Indonesia
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Little Ripples
HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other tasty morsels Bali, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 WHERE Indonesia and Australia are concerned, you can always count on something unexpected to suddenly ripple the waters. It’s a bit the same as an Indonesian volcano: it’s quiet until it goes boom. In Australia, it’s mostly… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
Bali Advertiser, Bali Children Foundation, Bali DIVAS, Bangli drug prison, Christina Iskandar, Clare Srdarov, Contraband, Culinary treats, Flappers, International Date Line, Italian economic refugees, Lizzie Love, Morning walks, Mudstone Spa Retreat, Murphy’s Law, New Idea, Pearl Harbour, Pemberton, Perth, Refugee Learning Nest, Renae Lawrence, Sophie Digby, Vue Beach Club, Yak Awards -
Dystopian Delights
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali Nov. 9, 2016 THERE were no visibly ruffled kebayas at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival session featuring American author Lionel Shriver on Oct. 29. No one loudly rattled their worry beads or furiously flounced out. This was in stark contrast to the… Continue reading
America, Animal Welfare, Australia, Bali, Books, Festivals, Indonesia, Lombok, Tourism, Ubud, WritingBelgium, Books, Censorship, Chocolates, Culture, Death squads, Dystopia, Election fatigue, Gay penalties, Gianyar, Gill Westaway, Ines Wynn, Kori resort Ubud, Lionel Shriver, Mad Max, Marcel De Rijk, Politics, Puri Mas Lombok, rabies, Richard Boughton, Robert Epstone, Sara Sanders, Solemen Indonesia, St Regis Doha, The Mandibles -
That Other Kuta
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Lombok / Bali Oct. 26, 2016 IT’S quieter and rather less crowded than Kuta Bali, though it has grown a little. There’s something that resembles a main street with an Indomaret supermarket and a few other junior emporiums. The warungs along the beach, those… Continue reading
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Head for the Hills, Gabblers
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali Oct. 12, 2016 WELL, the Diary is ready for the feast. This will not be in Hotel California style. We’re not much into steely knives and we certainly don’t want to kill the beast. Not that what we’re talking about is a… Continue reading
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No Nooky Nonsense, Please
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali Sep. 14, 2016 THE view that the state should legislate morality and sexual conduct is hardly novel. Those who think they know better are ubiquitous. They appear in all societies, proselytising a prescriptive view of how their fellow citizens should behave. This… Continue reading
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Drink Up
Bali, Sep. 12, 2016 There’s been a flurry of reignited interest in the potty proposal of certain hardline Muslim legislators in Jakarta to place a blanket ban on alcohol throughout their prospective Indonesia Raya. The only thing new about the proposal is that it has just surfaced in a story in the UK Daily Telegraph.… Continue reading
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Shibboleths Revealed
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali, Aug. 31. 2016 Expatria, the spreading collection of dots that peppers the map of Bali like kibbutzim, as if it were the beginnings of an overbearing expropriation, had an unpleasant frisson of ferment recently over the tragic death of a policeman in an… Continue reading
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Something’s Missing
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali, Aug. 3, 2016 Young Australians and alcohol have a habit of not mixing very well. It’s a part of the national kaleidoscope that fractures the preferred public image of the land down under and reveals the reality of Australia today. It’s not only… Continue reading
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