Crazy Little Heaven: An Indonesian JourneyTerry CollinsOctober 7, 2013August 16, 2017 by Terry CollinsOctober 7, 2013August 16, 201701930 With his fellow Tasmanian wife and their two young children, Mark Heyward arrived in East Kalimantan in 1992 to teach...
Michael TenzerAntony SuttonSeptember 24, 2013August 16, 2017 by Antony SuttonSeptember 24, 2013August 16, 20170875 I must admit the first time I came across a gamelan orchestra I thought the band that had been booked...
If Music be the Food of Love, Go Seek it Out!Paul V. WaltersSeptember 23, 2013August 16, 2017 by Paul V. WaltersSeptember 23, 2013August 16, 201701011 A few weeks ago, my wife and I were invited to a ?party? by Leo and Liz Sinatra at their...
Meet Funktastic MaickRemko TanisSeptember 23, 2013August 16, 2017 by Remko TanisSeptember 23, 2013August 16, 201701771 Meet Funktastic Maick. Resident DJ of La Plancha and Favela, Maick Rodriguez shares his love of Music and Bali....
Family FunTerry CollinsSeptember 9, 2013February 9, 2022 by Terry CollinsSeptember 9, 2013February 9, 202201058 Are you bored with watching your children's boredom as they play boring video games? Do you send your children emails...
Casa VintageKristan JuliusAugust 26, 2013August 16, 2017 by Kristan JuliusAugust 26, 2013August 16, 201701293 Anyone can walk into a department store and pick a mass-produced item of clothing and probably walk into a party...
Riding the Trade WindsPaul V. WaltersJuly 16, 2013August 16, 2017 by Paul V. WaltersJuly 16, 2013August 16, 201701998 Welcome to Bali’s largest kite festival! On cue, as if summoned, in early July the trade winds arrive. One day...
Kite Surfing and Stand-up Paddle FunRemko TanisJuly 16, 2013December 20, 2019 by Remko TanisJuly 16, 2013December 20, 201901204 Looking for an exciting new sport? Before you go and buy new equipment, take a course at Rip Curl...
Ubud’s Museum Mile for Art LoversQraved TeamJuly 1, 2013August 16, 2017 by Qraved TeamJuly 1, 2013August 16, 201701437 Neka Art Museum Setting out on a Sunday in the slow season, an unexpectedly ideal day to visit museums, the...
Meet Lawrence BlairQraved TeamJuly 1, 2013August 16, 2017 by Qraved TeamJuly 1, 2013August 16, 20174 2912 Born during the Blitz, swimming in the Mediterranean when it still had fish in it, schooled in Mexico and France...
Sexy Rio Sidik Jazz QuartetSeamus McElroyJune 18, 2013August 16, 2017 by Seamus McElroyJune 18, 2013August 16, 201701386 Rio Sidik is Indonesia’s most famous jazz and fusion musician and singer, well known too on the International music scene....
Meet FantuzziRemko TanisJune 18, 2013August 16, 2017 by Remko TanisJune 18, 2013August 16, 201701333 Meet Fantuzzi, the man who believes in changing the world through music. How long have you been bringing your talent...
Uncovering Sanur’s Hidden TreasuresPaul V. WaltersJune 18, 2013March 8, 2021 by Paul V. WaltersJune 18, 2013March 8, 20212 1590 Where to start? Sanur’s restaurants’, hotels’, and galleries’ walls are adorned with work from artists right across Bali, but where...
Hari Saraswati: In Praise of BooksQraved TeamJune 18, 2013August 16, 2017 by Qraved TeamJune 18, 2013August 16, 201701388 With the islandwide celebration of Dewi Saraswati on August 10th, it’s only appropriate to offer a paean to Bali’s bountiful...
Art & Intellectual Property Rights – Who Owns What?Bruce W CarpenterApril 24, 2013September 6, 2017 by Bruce W CarpenterApril 24, 2013September 6, 201701202 Although art is essentially useless (you can’t eat or drink it, it provides little shelter and makes bad clothing, and...
Earth ArtBruce W CarpenterApril 4, 2013December 20, 2019 by Bruce W CarpenterApril 4, 2013December 20, 201901324 The word Earth is synonymous both with the Globe, the third planet in our solar system, and the stuff...
True GluttonsBruce W CarpenterMarch 25, 2013September 4, 2017 by Bruce W CarpenterMarch 25, 2013September 4, 20171827 In Bali the purist embodiment of Greed, one of the most ancient and reviled of the Seven Sins, is found...
Nyepi: Parade of the DemonsQraved TeamFebruary 25, 2013August 16, 2017 by Qraved TeamFebruary 25, 2013August 16, 201711690 Work has already begun on a mysterious five metre tall creature hidden behind a huge tarp with Styrofoam shavings lying...
Anita Scheeres: Independent Bookseller in BaliQraved TeamFebruary 11, 2013August 16, 2017 by Qraved TeamFebruary 11, 2013August 16, 201711714 Anita Scheeres fell into bookselling. Each time she would visit her family in Sydney, she would lug books back to...
Rumble in the JungleKristan JuliusJanuary 28, 2013September 6, 2017 by Kristan JuliusJanuary 28, 2013September 6, 201701390 The one thing that strikes me when you walk along the sidewalk of anywhere in Bali that sells clothes is...
Stars over BaliQraved TeamJanuary 28, 2013September 6, 2017 by Qraved TeamJanuary 28, 2013September 6, 20174 7890 From time immemorial humans have been transfixed by the heavens. The oldest map of the night sky, found in Germany...