Welcome to Indonesia
From Zürich, we had taken a 4.5 hour train ride to Paris, and after a stop in the countryside for the holidays, it was a 12 hour flight to Singapore, followed by a 2.5 hour flight to Denpasar, Bali....
View ArticleSelamat Tahun Baru (Happy New Year) !
Happy New Year 2009 ! Bonne Année ! Prosit Neujahr ! And for me here in Bali, it’s Selamat Tahun Baru in Indonesian. You could not go through any village or town here without seeing stands upon...
View ArticleScarecrows, Rattling Cans and Howling Rice Guards
We have been staying in a house at the end of a narrow, short road, in the middle of Bali‘s rice fields. It is almost as if the house was picked up by the same tornado that took Dorothy and Toto in...
View ArticleThe ABC’s of Indonesian Fruit
There was certainly a lot to learn while in Indonesia – religion, culture, history, land… and food. Staying in a house with Wiwit, a petite Balinese woman (you’ll see her photo below), allowed me to...
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