Eyewitness Guide to Bali & Lombok 2019
A DAY AT THE RACES
The rough narrow racetrack through the rice fields was lined with thousands of people; illegal betting was rife, dozens of makeshift food stalls were selling Fanta and nasi jingo, and I had just escaped being trampled to death by a pair of magnificently decorated bull buffaloes Read More »
Awestruck in Kalimantan
I remember standing in the school playground when I was 10 years old watching a solar eclipse with my classmates under the supervision of our teacher. The world didn’t go as dark as I had hoped but that’s because it was only a partial eclipse. Today, for the first time ever, I watched one in totality as the moon crossed directly between the Earth and the Sun in the clear blue sky of Balikpapan, in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Read More »
A MAGICAL WISHING LAKE
Lying off the northern coast of Sumbawa, Indonesia, is an ancient strato-volcano island called Satonda. This entire, small, circular island– just two kilometres in diameter – is the top of an emerging volcano, rising 1000 metres from ocean floor with just 300 metres exposed above sea level. In the centre, occupying the crater of the old volcano, is a mysterious salt-water lake that takes up about half of the island’s surface. Read More »
View from the bed
Over the last few years I’ve been inspired to take some photos of the views from some of the beds I’ve slept in, both in Bali and on my travels. Read More »
GRAND PINISI BOAT LAUNCH
Four weeks ago, we cruised into the boatbuilding village of Sangeang Wera in northeast Sumbawa and saw this almost-completed pinisi cargo boat on the beach. The boatbuilders told us the launch would take place on 17th May, so we decided to come back to watch the event. Read More »
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- A DAY AT THE RACES 14 August, 2016 by Rachel
- Awestruck in Kalimantan 09 March, 2016 by Rachel
- A MAGICAL WISHING LAKE 20 August, 2015 by Rachel
- View from the bed 03 August, 2015 by Rachel
