This is the third in Anthropologist Graeme MacRae’s series about Ubud. This time he looks at the special kind of Ubud jam that you can’t …

Made Wijaya, a.k.a. Michael White, convened, chaired or provoked (we’re not sure which) a house rocking panel at the Left Bank earlier today. Invited/seduced/coerced (again …

by Graeme MacRae When I arrived in Ubud a few weeks ago, after a gap of three years, I thought I was prepared for the …

Nigel Mason is something of an expat business legend in Bali (and beyond). He has lived in Bali for 34 years, building an ‘empire’ from …

(translated from Indonesian)  Kadek Gunarta aka ‘Dek Gun’ took some time out early last week to chat with old friend Rio Helmi Rio Helmi: I …

by Rio Helmi Though many obituaries have been, and undoubtedly will be, published about Pak Joop Ave, whose career spanned two major political eras of …

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    Text and photos by Rio Helmi     Born in Padang Tegal in 1980, Kadek Purnami says her clearest recollections from her Ubud …

by Diana Darling “Good morning, this is the Ubud Royal Public Works Customer Service Desk, how may I help you?” “I’d like to have a …

by Diana Darling     By the latest count, there are now 17.5 gazillion villas in Greater Ubud, meaning that part of Bali with no …