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A Rant: high-season moaning insta-tourists

by Claudia on October 9, 2024October 11, 2024

Another day, another boatload of excited but tired passengers from Bali arrive on the island. The transfer boat pulls up alongside the floating jetty and the newcomers stand up to… [Continue Reading]

It’s just a panic attack…!

by Claudia on July 22, 2024

I’m in the supermarket. I’ve only just walked in. As usual, the white light shocks me. But tonight something is different. It’s like, extra bright. I squint behind my fingers… [Continue Reading]

A non-first-world problem

by Claudia on September 20, 2022

Last night, with literally just a few hours notice, the fresh water supply on our tiny island of Gili Meno was turned off by order of the government. Today nobody… [Continue Reading]

Changing the world one pony, and child, at a time

by Claudia on May 28, 2021May 30, 2022

It’s hard to teach old dogs new tricks, right? Even more so if there’s big odds stacked against you. Odds like culture, religion, superstition, tradition, poor education and poverty. Horses… [Continue Reading]

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