Choice ‘Striving towards prosperity or striding towards excess’
What if having more meant enjoying less? Welcome to the age of ‘Affluenza’ or gluttony, this disease is marked by...
Outreach
Taufan: The Strongest Kid You’ll Ever Meet
Taufan might be the strongest kid you’ll ever meet. He’s seven-years-old now, but he’s been fighting leukemia since he was...
Food for Thought
In this 21st century, Bali is rarely referred to as a paradise. Aldous Huxley in the mid-20th century wrote a...
Natural Wildlife Repositories: The Animal Parks of Bali
Visiting an Indonesia-based animal park is the best way to get acquainted with the country’s unparalleled biodiversity spanning 4,800 kilometers...
Beep Beep
Last night I had the experience of a lifetime as far as taxi drivers go. I stepped into a...
Travelling with a Purpose
Ever wondered what it is like to come to Indonesia for a volunteer abroad programme or contribute your time to...
The Tragedy of the Travelling Dolphins
“We just want to protect dolphins but we have to wear bullet proof vests? That’s ridiculous!” said Femke of the...
Traffic Sense: The Right-Turn Phobia
Have you been frustrated lately sitting in your car and not moving? I’m sure you have as these endless traffic...
Kang Edi: The Caricaturist
In the shadow of Pasar Baru in Central Jakarta sits the coup de grace of every departing expat—Jalan Gedung Kesenian—and...
Chinese-Indonesians: The Identity In Between
As the “ancestral homeland” of over 300 ethnic groups, Indonesia is one of the most multicultural countries in the...
Recent Legal Developments
One of the most important things for Indonesian expatriates to remember is that the country’s laws and regulations are often...
Gotong Royong
“The success of Homo Sapiens rests primarily with our capacity for empathy and our urge to understand and appreciate others”...
Joko Widodo and the Importance of Being There
With a reputation for hands on leadership, in less than a decade Joko Widodo has risen to become Indonesia’s most...
Olivier Pouillon: Bali Recycling
In the mid-1990s, Olivier Pouillon saw a young child die at an illegal hotel dumpsite. The experience left a deep...
Politics
Politics as a science is defined as the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its...
I Made Mangku Pastika: A Governor of the People
The story goes that when I Made Mangku Pastika was a young boy, a neighbour hung himself over his gambling...
Recent Legal Developments
One of the most important things for Indonesian expatriates to remember is that the country’s laws and regulations are often...
The Biorock Project: Coral Reef Restoration in Pemuteran
One of the biggest issues in modern Indonesia is the deterioration of coastal coral reefs, due to many factors like...
Jakarta’s Real People
I don’t know about others, but for me one of the joys of living in Indonesia is its people. Not...
How to Make a Maltese Cross
While I was on holiday in Malta with some friends a few years ago we booked a boat trip to...
Want to Study Indonesian in Jakarta? Few Schools Here May Make the Grade
Finding quality Indonesian classes is surprisingly tough in the nation’s capital. And as interest grows it may get tougher. Back...