There are always a couple of sailboats anchored at the end of the bay that is Playa Venao, facing out to sea to the left.

When I come here, I wonder who owns those sailboats. I also think that it wouldn't be my favorite way to come to Venao, but I also think about how right the sailboat owners were to choose this beach to come to.

We talk a lot about the various paradises that constant development has destroyed. We're actually witnessing how Bali is literally being bulldozed.

Fortunately, and after coming here for many years, I don't see Venao being a victim of anything like that, even though I'm completely ignorant.

It's true that it's certainly one of the places I've seen develop and grow the most in recent years, one I've seen with my own eyes. I don't really remember the first time I came, but it was certainly more than 15 years ago, and I can safely say it was very different; no supermarkets and few hotels.

Today the offer is greater, but the development and spirit of the beach remain.

Those places you can walk everywhere, those places where you look at the beach and are fully aware that you're in paradise, with consistent waves and a beautiful natural environment.

I love seeing people who choose to change their lives and come live in places like this, set up a stand and sell anything… Changing their lifestyle to “live where you spend your vacations.”

I talk to them at the event's food court, and they have an air of freedom that I'm not used to feeling in the city where I live.

I have a friend who's a big-city lawyer from a big law firm who always jokes about doing just that... throwing it all away and just living simple.

I think I'll never do it for at least a few years, and I also think my friend won't either, but I admire everyone who does and I congratulate them.

It must be nice to have your home become this paradise and wake up every day, go to the beach and see what I saw at this event.

Just a humble thought I wanted to share.