• X-mas on Lombok and NYE in Sydney

    Lombok is predominantly Islamic and therefore we did not have high expectations of Christmas celebrations this year. There is Christmas decoration everywhere and you are invariably offered a “Merry Christmas and a happy new year”. But no matter how decorative, snowmen and reindeer don’t cut it when it is above 30 degrees Celsius and a […]

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  • New horizons

    Grand Hotel Europa by Ilja Pfeijffer is a fantastic novel, but not the best book to read while at your private swimming pool on Lombok during the first week of your four and a half month trip. It is about the ill effects of mass tourism, and it also addresses the selfishness – and idiocy […]

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  • Millionaires on Bali

    Change of setting, change of pace! Although Bali is a tropical island as well, it has a completely different atmosphere than the Micronesian islands. The heat is much more humid and therefore oppressive, the streets are noisy and crowded with people, cars and mopeds, there are little shops everywhere and you are constantly being asked […]

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