For  a (very) special event of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2019, noted writing mentor Shelley Kenisberg (of Editing in Paradise fame) cooked up …

A round up of images and quote-ables from the last day of Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, all photos ©Rio Helmi lead photo above: The …

Pics and tweetables from the third day at Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2019 lead photo above: Andy Craven-Griffith during the Read to Me: Poetry …

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 …

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 …

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: …

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 …