Category: Food
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Who Let the Dogs Out?
HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser Wednesday, Jul. 19, 2017 EATING dog is something we would never do. It disgusts us, for all sorts of reasons. We also understand that this is largely a cultural issue. Eating man’s best friend is not generally a practice of people whose conditioning originates from what is now Europe.…
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Good on You, Renae
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali Dec.7, 2016 THE indomitable Lizzie Love, who we’ve always thought would have made a first-rate Flapper if she’d been around in the Roaring Twenties last century, is a very fine friend to many in Bali. In particular her interest in prisoners in…
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The Sisyphus Factor
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali, July 6, 2016 The retreat of the resources sector is apparently hitting the accommodation and pembantu sectors in Jakarta, as well as business generally. For a country such as Indonesia, just as for Australia, depressed demand and sinking prices for commodities hit…
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Here’s a Tip
Hector’s Bali Diary, Apr. 27, 2016 His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Now that the issue of destroying Benoa Bay so that rich people can get even richer is at the forefront of the public mind, and is the subject as it should be of robust dissention, it’s time to…
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Oct. 28, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Peace Off There is a debate under way over Bali’s branding as a destination. It’s probably less tiring to whicker about that than to act firmly to curb the growing list of demerits that stand in the way of Bali being any sort of destination:…