Every year in Bali we have a ‘NYEPI DAY‘ as a Silence day, which officially starts from 6am and ends on 6am the next day. As a resident of Bali for almost 9 years now, I have experienced this ‘black out’ day for 8 times now. The Hindus/Balinese stay at home, no light, no work, […]
Category: Bali
MANGROVE PHOTOSHOOT
Saturday morning, 28 Feb’09, 9.15am. As a ‘photomodel wannabe’ and a passionate photographer, Bart and I went to Mangrove Information Centre in By Pass Ngurah Rai St Km 21, Suwung Kawuh, Bali, after jogging at Renon Park, in Denpasar. I’ve always wanted to go to this place, people occasionally do a pre-wedding photoshoot here thanks […]
IMPOSSIBLE BEACH EVER
Living in Jimbaran has multiple advantages in terms of distance to famous and beautiful beaches. Five minutes from Jimbaran Bay and its seafood cafes, ten minutes to Dreamland that is now called ‘New Kuta’ Beach (a leisure complex investor has changed this legendary name of the beach that once was found by some western surfers […]
Driving License – ESPRIT DE CORPS
This morning I went to the Police office in Denpasar to renew my driving licenses both for car & motorbike. I usually get a help from Pak Gede & his team– a police officer I knew back in 2001, just to speedy the process and you’ll give some extra money for this extra service, off […]
BALI RIDERS
8 Years in Bali. I still could scream and swear to a motorbike rider who passed my car and cut the line in front of me, or a mother with her 2 kids – no one wearing helmet, just suddenly came out from small road, she didn’t even care to look behind from the rear […]