Tag: Lombok
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]