photographer / tweeter Suki Zoe’s take on day 1 at the 2019 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (lead photo: Lemn Sissay) Lemn Sissay in  My …

Pretty busy weekend what with Independence Day etc, but we were lucky to at least catch the last night of the UbudVillage Jazz Festival 2019 …

Today, the 17th of August, marks nearly three quarters of century of Indonesia’s independence. As in other parts of the country, here in Bali celebrations …

Text and photos © Anggara Mahendra Replacing plastic with besek (as they are known in Indonesian) isn’t a big deal for some people. But not everybody …

Teks dan foto © Anggara Mahendra Mengganti plastik dengan besek bukan hal besar untuk sebagian orang. Tapi belum semua orang punya pemikiran atau meluangkan waktu …

With the current template for mass tourism, is balance possible between the Balinese agrarian life and the agro-tourism juggernaut? Graeme MacRae gives us an overview: …

During the Eid al Fitr (Idul Fitri in Indonesian) prayers early in the morning at Denpasar’s Puputan field in Renon, thousands of Muslims came to …

Rio Helmi tries to make sense of the ongoing marathon of Agung’s eruption cycle – What is it going to do next? When will it …

The idea of holding a Presidential, People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), and all three levels of parliamentary election simultaneously seemed overly ambitious to begin with, and …

A sputtering Bavarian machine, an inscrutable mountain, buried roads. Rio Helmi checks up on the mountain and it’s people. Mt Agung remains somewhat inscrutable and …