Tag: UWRF 2016

• That Other Kuta

  HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Lombok / Bali Oct. 26, 2016   IT’S quieter and rather less crowded than Kuta Bali, though it has grown a little. There’s something that resembles a main street with an Indomaret supermarket and a few other junior emporiums. The warungs along the beach, those…

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  October 25, 2016

  Animal Welfare, Art, Bali, Environment, Indonesia, Lombok, Photography, Public Administration, Public Works, Tourism

  Aceh, Airline delays, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Blasphemy, Bridges Restaurant, Exhibitions, Made Wijaya, Michael Johnsey, Omar Khayyám, Petty theft, Photography, Sharia law, Solemen Indonesia, Untustan, UWRF 2016, Villa Kitty, Wallace Line

• Head for the Hills, Gabblers

  HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali Oct. 12, 2016   WELL, the Diary is ready for the feast. This will not be in Hotel California style. We’re not much into steely knives and we certainly don’t want to kill the beast. Not that what we’re talking about is a…

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  October 11, 2016

  Australia, Bali, Books, Festivals, Indonesia, Road Toll

  Elizabeth Travers, Geoffrey Gold, Jack Daniels, Lionel Shriver, Neu! Reekie!, Paul Grigson, Sami Shah, Solemen Indonesia, Tim Hodge, Un’s Restaurant, UWRF 2016

• 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…

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  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

• 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…

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  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, 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…

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  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