Category: Environment
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A Bitter Blow
HECTOR’S DIARY Snippets from his regular diet of worms THE CAGE Bali Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018 THE second Lombok earthquake, on Sunday evening (Aug. 5), was far worse than its immediate predecessor (Jul. 29), and as finally calculated at seven on the Richter scale the biggest in this area in quite some…
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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…
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Absolute Rubbish
HECTOR’S DIARY Titbits from his diet of worms THE CAGE Ubud, Bali Wednesday, Apr. 18, 2018 THE perennial problem of rubbish has yet again raised its head as a topic de jour. The trash that litters Bali’s beaches – it’s not only in the tourist-overburdened south – is something that won’t go away.…
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Degrees of Idiocy
HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other non-religious fare THE CAGE Bali Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017 Degrees of Idiocy THE President of the Republic, Joko Widodo, familiarised here in the Indonesian way as Jokowi, has just visited Bali. Miraculously, the beaches appeared clear of the middens of muck that despoil them year round,…
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It’s a Scream
HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other non-religious fare The Cage, Bali Wednesday, Jul. 5, 2017 THERE are many ways to judge a man’s character. The gender is specific in this case, and the point is pertinent to the activities of the current president of the United States and, in this instance,…
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A Spicy Date
HECTOR’S DIARY in the Bali Advertiser Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2017 UBUD is the centre of much heritage and tradition in Bali. This remains its principal charm, which is offset only by its other role as a testing ground for the skills – or lack of these – of drivers of huge buses that service…
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