Looking back on Bandung
I’m writing this nearly a month after returning from Indonesia. Most of the time it’s only after a media trip that I’m able to think about what actually happened. Media trips move very quickly....
Category: Indonesia
Kawah Putih in Bandung
I could smell the White Crater before I even reached it. Rotten eggs, I thought, as I went closer. No, scratch that. Make that thousands of rotten eggs. This particular brand of perfume wasn’t...
Swept away by the Asian African Carnival
The street was a swirling sea of people. Bodies brushed against me in every direction- left, right and all around. I felt like a road cone stuck in heavy traffic, unable to move and...
Notes on the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2013
This year I attended the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, but since it happened in October and it’s already close to the end of the year, I’m sure I’m the last person...
The Seniwati Art Gallery, Bali
If you’re a male artist wanting to make it big in Bali, there’s one art gallery that will never accept your work no matter how talented you are. Not now, not ever. You’re just...
This week’s photo- Bali
Rice terraces, Bali
