Tag: Lombok

• 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 […]

  8degreesoflatitude

  August 9, 2018

  Australia, Bali, Earthquakes, Environment, Indonesia

  Big Garuda, Dale Sanders, Lombok, Merah Putih

• Hot Rocks

  HECTOR’S DIARY    Tasty and distasteful morsels from his regular diet of worms   THE CAGE Bali Monday, Jan. 22, 2018   MT Agung staged a further demonstration of its volcanic power the other day, with a Strombolian eruption that showed the mountain’s capacity to pick and choose how it goes off. It suddenly blew […]

  8degreesoflatitude

  January 22, 2018

  Australia, Bali

  Australia Day, Lombok, Saudi Arabia

• Born Free

    HECTOR’S DIARY The Cage, Bali Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017   His regular diet of diet of worms and other non-religious experiences   THERE is a release, of sorts, in being relieved of the duty to write for a publication. You’re freer to write what you really think, in the patois of your choice, in […]

  8degreesoflatitude

  December 4, 2017

  Bali, Charity, Global Politics, Indonesia, Lombok, NGOs, Tourism, Writing

  Climate change shamans, Cyclones, Deadlines, Donald Trump, Garuda, I’m an Angel, Lombok, Rain dances, Royal liaisons, Sex pests, Solemen Indonesia, Truman Capote, Volcanoes, Whingeing Aussies and Others

• HECTOR’S DIARY, Bali Advertiser, Dec. 10, 2014

    His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences   Salad Days? Hold the Mayoh We were surprised recently to read that Royal Pita Maha, one among many resort hotels at Ubud, was “quite literally out of this world”. News of this galactic shift had hitherto eluded us. Fortunately it turned out not to […]

  8degreesoflatitude

  December 9, 2014

  America, Australia, Bali, Lombok

  American Realtors, balikids.org, Carols by Candlelight, Chinese consulate, Christina Iskandar, Divas, Dudes, Ecuador, jade richardson, Jetstar, Kebun Resort and Villas, Lisa Mayoh, Lombok, Long Lunches, Mozaic Beach Club, Nikki Beach, Pluto, Royal Pita Maha, Svarga, West Nusa Tenggara, YPAC

• HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Feb 5, 2014

    His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences   New ROLE for Netball Netballers have always been vaguely worrying. Their skill at stopping dead when they get the ball – since unlike basketball you can’t run with it – is a complete mystery to people (such as your diarist) whose own sport is […]

  8degreesoflatitude

  February 4, 2014

  General Interest

  Air NZ, Bali Flames netball, Groundhog Day, Ill-mannered Aussies, karma, Lombok, Louise Cogan, Pete Seeger, Peter Cosgrove, ROLE Foundation, Susi Johnston, Year of the Horse

• HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, July 11, 2012

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences  My Hat, it’s Good to See You A spell in Lombok can do wonders for the jaded soul, and thus it was recently when Diary and Distaff took some lovely Balinese friends from Nusa Dua, a family of five, to the island and to Gili Trawangan […]

  8degreesoflatitude

  July 10, 2012

  Bali, Writing

  AJ Hackett, Hajjis, jade richardson, Lombok, Tourism, Ubud, writing