First anniversary looms at Bali's terror massacre wasteland
Where young and old used to gather to dance, drink and chat the night away, there is nothing.
Where Bali's reputation as a party town was once created, there is nothing.
An empty wasteland is all that is left of the Sari Club and Paddy's Bar both obliterated in the bombings last October 12.
Both sites only 50ft apart are fenced off from the prying public; the Sari Club encircled with green metal poles, Paddy's Bar with bamboo.
As the first anniversary approaches, the area has gradually turned into a shrine for the 202 people including 26 Britons who lost their lives in the terror attacks.
Flowers, wreaths and photographs clog the perimeter of the Sari Club, with loving messages scrawled in every spare space.
"Dear Mummy, hope you have a good night in the sky. Love Katie."
The words, obviously written by a small child, are badly smudged through rain or tears it is not possible to tell.
Poems have been penned, pledging remembrance and hope.
Tahlia Pocock, aged 10, from Western Australia wrote: "I will remember them, I will remember everyone. I hope they like their new home in heaven."
A rather battered picture shows the smiling face of 17-year-old Tom Singer on his surfboard, with the inscription beneath: "Just a kid doing things kids do."
As people slowly added their own missives, one woman hurried past, tears streaming down her face and a handkerchief clasped in her hand.
Over at Paddy's Bar, a sign defiantly read "Paddy's new relocation under construction" with a black arrow pointing along the street Jalan Legian (the street).
Someone has added their own words to the sign in a shaky red pen telling terrorists where to go.
On the plot of land where Paddy's once stood, banana trees have been planted and now reach three or four feet high.
As relatives gingerly placed their Balinese flowers, a flourish of activity was going on between the two sites.
The Indonesians have built a fine marble memorial, standing more than 40ft tall, with sweeping stairs to the central plaque bearing all the names of those who perished.
But it has yet to be finished and in the run-up to Sunday, workers frantically tried to complete the task.
On the first year anniversary, relatives will gather at what has been termed Bali's Ground Zero.
A large white banner stretches across the narrow and still bustling street warning people they are about to enter this area of sorrow.
Stepping between the lorries, motorcycles, street vendors and wild dogs, two words have been etched into the pavement nearby "don't cry".
