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]
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A little (big) love story
Once upon a time there was a Welshman who loved to ride bikes, climb mountains and dive in the ocean. Steve had been through a lot; a life of service,… [Continue Reading]
Changing the world one pony, and child, at a time
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]
The magic of human touch – 9 random special memories
~ Reach out and touch, somebody’s hand, make this world a better place, if you can ~ 1 Play Not long after my family moved to Australia, I became friends… [Continue Reading]
Sunshine Wine
The white-capped hills around me, silver in the sun, were exotic. Romantic even, to my eye. I heard the woolly sheep in the green fields become silent when they stopped… [Continue Reading]
fleeting
While the men sauntered home or rode rickety bikes from the maghrib prayers at the mosque around the corner, and on the mainland teenagers rode to a lookout, lit cigarettes… [Continue Reading]
A tiny tourist island… with no tourists
Gili Meno, the tropical island that’s been my home for the last five years, is tiny. I often walk around the whole island, barefoot-in-the-sand-at-sunset, and my phone shows me it’s… [Continue Reading]
TIME OUT
We didn’t really need the virus to slam its huge sinister foot on the world’s brake pedal, making the world skid and slide to a slower pace, to know that… [Continue Reading]
When the going gets tough, the tough get cooking (Coronavirus blog-story #2)
“I told you something like this would happen!” Ayu whispered to her colleagues. One of her friends shushed her. It wasn’t in their culture to question or complain or even… [Continue Reading]
This Ain’t No Walk In The Park (Coronavirus blog-story #1)
Dylan stomped his feet and wriggled so much that Sharon took twice as long as normal to put his sandals on. “Wait up little man, please stop moving,” she pleaded…. [Continue Reading]