Jolanda and I are now in Canggu on Bali’s south coast, just down the beach from Kuta, Seminyak and Legian but so much quieter and more laid back. Having said that, the rate of new construction in the two years since we were last here is noticeable. I fear that within...
It was only 20 minutes drive from Ubud to Shanti Toya Ashram, but life seems so different here. From the busy streets and pedestrian clogged pavements of Ubud to an outlook over rice paddies, native bush and not much else. Aaaaaah . . . . Actually, this was our second...
Our flight from Sydney to Bali via Jetstar was quick and painless. I watched Bohemian Rhapsody and just loved Rami Lamek’s portrayal of the quirky, eccentric and ultimately talented Freddie Mercury. It was then just over an hour’s drive up to Ubud for our first few...
It was a sobering start to our big overseas adventure this year. Thirty minutes before boarding our flight to our first destination, Sydney, the television news got turned up in the departure lounge at Wellington airport. Initial reports of shots fired at a mosque in...
Not so long ago Jolanda and I departed New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington, for Whakatane – a small town in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, home to around 35,000 people. I was being transferred temporarily for my job at the Department of Conservation. My new temporary...
