Never has the simple chore of “gathering my thoughts” presented such a daunting task, like the proverbial herding of cats. Two weeks ago I would …

Galungan is literally around the corner. One of the biggest celebrations in Bali,  it has mixed origins in animistic, ancestral worship, and ‘Hindu’ practices. As a …

Interview by Rio Helmi with PVMBG volcanologist Devy Kamil Syahbana stationed at the Mt Agung observation post in Rendang this morning, 24th October 2017 translated …

by Rio Helmi My days blur by under Mt Agung, the clouds swirling around it, and inevitably as November creeps up on us, the rains …

On the morning of the 4th I head off at 5.30 to get to Abang, a low lying, semi mountainous area which lies almost due …

This day  (the 26th), is going to be a long one. I was asked to standby at Kopernik for an interview at 9, so decide …

Text and photos ©Rio Helmi It’s the 23rd of September. Yesterday Robin Lim (celebrity midwife of Bali), the ever efficient Eka, her right hand woman …

Ethnic Faces, an exhibition of portrait paintings by long time Ubud resident Wolfgang Widmoser opened 25 February at Bali Bohemia, Nyuh Kunning, Ubud. The featured …

  by Ibu Kat The River People are getting annoyed. Their domain is the deep ravines that slash Bali’s topography from north to south. These …

So what is the view that the “average guy” sees in this maelstrom of building and economic boom going on in Bali these days? The …