Throwing the Perfect Kid’ Birthday Party
My daughter just turned one and I spent the past couple of weeks thinking about how to celebrate this important...
Observations
Touristic Escapes in the Dirtiest River in the World
When it comes to visiting Jakarta, we only can be sure that we will find a city of contrasts and...
Jakarta’s Bucket List
We all know about Monas, cheap electronics, Kota Tua?s museums, the Highland Gathering and cycling down Sudirman on a Sunday...
A Bali Expat Aid Worker on Syria’ Frontline
John Bunnell, a resident of Bali for nine years, went to war-ravaged Syria as a logistician for two and a...
Getting a Handle on Health in Jakarta
Living in Jakarta, it can be a challenge to stay healthy. Pollution, traffic, unpredictable weather and a lack of sidewalks...
Healing with Mindfulness: Reflections on Cancer with Dr. Cathirose Petrone
Dr. Cathirose Petrone is to medicine what Johnny Cash is to country music: smoothly yet vigorously original, passionately forthcoming, and...
Best of Bow
Every time I pass Jalan Batubelig I am drawn to a place called Bow. This two-story building with garden...
School’s Out – Time for Some Holiday Fun!
Pack your swimming gear we’re off to the beach to swim, slide, surf, parasail, jet ski or scuba dive. Take...
Riding the Trade Winds
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 Fun
Looking for an exciting new sport? Before you go and buy new equipment, take a course at Rip Curl...
Wedding Overdose
Everything is booming in this country such as property, business, airline companies, malls, cars, nasi goreng, bakso. Even the people...
Save the Grave
Our humble kampung townhouse, when we moved in with motorcycles, guys and monkeys, was populated by a swarm of spirits....
A Day in the Life of Kuta Beach
Ask any tourist on their way to Bali where they intend to visit and more than one in five will...
Ubud’s Museum Mile for Art Lovers
Neka Art Museum Setting out on a Sunday in the slow season, an unexpectedly ideal day to visit museums, the...
A Celebration of Indonesian Cuisine
WHERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO EAT INDONESIAN FOOD? Bali is a strange place — you can find French fine...
Sexy Rio Sidik Jazz Quartet
Rio Sidik is Indonesia’s most famous jazz and fusion musician and singer, well known too on the International music scene....
Pavilion – Music and Art Combine
Jalan Batubelig is a 3 km stretch of winding road starting from Leo Square junction (going west) off Jalan Kerobokan...
Uncovering Sanur’s Hidden Treasures
Where to start? Sanur’s restaurants’, hotels’, and galleries’ walls are adorned with work from artists right across Bali, but where...
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
As a middle aged man I don’t mind admitting I have no idea what wellness is. Then again I don’t...
Dwi – A Modern-Day Balinese Heroine
Dwi, the second of six children brought up in Singaraja, who is today studying for a degree in International Hospitality...
Bali’s Healthy Food Producers from A to Z
Our local food producers are island treasures. Practicing sustainable agricultural techniques and using pure ingredients with no preservatives or genetically...