call " 50% of Rock", as I said, I discribe my self as "50% ROCK aNd 50% Roll", Rock is my bad Side and Roll is my good side.
Fallin back into my Rock side, make me try to find out such a creative way to comunicate with Tourist without permanent job. So I start to re-built my ex-ba
nds with some of the members.
"SLOWKEY" is the band new brand, attending for some local contest, to National Rock Fest around 2004. But such a nightmare, people doesnt like Rock N roll anymore. What we can bring is only Rock And Roll, and what we like to play is rock N roll. New era of britis music, make many new band rise up, and we just like a scumpbag of veteran, old musician. No body love our performance anymore. They look for something new. Frustrate being musician! Drive us to playing some gig in local retsurant and bar around Candidasa and Amed. But still boring!!. Trying to comunicate with tourist via music. What a hard choice. Make me decide to back to the rail, find a permanent job, make money.
BAck to Tourism Industry, and work as operational staff in Travel Bureau name PRIMA INDO WISATA. After Five years back in this industry, Now I try starting to move forward, starting my own business.
On my age of 11,I was in Junior High, and we studying English. It such a woderful. Because just like find the way out, that finally I can learn English in formal with teacher.And that's dream come more often, become a Tour Guide.So while I going to college I attend Bali Hotel & Tourism Training Institute in Nusa Dua, just to make my dream come true. And I choose Tours and Travel Management as my major. And Germany Speaking Guide as my specialty.
A great experience while studying there, I can feel that my dream will come true. And I finally can speak with others language ( Greman), my mentors name is Mrs. Simone, she's a native teacher from German. And I also learn guiding and educated with Bali cultures, so I can understand and knew my own heritage cultures from my Guide master, his name is Mr. Sukardi.
Gratuated on 2000, and I starting to prepare my future, with all of my knowledge and sill I had, I applyed to become a Tour Guide. Was denied. Never give up. In some others time I try to apply again, and denied again. So I decided to kill my own dream, even not to be a tour guide I still make a contact and comuincate with tourist from all over the world.
On 2001 apply a job in the Bali first Dive center, named BARUNA WATER SPORT. Starting my carrier in Baruna Candidasa. When their clients mostly from Gremany, make me feel love the job. And I can have a new knowledge and experience, SCUBA DIVING. The memorable time I had. Meet and falling love with girl from Tasmania, name OLIVIA BR
OWN. Even such a short long distance relationship, for me that was not one night stand relationship.On October 12th 2002, the Bomb Blast in Kuta, Tourism Industry in Bali became collapse. Creeping for a while, terrorist become a new nightmare, where our country and Bali not yet ready for it, every country all over the world do travel warning, to warn their people not to visit Bali , no more tourist come, tourism in bankrupt and the dive shop where I work was closed, make me must find others job. Still trauma with Tourism bankruptcy, try to find others job that not related in Tourism Industry. I became a Photographer for local News papers ( NUSA TENGGARA DAILY NEWS PAPERS), make a couple worst shot photo of corrupt and bad political, and the way to do it make me feel not comfortable in this field. What I want is being photographer like people from National Geographic or such a paparazi. Casual look but talented. After 6 months as Photographer, I decide to quit.
Being jobless for couple months, make me fallin back into what I call " 50% of Rock", as I said, I discribe my self as "50% ROCK aNd 50% Roll", Rock is my bad Side and Roll is my good side.
Fallin back into my Rock side, make me try to find out such a creative way to comunicate with Tourist without permanent job. So I start to re-built my ex-ba
nds with some of the members."SLOWKEY" is the band new brand, attending for some local contest, to National Rock Fest around 2004. But such a nightmare, people doesnt like Rock N roll anymore. What we can bring is only Rock And Roll, and what we like to play is rock N roll. New era of britis music, make many new band rise up, and we just like a scumpbag of veteran, old musician. No body love our performance anymore. They look for something new. Frustrate being musician! Drive us to playing some gig in local retsurant and bar around Candidasa and Amed. But still boring!!. Trying to comunicate with tourist via music. What a hard choice. Make me decide to back to the rail, find a permanent job, make money.
BAck to Tourism Industry, and work as operational staff in Travel Bureau name PRIMA INDO WISATA. After Five years back in this industry, Now I try starting to move forward, starting my own business.
Meet this guys, Rico and Julian reinhold, they bring and give me a new spirit. Now the idea that stuck in my head for over 10 years, can flew. One night this idea just came up, made an online travel bureau. Discuss it with my brother Nick, he is a web designer, and finally we try to make it. With a help from couple friends aboard that I really appreciate; Rico Reinhold, Julian Reinhold, Sam Pickering, Paula Vasquez, Mellisa Corte and John Mavety, who will always became a spirit a partner, and a teacher that teach me how to stand on my own. And make our dream come true.
Adi Melali is a long discuss and dreams with my friend Komang Adi, he also my spirit. Exprience as a tourist driver, he will be one of best assistant I had. I like his spirit and optimism to face live.
Such a funny and optimis guy. I call him Nyoman..., a father of 3 year old daughter .
ADI is take from Nyoman( Nyoman Adi) and my name ( Agus Arya Adi). Or in Bali, ADI also mean WHY?, ADI in Bali also have a meaning little brother or sister. And MELALI is mean Travelling.
ADI MELALI, just a name, but behind that's name is a dream. Dream to built a fair transport business. A fair online travel that can trust by people all around the world as their travelling buddy in Bali. Trust ADI MELALI just like trust your buddy!! We treat you like VIP, we charge you like our buddy!
Karangasem regency is a district located in the province of Bali, Indonesia the Capital is in the Amlapura.
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