Back to School!
Can You Take a Child out of School for a Year? I recently came across a parents group arguing against longterm family travel on the...
Category: Places
In Conversation
Her voice catches me first. It’s actressy, well-honed, modulated, and, my lord, it carries. It’s like Princess Diana in her “three people in this marriage”...
The Sound of Silence
On Saturday, town was so quiet you could literally hear the silence. Not the usual raucous night-time non-quiet, the squawking yabber of geckos, the surprising...
Learning to Love Our Motorbike
It didn’t take sharing a road with the Bali Merzy Motorcycle Club, arguably the best-behaved bikers on the planet, to teach me that there’s nothing...
Mmmm….. Pork!
Now, I do love pork. And, if pork’s your thing – or even if it isn’t normally – Balinese babi guling is a dish you...
The Sunday Six: Melbourne Bars
Biero Like beer? Then you’ll love Biero, which offers several hundred of the world’s finest brews, from the eye-wateringly expensive high-alcohol triple bocks through to...
Temple Monkeys: The Devil’s Work
To anyone with an evil sense of humour, hanging out at a temple with monkeys is a guaranteed source of entertainment. Gasp as a tourist...
From the Bowels of the Beast: The World’s Most Expensive Coffee
Ever heard of kopi luwak? It’s the world’s most expensive coffee. Because It Comes From the Bowels of the Beast. Yep. Kopi luwak is processed...
A Cremation in Bali
The three giant black bulls had been sitting in state outside Ubud Palace for a day or so, golden necklaces adorning their necks, their dangling...
The Sunday Six: Sydney Bars
1: Shady Pines Saloon A New York hipster bar with an Aussie sense of humour. Country and Western plays, skulls adorn the bar, a fine...