Rio Helmi – Bali 15th June 2020 It’s been more than a week since the Eid holidays that marked the end of Ramadan, and I’m …

The coffee tree shaded road from the ridge near Dausa drops down steeply through the aroma of cloves and coffee. A panorama of Buleleng’s eastern …

In which photographer Rio Helmi sneaks away from worldly duties to get a glimpse of the massive procession on foot from Batukau high up in …

photographer / tweeter Suki Zoe’s take on day 2 at the 2019 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival  #uwrf19 (lead photo: Yottam Ottolenghi) Yottam Ottolenghi: “Cooking …

In which our quasi-intrepid reporter does one of his 250 km rides all the way around Mt Agung for the first time in months to …

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 …