This weekend is the anniversary of the first mass evacuation on Gunung Agung’s slopes following the level 4 (Awas) alert issued by the official the …

Rio Helmi thinks this, his latest in the series, should be called Under the Volcano and Across the Straits instead, but we don’t want to …

The Next Generation of Artisans Would Rather be Texting: long term resident and author Cat Wheeler tells us a true story, and gave us photos …

On the road again: A couple of weeks of volcanic drama finds us on the road again. photos and text copyright Rio Helmi above: The …

Vale Nyoman Suradnya, a.k.a. Badung, larger than life, who had an even bigger heart and loved his hometown Ubud with every inch of it.  The …

Graeme MacRae delves into history  to give us some perspective on the importance of food in the emergence from obscurity of the princedom of Ubud …

Rio Helmi checks it out, jots down a couple of notes and snaps a few pics: TEDx Ubud celebrated their 7th and most highly attended …

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 …

This piece by Wayan Juniartha previously appeared in the Jakarta Post before Gusti Made Srimin Suteja’s cremation. Nonetheless we found it to be still poignantly …

by Diana Darling Older expats in Bali are mourning the passing of Carole Muller, who died in her sleep in Sydney at midnight 22 December …