My very first Dragon

OK, I’m no linguist and I think perhaps that “Komodo” may well be the generic Balinese name for Lizards. But anyhow, I’m getting ahead of myself. So there I was, I’d finished my Chia and mixed fruit bowl with a ginger and lime juice featuring, I think you’ll agree, a VERY tasteful stirrer. Sated, I […]

The Smiling Pie-Men of Benares meet the simple Sigh-Man of Sydney.

They had a lot to smile about. Their pizza and apple pie were first rate, top notch and just like Mama used to bake. Crunchy thin crusts, fresh toppings, olive oil, caramely honey sweet chunky apple pie in flaky pastry, all within a hundred yards of a burning ghat. After meeting these magnificent pie-men I […]

Fabulous Fabienne Francotte at the Formidable Fort Galle Art Festival

Bali Kites

Cultural Sensitivity ?

Flowers and cute Balinese boys

These kids were just wandering down one of the main streets in Ubud calling out “Java, Java”. I have no idea what they were selling. They didn’t speak a word of English.

Monkey Forest Road

Man, there is a forest FULL of #*@$%*! monkeys here…and people actually go to look at ‘em ? Not me though, I’ve read “Me Cheetah” an epic tell-all roller coaster ride of an autobiography which lays bare the dark and hairy soul of these our simian cousins. Besides, there was more than enough wildlife to […]