Peter Steenbergen
Meet Peter Steenbergen. The man behind Made’s Warung who drove to Bali from Amsterdam in 1973 in a minivan and...
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Summer Flames
Bring out the bikinis and heat up the barbeque grills- it’s that time of the year. Throughout summer, our buddies...
Joseph Conrad in Indonesia
Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) was the most successful ESL/EFL/ESOL student of all time. A Pole by birth, he did...
Surfers Come Together to Rescue Uluwatu
If you were one of the reported 250,000 surfers visiting the Uluwatu cliff each year then at an initial glance...
Legal Realities of Indonesian Expatriates – Land Ownership
When individuals move to Indonesia for the purpose of expatriation, the process usually involves a large number of personal and...
Auke Sonnega – Bali’s First Spiritual Artist
If you happened to be one of the few tourists wandering on Jalan Kaleran, Ubud (in those days there were...
Legal Realities of Indonesian Expatriates – Land Ownership
When individuals move to Indonesia for the purpose of expatriation, the process usually involves a large number of personal and...
Migrant Worker Quandary: To be Overworked? Or Have No Work at All?
At a run-down bus terminal in a small village, Yanti couldn’t hold back her tears as she hugs her three...
Kuta Closes Early?
As you may be aware the closing times of clubs and bars in Kuta were changed in the recent...
Teaching The Kids Who Will Prevent World War Three
Teaching in international schools has been a great privilege. Here I would like to share some personal impressions based on...
Leonard Lueras
Meet Leonard Lueras. The surfing ‘newspaper man’ who washed up on Bali’s shores in the 1970s and fell in love...
Let There Be Dark
“… the sight of stars always sets me dreaming…” – Vincent Van Gogh – The front terrace of Jakartass Towers...
In Jakarta’s Gubernatorial Race, Money is Not Everything
By late afternoon on July 11, the day Jakartans will be casting their votes, most of them will already have...
Do as You’re Told – An Artful Welcome to Bali
“It appears that each Balinese native, from the womb to the tomb is creative,” rhymed Noel Coward in his irreverent...
CTC: Fighting for Conservation of the Amazon of the Sea
The biggest and most important coral reefs in the world are found in an area of tropical marine waters called...
The Jaksa Position & Jl. Palatehan
Jalan Jaksa and Jalan Palatehan have been serving the needs of tourists and expatriates in different ways for decades. Jaksa,...
“Indorock” – Indonesia’s Contribution To The Birth Of Rock’N’Roll
In July 1960, Allan Williams, a Liverpool club owner on a trip to Hamburg, wandered into a club off the...
A Bottle of Wine and a Playroom
In Eastern Promise (EP) we now have a playroom for kids. During recent trips to New Zealand and Australia, I...
Not Losing Their Religion
How many people know there’s an Indonesian god at Jakarta’s oldest Chinese temple? And who knew the city’s oldest church...
Literary Works Capable of Change
Take an ambitious businessman drunk on being so close to power, a media baron who uses his political acquaintances to...
Culture Shock-Jakarta-Sydney
My wife Srie and I, normally resident in Indonesia, recently spent four months in Sydney where our son is studying....