What is a Conscious Traveller?
When Bali Soul Journals was born, it was as sibling to another book, Things you need to know about Bali. As author, I had felt there was ‘something missing’, the ‘je ne sais pas’. It wasn’t until I...
View ArticleThe road to Gilimanuk
I was on the road to Gilimanuk that leads to the west coast of Bali, and the words of Maggie Thatcher of all people, were triggered in my head. Cars zoomed past both ears as I cautiously edged my way...
View ArticleThe Kingdom of the Lakes
Tucked away behind Bedugal, the temperate, ‘vegetable growing capital’ of Bali, there lays a mystical duo of lakes that are untouched by the touristic fingers of the South. I ‘stumbled’ upon them on...
View ArticleLembongan Life
The little girl looks at me with large brown eyes, lashes gently touching her cheek when she closes them. The rubber tube her mother has been using as a floating table for her basket while she...
View ArticleLooking for beauty
We can only be said to be alive, when our hearts are conscious of our treasures – Thornton Wilder Look for the beauty, it is in everything, even the back of a dusty old market in Canggu. I was sitting...
View ArticleLoving Lovina
The road from Lake Tamblingan over the mountains to Lovina seemingly kicked the chassis of our car about like a tin boat in a storm. Huge potholes were unavoidable, snaking across the road and marking...
View ArticleWest Kalimantan – Rays of Hope
Bali Soul Journals is the first in the Soul Journals Series. Last week, I travelled into wild and untouched West Kalimantan seeking the next story, and I was overwhelmed with sensory beauty. While...
View ArticleThe theft of Paradise
The views are breathtaking. Waves crash onto the island, the energy of their fury roaring up the cliffs on the wind. Tall trees with spines as straight as a ruler and trunks as white as bleached bones...
View ArticleNoah and his Ark
Every now and then, meeting someone causes me to pause, to check in with my soul and make sure that I truly am living a life of purpose. Last night, Dr Francine Neogo was one of those people. At 85...
View ArticleHands for Water
Beyond the lush vegetation of southern Bali, we bounce along a pot-holed road, dust flying into dried up rivers with floors of stone. This is a rain-shadow. Beyond the waters of the sea that flows to...
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