The Eagle Has Flown
Bustling around the room in his new black T-shirt and jeans, gathering clothes, piling belongings on his bed, Z looks — well, I can only...
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The Sunday Six: Things to Do in Bali with Kids
Go Waterbombing! Whether you live in Bali, or are spending your holidays in Bali, a trip to Waterbom is one of the best things to...
Our Last Hurrah
All of a sudden, as we load up the bike and bump out of the coffee plantation and over the waterfall bridge, it feels as...
The Friday Photo: Sunrise over Uluru
In an attempt to improve my photography, I’ve been reading an ebook called Getting Out of Auto. To motivate me, I’m going to post a...
More Adventures in the Ijen: Escape from the Toxic Lake
Before we can escape the lake of farts for the coffee plantation, there is, as ever, the little matter of our motorbike. After our ordeal...
The Sunday Six: Places to Stay in Bali that Aren’t Kuta
Lake Batur The Batur volcano climb is a Bali classic, with stunning views of the sun rising over the twin sacred mountains, Bali’s Agung, and...
20 Words to Get You (Almost) Anywhere in Indonesia
I once ordered “fried p*ss” instead of “fried potatoes” in a restaurant. And, on presenting a landlady with her key, I announced, “I’m so sorry!...
Z Versus the Lake of Farts
After our trials and tribulations getting to Ijen, the mountain refuge feels, well, gooooood… Basic, sure. But basic in a good, sweet, simple way. We’re...
The Road to the Lake of Farts
Frankly, on arrival in Bali I feel like kissing the ground, Pope-style. Or, as Z puts it, “Civilisation! We’re back in civilization.” We have a...
My 7 Links: It’s Payback Time
Almost a year ago we were in Malaysian Borneo — somewhere up the Batang Rejang, as I recall — and I joined in a sort...