Villa Country
by Diana Darling By the latest count, there are now 17.5 gazillion villas in Greater Ubud, meaning that part of Bali with no beach. The villa is the new homestay. Homestays were the response of...
View ArticleCircle K Next Door
by Diana Darling “Good morning, this is the Ubud Royal Public Works Customer Service Desk, how may I help you?” “I’d like to have a 24-hour Circle K-brand convenience store next door to my house.” “Are...
View ArticleKadek Purnami: A Commitment to Cultural Regeneration
Text and photos by Rio Helmi Born in Padang Tegal in 1980, Kadek Purnami says her clearest recollections from her Ubud childhood are from when she was around the age of eight. We had coffee at...
View ArticleNgobrol dengan "Dek Gun" Kadek Gunarta: Antara Seni, Sosial dan Perubahan
Awal minggu ini Kadek Gunarta menyempatkan diri ngobrol sama teman...
View ArticleVale, Joop Ave 1934-2014
by Rio Helmi Though many obituaries have been, and undoubtedly will be, published about Pak Joop Ave, whose career spanned two major political eras of modern Indonesian history and whose contributions...
View ArticleA Chat with ‘Dek Gun’– Art, Community and Change in Ubud
(translated from Indonesian) Kadek Gunarta aka ‘Dek Gun’ took some time out early last week to chat with old friend Rio Helmi Rio Helmi: I see you as part of a generation that serves as a bridge...
View ArticleNigel Mason: Still Crazy After All These Years
Nigel Mason is something of an expat business legend in Bali (and beyond). He has lived in Bali for 34 years, building an ‘empire’ from scratch together with his Balinese wife Yanie. At times...
View ArticleBudaya Tembok: The New Ubud?
by Graeme MacRae When I arrived in Ubud a few weeks ago, after a gap of three years, I thought I was prepared for the changes but I was taken by surprise. The first thing I was told was that all the...
View ArticleSuper Charged Albino Expat Syndrome #uwrf14
Made Wijaya, a.k.a. Michael White, convened, chaired or provoked (we’re not sure which) a house rocking panel at the Left Bank earlier today. Invited/seduced/coerced (again we’re not sure which) to...
View ArticleWhy don’t they fix the traffic? (Ubud Backstage #3)
This is the third in Anthropologist Graeme MacRae’s series about Ubud. This time he looks at the special kind of Ubud jam that you can’t seem to spread out…. Once upon a time (which a few of us still...
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