In August 1912, Dr Gregor Krause, a young German who had been commissioned as a temporary medical officer in the Netherlands East Indies army only a year before, was sent to Bangli, a tiny town in the interior of Bali. He was to remain on the island for fewer than 18 months - but they were months, which would have an important bearing on its future.
Dr Krause was an enthusiastic convert to the art of photography, doing his time in Bali he took more than 4000 pictures, and he wrote the text, which accompanied publication of nearly 400 of them in 1920.
His book was significant in telling the world about the then little Known Island and its extraordinary culture, and it helped persuade more writers and photographers to follow him.
One among them was Miguel Covarrubias, who later wrote that Dr Krause's photograph-inspired in him 'an irresistible urge' to see Bali for himself In 1930 he went there and in 1936 he published his now classic Island of Bali, which has remained useful and popular ever since.
Among the many threads that resulted in Bali becoming probably the most famous island in the world today, there is one, which leads directly back to that young temporary medical officer.

By this time Europe was enveloped in war Trough Holland remained neutral, Dr Krause, a German, ran into problems. He continued working in Java thought 1915 but while on a ship returning to Europe the following year was arrested in Durban, South Africa, and sent to it prison camp near London in England. His file contains a touching letter from his wife, in Holland, to the Dutch authorities asking for help in getting her husband out of that British prison.

Many Travellers was describing Bali from any angle life they did, and make Bali more famous for centuries until present and we describe the travellers note here more.

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