DIVING STORY: AMAZING BALI DIVE Diving in north Bali is always beautiful but one day last season I had an especially memorable dive at the famous USAT Liberty Wreck in Tulamben/ Amed in northeast Bali. I’d like to share it with you here…First let me elaborate on a few unique features of diving in the […]
BALI ARAK AND TUAK: BALI’S LOCALLY BREWED “MOONSHINE”
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to my free monthly newsletter —–>> pouring arak for a friend BALI ARAK AND TUAK: BALI’S LOCALLY BREWED “MOONSHINE” Most S.E.Asian countries have some form of locally brewed ‘hard stuff.’ In Asia such brews are usually made from rice or palm juice. Bali’s […]
‘SURVIVOR’ REALITY TV SHOW CREW- INTRO
‘SURVIVOR’ REALITY TV SHOW CREW- INTRO In 2002 I worked as crew on 2 episodes of the American reality show ‘Survivor’ ! It all started when I was picked up off the beach on Koh Tarutao Island, one of Thailand’s National Park islands, as a Thai-English translator for the unit department, in charge of housing […]
LOSING MY SHOU MA
The first week Kitty came to live with me she was a bouncing bundle of joy and energy, racing around the room, puffing up like a porcupine, prancing sideways, popping up in the air, attacking, hiding, and generally playing energetically as young kittens do. She also ate, drank and poo-ed in large doses. Basically, she […]
TRAIN TO SAPA and VIETNAM’S NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS
TRAIN TO SAPA and VIETNAM’S NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS I never thought I’d be so thrilled to get back to Hanoi, especially since I’d left the city to escape its overwhelming noise and chaos. But by the end of my one-week tour of Vietnam’s NW mountains, I couldn’t wait to escape back to Hanoi. This time I […]
MY SAIGON STORY: AN UNEXPECTED BLAST OF URBAN CLUBBING
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to my free monthly newsletter. Thank you! —> riverside in Hoi An, central Vietnam MY SAIGON STORY: AN UNEXPECTED BLAST OF URBAN CLUBBING I was rather dreading going to Saigon after my relaxing 2 weeks inlaid-back, quiet, central Vietnam. Remembering Hanoi’s noisy chaotic […]
TRAVEL STORY: TENT ESCAPADE
TRAVEL STORY: TENT ESCAPADE I’d been camping in Byron Bay about a week with my good ole tent that had already sheltered me for several years all over Asia. I’d pitched it near the top of three volcanic mountains in Java, on numerous beaches in Thailand and Malaysia, amidst the Himalaya mountains in Nepal […]
SALT MAKING IN AMED BALI
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, please’LIKE‘ LashWorldTour, if you enjoy your read here. Thank you!—–>> baskets of finished salt awaiting pick up SALT MAKING IN AMED BALI Making salt from sea water is a traditional livelihood in the Amed area. Nowadays only a couple small communities, namely at Amed village and Jemeluk, still make salt. […]
LIBERTY SHIPWRECK DIVE SITE
USAT LIBERTY SHIPWRECK, TULAMBEN BALI The USAT Liberty shipwreck is one of Bali’s most famous, most popular and most accessible dive sites. It’s so popular, in fact, that almost daily the site and nearby Tulamben shore are packed with divers who’ve driven up to Tulamben with dive shops from all over Bali: from Kuta, Sanur, […]
LIFE OF A MACKEREL FISHERMAN IN AMED BALI
Amed fishermen coming back from morning trip LIFE OF A MACKEREL FISHERMAN IN AMED BALI Amed is a fairly remote, arid coastal region of poor fishing/farming communities along Bali’s far northeast coast. The entire area is collectively referred to as Amed but, in fact, consists of a series of small beach-side fishing villages, each with […]