Raja Ampat Dive Pioneers: Meet Burt Jones & Maurine ShimlockBill DaltonAugust 7, 2015August 4, 2017 by Bill DaltonAugust 7, 2015August 4, 201701020 Throughout Indonesia and the wider diving world, Burt Jones and Maurine Shimlock are known as the people who put Raja...
Bajawa Highlands: Heartland of FloresIndonesia ExpatJune 25, 2015August 4, 2017 by Indonesia ExpatJune 25, 2015August 4, 20170949 The growling, battered ‘executive’ bus stopped in front of our hotel in Labuan Bajo, its engine hungrily pointing towards the...
Looking for Borneo: Meet Mark HeywardBill DaltonJune 12, 2015August 4, 2017 by Bill DaltonJune 12, 2015August 4, 20170836 Traveller, musician, educator and author of two books on Borneo talks about life in Indonesia, his epic journey across the...
Going, Going, Gone: In Search of the Ultimate LonghouseBill DaltonJune 12, 2015August 4, 2017 by Bill DaltonJune 12, 2015August 4, 201701231 Along with blowpipes, traditional tattooing, mastery of plaiting crafts, canoe-building and the custom of wearing huge bunches of metal earrings...
The Mysterious, Phantasmagoric World of Javanese Wayang TheatreBill DaltonMay 29, 2015August 8, 2017 by Bill DaltonMay 29, 2015August 8, 201712206 The morality and messages conveyed in Wayang Kulit plays still permeate Javanese thought and daily life. The spellbound audience is...
Ralph Klemp | Bali Expats Facebook Group FounderBill DaltonMay 18, 2015August 7, 2017 by Bill DaltonMay 18, 2015August 7, 201701407 Ralph Klemp thought up the idea of his Bali Expats group on Facebook almost by accident. As a long-time aficionado of Bali,...
Saving Energy at Home: the Revolution in Green ConsumptionBill DaltonMay 4, 2015August 8, 2017 by Bill DaltonMay 4, 2015August 8, 20170409 Energy conservation is an acute necessity on the beautiful but vulnerable island of Bali. You can also save millions of...
Protect Your Home: Security for Bali ResidentsBill DaltonApril 6, 2015August 8, 2017 by Bill DaltonApril 6, 2015August 8, 201711276 With the alarming rash of home robberies and even killings during home invasions over the past year, it has become...
Bali & Massachusetts: Two School Systems Worlds ApartBill DaltonMarch 9, 2015January 21, 2021 by Bill DaltonMarch 9, 2015January 21, 20210683 Bill Dalton recounts his daughter Aysah’s unique but unenviable opportunity over the past ten years of alternating between two school...
Say it with FlowersBill DaltonFebruary 9, 2015September 5, 2017 by Bill DaltonFebruary 9, 2015September 5, 201701443 Spirits dominate everything the Balinese do. Offerings are presented every day, every full and new moon and whenever there’s an...
What do you pack?Bill DaltonJanuary 26, 2015August 8, 2017 by Bill DaltonJanuary 26, 2015August 8, 20170359 Roberto Di Marco was born and grew up in Rome, Italy. He attended a liceo in Rome, earning degrees in philosophy, psychology,...
Bali: A Magnet for Spa LoversBill DaltonJanuary 12, 2015August 8, 2017 by Bill DaltonJanuary 12, 2015August 8, 20170867 Offering remedies and therapies based on traditional treatments passed down through generations, the island of Bali, in the space of...
Galungan: Biggest Day of the YearBill DaltonDecember 15, 2014August 8, 2017 by Bill DaltonDecember 15, 2014August 8, 20170721 Celebrating the creation of the world by the supreme god and the victory of goodness or virtue (dharma) over evil...
Do the Right Thing: The Proper Disposal of Waste on BaliBill DaltonOctober 20, 2014August 8, 2017 by Bill DaltonOctober 20, 2014August 8, 201712096 In less than one generation, the reality of waste in Bali has totally metamorphosed. During this era of globalization, there...
Where To Wed on BaliBill DaltonSeptember 22, 2014August 8, 2017 by Bill DaltonSeptember 22, 2014August 8, 201711043 Though Bali has literally hundreds of different venues to hold a wedding, this embarrassment of choices need not be overwhelming....
Odyle Knight: Astrologer, Author, LecturerBill DaltonAugust 27, 2014August 8, 2017 by Bill DaltonAugust 27, 2014August 8, 20170644 It is appropriate that the theme of divine providence is the common thread running through all of Odyle Knight’s three...
Meet Sheila BurchBill DaltonJune 18, 2014August 11, 2017 by Bill DaltonJune 18, 2014August 11, 201701075 Meet Sheila Burch, an American yoga teacher and founder of the Ubud Yoga House, Bali. Sheila Burch was born...
Vivienne Kruger: Balinese FoodBill DaltonMay 6, 2014August 18, 2017 by Bill DaltonMay 6, 2014August 18, 20171644 Vivienne Kruger first visited Bali on a week-long overland trip from Jakarta in 1993. For five years, starting in 1999,...
Rick Creamer: Owner of Rick’s Pub CrawlBill DaltonMarch 10, 2014August 11, 2017 by Bill DaltonMarch 10, 2014August 11, 20170824 Rick Creamer was born on the Gold Coast in Queensland, but his family moved to Victoria when he was still...
Balinese Literature: A Moveable FeastBill DaltonFebruary 11, 2014August 11, 2017 by Bill DaltonFebruary 11, 2014August 11, 201702067 In understanding Balinese literature, we must start with a religion and mythology founded in India over 3,500 years ago. The...
Brendan O’Donnell: Bali Community Choir DirectorBill DaltonDecember 16, 2013August 16, 2017 by Bill DaltonDecember 16, 2013August 16, 20170808 Brendan conducted two Melbourne-based “SING AUSTRALIA” choirs before moving to Bali. He has lived in Bali since 2008. In 2009,...