Tag: PLN

• Hector’s Bali Diary, Mar. 30, 2016

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences   Voice of the People That 29 banjars can get together to protest the proposed corporate vandalism of Benoa Bay and the destruction of its precious mangrove environment is a political problem for the provincial government and the lesser authorities whose fief is Badung regency. This…

  8degreesoflatitude

  March 30, 2016

  Bali, Books, Environment, Festivals, Indonesia, Politics, Social Development, Tourism, Writing

  Benoa Bay, Candi Dasa, Clare McAlaney, Destination Asia, Droit de Seigneur, Earth Hour, Easter breaks, Free Visas, Governor Pastika, Grass roots democracy, Indonesia Raya, Mike O’Leary, PLN, Supporting ROLE, Tales of Lucky, Tolak Reklamasi, Tomy Winata, UWRF 2016, Vyt Karazija

• 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, Jun. 25, 2014

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences   Browned Off PLN is up to its old tricks again. No, we’re not talking about the sharp round of rises in its tariffs. It’s the lingering brown-out after its triumph in the 2010 globally unplugged championships that’s focusing our mind. PLN said then that there…

  8degreesoflatitude

  June 24, 2014

  Bali, Indonesia

  BAWA, Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Green School, Jane Goodall, Janice Girardi, Made Wijaya, PLN, rabies, Super Yacht Charity, Vancouver, Wishbone Bali Dogs

• HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Dec. 12, 2012

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences What a Stinker Sir Stamford Raffles is a footnote in history for having identified a swampy and malarial island at the bottom of the Malay Peninsula as the site of the future New Serenissima (Venice) nowadays known as Singapore. He is due that credit. He’s also…

  8degreesoflatitude

  December 12, 2012

  General Interest

  Biku, Brisbane, Christmas, Marie Bee, PLN, Rugby, Stamford Raffles, Tim Hannigan, Victoria Glendinning