KEMBALI KE TANAH
WELCOME to Kembali Ke Tanah!
Meaning"back to the land", Kembali completes the cycle of Maylay boat names I began in 1976.
The boats (Rasa Saya, Sayang, Jalan Jalan, Tingal, Tidak Apa) never got back to Indonesia.
But KEMBALI sits over vistas of sea, bays, hills and meadows on an island more beautiful than Java.

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Both residence and apartment have the same view.

Our splendid view goes from ocean to bays to valley to mountains.

The view continues to the town of Luperón and the Sierra Septentrional mountains. (note communications tower serving our cels and broadband internet.

Kembali is cooled by trade winds in the daytime and cool mountain air descending on it at night.


KEMBALI in early misty winter's morning The view from the bedroom in the morning when the mists in the valley turn gold with sun and swirl away uphill. On a lush tropical hillside

residence gallery, or 'cockpit' if you wish Open blocks and French windows and doors vent the house throughout. As seen here, we used glass diffusion blocks where there is no good view my desk window: louvered for many air options, and also pivoted to open fully

master bedroom has great ventilation and natural light walk-through dressingroom leads to a full European bath with oldsters' handgrabs ... master bedroom again orchids on balcony built-in flower overhang

the kitchen: just like a big galley looking through livingroom into diningroom ... the lazyboy sits on the right and of course, good friends for our first dinner in the diningroom

bougainvilla everywhere bougainvilla covering the walls bougainvilla of all colors and Spanish bayonet surrounds the walls

driveway garage Neighbor Xiomara (Rosa's niece) on the hilltop across

The house includes a studio apartment with queen size bed, full bath and kitchen and a gallery identical to that of the residence.
In addition there is a maid/chouffer/guest bedroom and bath the same standard as the apartment located next to the garage.
Also next to the garage is a laundry and pantry room. A workshop and storage room also exists with an outside entrance



the southern exposure: a paradisical scene from a Dick and Jane reader


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