A royal cremation took place today in Ubud. Tjokorda Istri Sri Tjandrawati was the wife of Tjokorda Gde Sukawati, ‘Penglingsir’, leader of the palace. It was a truly spectacular adrenaline-charged event, which I felt privileged to witness and lucky to get close to. Read More »
What better to do on a Friday night in San Francisco than go and watch the Giants play. Read More »
Our 2500-mile American roadtrip took us from San Francisco to Lake Tahoe and Reno and on through western Nevada back into California and then through central Oregon to the far northeast corner of the state. From there we drove west to Portland and back down the Oregon-California coast to San Francisco. Read More »
When I was nine years old, my friend Deirdre and I used to play on a farm. One day we stole the key to a secret, haunted room, which we’d been forbidden to enter. Read More »
The reason why we came to the high desert cowboy land of northeast Oregon, Read More »
Having crossed the state border into Oregon, this was our immediate destination Read More »
“On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life Read More »
The first time I visited California was on my first ever overseas trip, a family holiday when I was 12 years old. Read More »
There’s a tree right outside my bedroom window and in the early mornings I watch the antics of the birds in the branches, especially this little couple. Read More »
Nearly everyone in this part of the world has heard of the Gili Islands, but not everyone knows that there are more than three. In fact, there are 26 Gili islands surrounding the mainland of Lombok. This one’s a secret treasure.
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I’ve always loved islands (which is why I’ve chosen to live on one) and, with 18,307 islands making up the Indonesian archipelago, there are plenty more to explore. This week I visited Belitung Island off the east coast of Sumatra Read More »
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