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Lights Out!
HECTOR’S DIARY His diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali, Saturday, Mar. 25, 2017 IT’S Nyepi on Tuesday, Bali’s Silent Day. It is celebrated on the first new moon in March, which this year is on Mar. 28, at the same time as Indian Hindus mark their festival of Ugadi. It ushers in the Continue reading
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Statues of Liberty
HECTOR’S DIARY Bali, Saturday, Mar. 11, 2017 IT was so nice to hear that our high profile regal Arabian visitor – Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and Head of the House of Saud – liked Bali so much that he extended his stay. He’s due Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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Seriously, Folks
HECTOR’S DIARY in the Bali Advertiser Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 WE had an interesting chat the other day (no names, no pack-drill) about Bali’s new tourism demographics and their effect on the five-star-plus hotel sector. Basically, it’s not good news. The emphasis on the low-cost domestic and Chinese markets is bringing in lots more people Continue reading
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Law v Lore
HECTOR’S DIARY His diet of worms and other delicacies Bali, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 THERE’S a great deal of misinformation about on the issue of Sharia law, particularly in western countries. So when Ubud identity Darsih Gede passed along a handy brief from a long-time friend, an American woman married to an Indonesian Muslim, Continue reading
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Another Round
HECTOR’S DIARY His diet of worms and other tasty morsels Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 THE Bali authorities have accepted a proposal from the Japanese city of Kumamoto to help with rabies eradication, a duty they’ve managed to evade for nine years now despite help from local animal welfare charities, foreign governments and the United Nations. Two Continue reading
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Finding Refuge
Originally posted on The Global Goddess: ON a balmy Brisbane evening I am slouched under a magnificent tree, savouring a plate of colourful African fare and sipping a Tusker malt lager. There’s but a whisper of a wind on this hot summer evening, just enough to scatter the tree’s tiny white flowers onto the faded… Continue reading
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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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