United by Running
We are approaching the dry season and that is good news for one hardy bunch of Jakarta residents: the running...
Sports/Health
Rugby Expats Take the Game to Local Communities
How a conversation in a pub, with a backdrop of Christmas carols, led to orphaned girls taking up the rough-old-game...
Rugby Romance
It was Valentine’s Day so I decided to show my long-suffering wife some genuine TLC. We loaded up the car...
Aussie Rules in Indonesia
It shouldn’t come as a surprise, given the close proximity of Australia to Indonesia, that Australian Rules Football, better known...
Young Guns Cut their Teeth in the Jakarta Schools Football League
It was hot, very hot. Hardly the best conditions for playing football anywhere, let alone a school in South Jakarta...
Every Day is Saturday with the TGIS Hash House Harriers
Guidebooks love to tell you where to go and how to get there. Travel snobs love to tell you how...
German Plus: 50 Years of Football History
In the rich annals of German football, the name Burkhardt Pape may not spring to mind in the way the...
MesaStila Endurance + 2014 Rail-to-Trails
Impressive is what immediately springs to mind as the first finishers cross the line after a gruelling 60 kilometre endurance...
One Wave is All it Takes!
Onewave is a non-profit surf community, founded by two young Australians in February 2013, to give people hope in order...
OneFC’ First Female Indonesian MMA Fighter
Desi Rahayu, a 164cm tall Indonesian athlete competed at the prestigious OneFC Era of Champions tournament on 14 June 2014...
When There’ Torque of Bikes
Late last year I was invited to attend a ‘motor show’ in Sanur, which I was told would be spectacular,...
Meet Sheila Burch
Meet Sheila Burch, an American yoga teacher and founder of the Ubud Yoga House, Bali. Sheila Burch was born...
Stick it to ’em: Field Hockey in Jakarta
Every time I told people I was off to an international hockey event on the weekend I was greeted with...
Meet Audrey Soraya Rodriguez Rincon
Meet Audrey Soraya Rodriguez Rincon, a beautiful mother of two with more than 20 years of experience in the healthy...
The Yoga Bomb – Can it Explode with Flowers?
There seems to be a lot of confusion, everywhere. No-one quite knows what to believe in anymore. There?s just so...
In Pursuit of Happiness: Expat Clubs in Bali
For whatever reason, people have been forming clubs since time immemorial and it is no different here in Indonesia. Early...
In Sickness and in Wealth
Indonesia aims to implement a system of universal healthcare by 2019, but that won?t stop the country?s richest citizens from...
Meet Brian Billdt, CEO of LifeSpa Fitness
This issue we meet Brian Billdt, the CEO of LifeSpa Fitness whose life’s work is committed to making people look...
It’ all Downhill on a Cycling Tour of Ubud
When visiting Bali, people either stay by the sea or head for the hills. My husband and I opted for...
The Jakarta Expat Pool League
I’ll be honest with you, I have never really taken to pool. It’s all the rules I can’t handle. You...
Mainstreaming Disability Rights
During the last decade, Indonesia has experienced steady progress in an increase in per capita income and in poverty elimination....