Category: Economy

• Barely Aware

    HECTOR’S DIARY Titbits from his regular diet of worms   THE CAGE Bali, Monday, Jun. 4, 2018   THE practice among some western tourists here of going around in their beachwear well away from the beach has caused comment before, among the Balinese themselves though they are polite people and chiefly keep silent, and…

  8degreesoflatitude

  June 4, 2018

  America, Art, Bali, Economic Development, Economy, Environment, Indonesia, Politics, U.S.A.

  Balinese Touches, Bikini Bikers, jade richardson, Susi Johnston

• Blocked Roads, Anyone?

  HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other delicacies Bali, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017   BALI’S singular contributions to Chaos Theory are well known. They fuel debate, sometimes, but mostly they result only in huffing and puffing that gets no one anywhere, or else create fractious ennui, quite often of the terminal variety. It’s…

  8degreesoflatitude

  February 6, 2017

  Australia, Bali, Economy, Environment, Indonesia, USA

  Airport taxis, Chaos Theory, Dana Millbank, Flying cheese, Grab, La Niña, Potholes, President Trump, Prime Minister Turnbull, Tolak Reklamasi, Traffic mismanagement, Uber, Washington Post

• HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Aug. 19, 2015

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Let’s Make a Mess of It We do try very hard – really we do – to find little political or bureaucratic triumphs to lighten the load of otherwise observing serial dysfunction and give us something positive to write about that has emerged from government. But…

  8degreesoflatitude

  August 17, 2015

  Animal Welfare, Art, Bali, Books, Bureaucracy, Economic Development, Economy, Tourism

  Adithio Novielo, Alcohol, Ayu Swarie, Beef Bans, Lestari Art Space, Sanur F estival, Volcanoes, Vyt Karazija

• HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, May 27, 2015

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Comedy of Horrors The head of animal husbandry in Badung regency, Made Badra, is reported (by the Jawa Pos newspaper) to have come up with a brilliantly cunning Baldrick-style plan to solve the rabies problem in Bali. These guys must be watching bootleg DVDs of the…

  8degreesoflatitude

  May 29, 2015

  Animal Welfare, Bali, Charity, Economic Development, Economy, Music, Public Administration, Rabies, Social Development, Tourism, Ubud

  Bali Asli, Black Adder, Ceremco, Chaos Theory (Bali Traffic variety), Eva Scolaro, Hog Wild, Hotel Squeeze, Jemme Restaurant, Penelope Williams, rabies, SoleMen, Ubud Food Festival

• HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Apr. 1, 2015

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences In a Word: Tosh Proposals lately aired that would further limit the number of foreign workers in Indonesia are sensible. As a medium- to long-term strategy they are surely free of any downside. Though that would be in the context of the further development of the…

  8degreesoflatitude

  March 31, 2015

  Art, Bali, Economy, Festivals, Foreign Investment, Indonesia, Tourism, Ubud

  Agung Rai Museum of Art, Anak Agung Gede Putra Yuniarta, Australia, Bali Spirit Festival, Ex-colonial Cringes, Foreign Devils, Forgone Investment, Free Visas, Indian Visitors, Meghan Pappenheim, Tony Eltherington, Tourist Services, Warung Semesta