Galvanized by the Venice Biennale, I recently returned from a twenty-three day trip to Italy. This every-other-year international art exhibition goes from May to November and always recharges my creative juices. Plus, I love being in Italy. The people, the food, the art, the Renaissance buildings, all speak to a deeper part of me. After […]
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Bali Eats
Naughty Nuri’s Seminyak is actually on Jln Mertanadi, Kerobokan. Whilst Ribs are obviously the specialty of this franchise, unlike the original in Ubud they also offer quite an interesting menu of other options. The most recent additions to the menu have been a full range of different burgers. The Charcoal Burger [pictured] has tender shredded […]
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Check out Bali’s Best Babysitting Facebook page and enter their competition to win prizes including free babysitting, free baby equipment hire, free family photo sessions, free baby food and free adventure journals. Bali’s Best Babysitting website is www.balisbestbabysitting.com. Follow links on the website for their Facebook page or do a search on Facebook for them. […]
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AquaMarine Diving – Bali’s 2020 Divemaster Internship Application is Now Open! At the end of 2011 AquaMarine introduced an initiative to re-invest in Bali’s dive community: The AMD-B 11 Month PADI Divemaster Internship for Indonesian Citizen Program. This initiative developed as AquaMarine sought ways to invest back into the local community, providing the highest level […]
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Well On The Way To A Waste Free Lifestyle A decade ago, Bali’s collective war on plastic waste was in its infancy. Fast forward some years and we’ve witnessed a change in our approach to single use plastics with the ban on plastic shopping bags and the Bye Bye Plastic Bags initiative that helped get […]
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Might seem more than a bit early to talk about Christmas shopping, but some long-range planning is essential when it comes to happier holidays. A super way for Bali expats to give Xmas gifts that will be cherished, used, and enjoyed (and, importantly, not cast off or re-gifted) is to just make a point of […]
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Here is a wonderful titbit of information that will make you the hit at the annual dinner of the Denpasar Toastmakers Club. Did you know there is no such thing as “cold.” Cold is in fact a worldwide con created by exuberant salesmen who want to sell fridges to Eskimos. You see “cold” doesn’t exist, […]
Read moreIndonesian Values and International Education at Taman Rama Intercultural School – Bali
Independence Day By: Adhelia & Angel, Year 12 Seventy-four years ago today, after waving the Indonesian flag for the first time, Ir. Soekarno declared the proclamation: stating our freedom in independence. On 17th of August, our school celebrated that day once again, like every school in our country, remembering the heroes who believed in and […]
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Central gov’t apologizes for damage caused by Benoa Bay reclamation, says project will be stopped An official from Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs apologized for the environmental damage caused by the reclamation of Benoa Bay and confirmed in a meeting with Bali Governor Wayan Koster that the controversial project will be put to a […]
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Indonesia restricts foreigner travel to restive Papua Indonesia is imposing restrictions on foreigners visiting its restive Papua region, the government said Tuesday (Sep 3), after four Australians were deported over claims they took part in independence protests. Papua, where a low-level insurgency against Indonesian control has simmered for decades, has seen two weeks of mass […]
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