Sex, Drugs and Other Diversions
If Jakarta is the city that never sleeps, not least because of the rousing pre-dawn call to prayer blaring from...
Observations
How to Know If a Scam Is a Scam Before You Are Scammed
As I sat in my Jogja hostel after another long day of slaving away in front of empty Word documents...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Green is not just another colour, these days everyone’s talking green; not US Dollar-green but green as a synonym for...
Bule Yogya
8 months ago, after my controversial column about Bali, I received some very nice emails from you guys. Thanks a...
A Ghost In The Backyard
It used to be a house in Menteng but had been converted to an office. In many instances, the old...
Bali Highs – Down to Up in Ubud!
Tired of Working? Wanting to Escape to Bali? This article explores the underlying traps of these two thoughts – and...
High Season Kick-Off Party
The high season kick-off party at the Legian 101 hotel is a definite good time for expats and visiting tourists...
East is West and West is, well…
Anthony Burgess’ begins his marvellous series of novels, The Long Day Wanes, (aka The Malay Trilogy), with Flaherty, a British...
The Golden Arches
Several publications, including The New York Times, ran pieces recently detailing the Jakarta phenomenon of young people congregating in local...
Selamat Datang di Indonesia
In Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Jakarta) you may have had an unpleasant experience to share. By the end of this article, I...
A Little Perspective Please…
Sitting in the Bali domestic airport it can be easy to forget the reasons why I call Indonesia home, no...
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,...
Religious Affairs Indonesia Moving
Easter recently came and went and so, with contrition on my mind, I took myself along to the Easter Sunday...