It’s years since I visited Singapore. Not that I had been deliberately avoiding the Garden City. No, I hadn’t been back for…
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Emerging from the shadow of its more popular neighbors, Taiwan fights well above its weight for travellers looking for an Asian holiday…
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Researching for an article I’m writing I revisited Redgum’s 80’s pop song I’ve been to Bali too. Now I can’t get the…
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Imbued with a sensory culture that has tendrils reaching far into Japan’s Heian period over 800 years ago, Kyoto offers an enticing…
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There’s something immensely pleasurable about the soothing rhythm of long distance train travel. Despite the cosy quarters and extended confinement, I’m…
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I confess that I wasn’t thrilled at receiving an invitation to attend Bali’s Nusa Dua Theatre for a performance of devdan –…
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I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve visited Bali. Visiting for the first time as a teenager accompanied by my…
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[photoshelter-img width=’480′ height=’340′ i_id=’I0000R9ShdFAq0wg’ buy=’1′]The air temperature is hovering just above zero degrees Celsius. Naked strangers, we silently soak in soothing warm…
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BIMC Hospital Group in Bali has announced a partnership with the Courtyard by Marriott Bali to provide the country’s first ever medical…
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Steeped in ceremonial rituals, there is far more to sipping tea than simply quenching one’s thirst Tea is not to be trifled…
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Unexpectedly tears welled in my eyes as I released my delicate rice paper sky lantern, watching it gently ascend into the starlit…
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Drenched to the skin on a wretchedly bleak day while a pall of grey hangs over the mountains, we trudge through puddles…
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Emotionally charged atmosphere as tens of thousands of flaming paper lanterns released skywards as part of Taiwan Lantern Festival