Jul
13
Price Check is a series of posts from every destination we visit that could serve as a shopping list to stock the kitchen at the start of your stay, as well as a cost of living index in a way. We’re including some basic items to get you started plus a local specialty or two …
Jul
12
As a musician, the gamelan and its music has always intrigued me. This Indonesian ensemble of metallophones, xylophones, gongs and various other instruments is wonderful to listen to, but I have little idea of how the hell they make that enchanting noise. Is there a score they’re all following? Are there different instruments and different …
Jul
11
For travellers who need some handholding, the only thing they’d probably miss from a holiday rental is a concierge. Being travel writers, we’re not the types to depend on one other than to score us a hard-to-get restaurant table, although we can certainly appreciate a good concierge. Occasionally we’ve been surprised to find a holiday rental …
Jul
07
The gardens of our Balinese villa are so gorgeous, we decided to devote a whole photo gallery to them instead of including them in our ‘Home Away from Home in…’ post as we usually would. The place is so beautiful and the gardens so tranquil that even when we had to work it was a …
Jul
07
Bali is to Australians what Mallorca is to the British and Cancun is to Americans, a cheap beach holiday destination. But one person’s popular vacation spot is another’s exotic off-the-beaten-track escape. Our Bali is altogether different again and, somewhat surprisingly we’re besotted with it. We must have been the only two Australians who didn’t have …
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