Category: Ubud

• 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…

  8degreesoflatitude

  September 13, 2016

  Australia, Bali, Indonesia, Indonesian Law, Ubud

  Adultery, Catherine Stewart, Constitutional Court, Garden Drum, Indonesian studies, jade richardson, Latika Bourke, Le Moulin Creperie, Made Wijaya, New Colombo Plan, Rio Helmi, Writing Courses

• 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…

  8degreesoflatitude

  August 30, 2016

  Australia, Bali, Books, Expatria, Festivals, Fine Dining, Indonesia, Ubud, Writing

  Appeals, Bali, Biblical floods, Candi Dasa, jade richardson, Janet DeNeefe, Jo Hocking, Ku De Ta, Made Wijaya, Murder charges, Perth, Quinoa, The Ark, UWRF 2016, Vincent’s, Wayan Sudarsa

• 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…

  8degreesoflatitude

  August 1, 2016

  Animal Welfare, Art, Australia, Bali, Indonesia, Ubud

  Alcohol, Aussie louts, Australian Council on Healthcare Standards International, BIMC Hospital Nusa Dua, Elizabeth Henzell, Indus restaurant, Janet DeNeefe, Jetstar, Lyn Dargan, Marta Valbuena, Michael Johnsey, Odd gallery, Robert Eliot, Villa Kitty

• Blots on the Landscape

  HECTOR’S DIARY   His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali, Jul. 20, 2016   Where to start? We’ll leave aside (for the moment) certain segments of the bar scene where duty of care, which shouldn’t be an entirely foreign concept, is spelt WTF, and winks and nods at malfeasant bad behaviour, if…

  8degreesoflatitude

  July 20, 2016

  Art, Australia, Bali, Books, Environment, Festivals, Food, General Interest, History, Indonesia, Indonesian Law, Ubud

  Adrian Vickers, Australia, Bali, Bar riskers, Dog racing, Made Wijaya, Marian Carroll, NSW Premier Mike Baird, Sand extraction, Sophie Digby, Tim Hannigan, Ubud

• Gaia Waives the Rules

   Hector’s Bali Diary His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences June 22, 2016   This seemed to be the consensus among the worriers, at least, those who observe ephemeral climatic events as a message from someone or other (and of course, themselves) about the dangers of human environmental iniquity. But climate is cyclical…

  8degreesoflatitude

  June 21, 2016

  Animal Welfare, Art, Australia, Bali, Charity, Economic Development, Environment, Social Development, Ubud

  Australian election, Australian Sex Party, Bali Arts Festival, BAWA, Garuda, Governor Made Mangku Pastika, Mercy Corps, Miss Mermaid Bali, President Joko Widodo, Ric Shreves, Ross Fitzgerald, Surf2Save, The Melting Pot, Tolak Reklamasi, Tommy Michael Costa Rica, Tomy Winata, Ubud, visas on arrival, Waterman’s Week 2016

• 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…

  8degreesoflatitude

  April 29, 2016

  Bali, Economic Development, Environment, EU, Festivals, Food, Foreign Investment, General Interest, Indonesia, Lombok, Rabies, Tourism, Ubud

  2016 Ubud Food Festival, Benoa Bay, Chinese bridesmaids, Chinese investment, European tourists, FAO, Fragrant Rice, Gerard Delhaes, Rabies control, Suwung

• HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Mar. 3, 2016

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences    Don’t Miss Saigon A few days gazing at the Saigon River from the 16th floor apartment of friends, enjoying the quieter street life of post-Tet Ho Chi Minh City, cruising on the Mekong, and briskly sampling the crispness of the mountain resort city of Dalat,…

  8degreesoflatitude

  March 1, 2016

  Bali, Festivals, Indonesian Law, Lombok, Music, Politics, Public Administration, Social Development, Tourism, Travel, Ubud, Vietnam

  Ari Juliant, Bali Spirit Festival, Dalat, Deepak Chopra, Dvorak, Gay Emoticons, Handel, Huh – What’s That Scale, Mark Heywood, Mekong Delta, Nyepi, PLN, Prostitution, Ric Shreves, Saepul Bahri, Saigon, Saigon River, Sunday soirees, Terry Renton, The Studio Lombok, Wallace Line, Yoga

• HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Feb. 3, 2016

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious matters   Load of Pit Bull Bali’s attractions as a resort for western tourists (that distinction is becoming more and more important) have taken a hammering lately. It was interesting to see that this received notice in the Jakarta Post on Jan. 27. Or perhaps not a…

  8degreesoflatitude

  February 2, 2016

  Animal Welfare, Australia, Bali, Books, Festivals, Indonesian Law, Rabies, Tourism, Ubud

  21st Century, Animal cruelty laws, Bully a Bule, dog-fighting, illegal gambling, Malcolm Turnbull, Plastic rapped, Tat Tvam Asi, TED Talks, Tony Abbott, UWRF 2016, Valentine’s Day, Year of the Monkey

• 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. 29, 2015

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences   An Orwellian Travesty Putu Sumantra, who is head of Bali’s animal husbandry and livestock service but who keeps providing evidence that he would be better not allowed out with a broom and instructions to sweep the steps, would like the public not to oppose the…

  8degreesoflatitude

  April 29, 2015

  Animal Welfare, Art, Bali, Festivals, Public Administration, Rabies, Social Development, Ubud

  Alice in Wonderland, Dog Culling, Flash Riding, Four Seasons, Ganesha Gallery, George Orwell, Janet DeNeefe, Made Mangku Pastika, Marian Carroll, Muhammad Arwani Thomafi, Putu Sumantra, rabies, Sundara, Ubud Food Festival, Uday Rao, Yoga