In Reply to: The next stage posted by Herself on Tuesday, 26. February 2013 at 15:40 Bali Time:
you have great faith in your friends, and hopefully that faith will be repaid.
Just a couple of Qs.
Why did you need a sponsor to take on the lease?
Westerners can, and do lease land and properties all the time.
Naturally, the Australians tenure to the land has been assured, and appropriate building permits have been issued.
I know what you mean about "standing over them", but my experience has shown that it is not possible to have too much direct supervision into any project one is getting done, and that goes for many other places in Asia and Africa as well (This from experience).
OMG, what had you done??
I guess only time will tell.