Ubud Now & Then

  by Rio Helmi   “Where are all your children? It is so quiet in America…”   Yesterday, the last day of February, I attended …

Once upon a time Ubud really was a village. During an early childhood trip here with my family in 1963, my older sister left behind a bag with all our tickets etc, that my father put her in charge of, on the side of the main road in Ubud where we had…

Blue Stone Botanical are inspired by the plant-based healing traditions of the island peoples of Bali and Java who, living amidst abundant, volcanic agricultural lands, lush tropical rainforests, and along ancient sea routes, have long used aromatic plants to heal and fortify body and mind…

Originally from the UK, David O’Sullivan had a dynamic career in advertising and marketing, working in cities as diverse as London, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Sydney …

Originally from Quebec City, Claude Chouinard is the co-owner of several retreat centres and a spa in Ubud, and the casual fine-dining restaurant, Bridges. Bridges …

The lure of ‘paradise’ has brought millions of tourists to Bali over the last decades. Last year alone the figures suggest that more than 2.6 million tourists visited the island. Together with a local population of some 3.9 million inhabitants, the island has to cope with nearly two times the burden…

Agung Rai is a Balinese art dealer of international renown. In 1978 he opened his first gallery, and the Agung Rai Museum of Art in …

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