It’s Ramadan time and the mosque’s speaker systems have been belting out the calls to prayer louder and more often than normal. Last year I was in Australia through Ramadan… [Continue Reading]
He sells sea shells by the sea shore
Last weekend Made and I went on a Robinson Crusoe adventure to visit some quieter less inhabited small islands off the south-west coast of Lombok. They are known as “The… [Continue Reading]
Gili Meno-pause
This one’s for the women out there. And of course, also for you men that care about women. To start with, a travel warning for women coming to Indonesia. Do… [Continue Reading]
Friendship
The seed of new friendship grows with an energy of its own… With salt air and ocean water flowing free into the journeys of its body and soul, it pulses… [Continue Reading]
The little things – a simple life
Ah, the little THINGS SomeThing I said often in a couple of earlier chapters in my life was: “I could quite easily live in a tent!”. If it meant being… [Continue Reading]
The importance of vaccination – goodbye Big Ears
Nine lives? Not if you don’t vaccinate! I intended to write a post one day soon about our growing family of wild island cats 😺. It was to be a happy… [Continue Reading]
Journey recap…to be continued
A year – or almost all of a year – spent living in Indonesia. Would you believe it’s 12 months ago that I first arrived in Indonesia? In the midst… [Continue Reading]
A tale of two ceremonies
Last week was a special Hindu ceremony day – Ćivaratri or Shevaratri – celebrated by Hindu people throughout Bali and in Lombok too. I had been told that it was… [Continue Reading]
Gili horse clinic
The other day I travelled to the next island, Gili Trawangan, where they were holding a horse clinic. In my opinion, the horses on Gili T, as it’s known, are… [Continue Reading]
Living in a muslim country
So I have spent much of this year on Gili Meno, which is a Muslim island, off the coast of Lombok, the Muslim mainland. Lombok is known by the locals… [Continue Reading]