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In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering ...

China / India / Indonesia Kenneth Champeon

Wayan, a central character in Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love prepares our meal for us

Eat, Pray, Love

The 'Love' section of Elizabeth Gilbert's book Eat, Pray, Love takes place in Bali. Wayan, a trad...

Indonesia MaryLou Driedger

Opening parade, 1999 Nusa Dua Festival.

Bali has a way of infiltrating your heart. Once you've been there, you're never really the same a...

Indonesia Graham Simmons

Women weaving baskets for morning offerings.

Bali is so many things- great food, friendly people, brilliant stars, rejuvenating massages, fasc...

Indonesia MaryLou Driedger

My golf caddy in Bali was an invaluable asset.

Seeing Bali Through Sunlini's Eyes

The caddies on the Nirwana Golf Course in Bali are experts at golf but they can teach you so much...

Indonesia MaryLou Driedger

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War-weary Asian nations offer new treats for tourists

War-weary Asian countries are planning new treats for travellers in a bid to cash in on a "peace ...

Cambodia / Indonesia / Sri Lanka AFP/Mel Gunasekera

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Bali's new-age yogis

Bali profits from business of soul-searching, spiked recently with the publication of Elizabeth G...

Indonesia AFP/Angela Dewan

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Charles Baker's Drunken Oriental Junket

An NPR interviewer once asked writer David Sedaris why he had left New York and moved to Paris. H...

Indonesia / Thailand / Japan Kenneth Champeon

Little girls greet me as I enter an elementary school in Bali.

School Visit in Bali

I was greeted by happy teachers and friendly children when I visit a school in Bali.

Indonesia MaryLou Driedger

Memorials are tied to the fence around the site of the Kuta nightclub that was bombed.

I very empty in the bank since bombing, said a Bali cab driver as he tried to explain how the ter...

Indonesia MaryLou Driedger

Tales of A Female Nomad

Title: Tales of A Female Nomad . Living at Large in the World. Author: Rita Golden Gelman. Publis...

Indonesia / Malaysia / Brunei ThingsAsian Booklist

The legendary waves at Ulu Watu, Bali, Indonesia.

A Ride with Destiny

It is 1975. The Pan Am flight circles low around the Indonesian Island of Bali, as it makes its' ...

Indonesia Samantha Coomber

Hawker, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia

Bali Serendipity

In this village called Secardadi, I am photographing gateways - the rows of big and colourful por...

Indonesia Tom Cockrem

The front gate of a family compound in Bali is decorated for a wedding.

Wedding in Bali

Weddings in Bali require lots of work by everyone in the family. While biking near Tanah Lot we w...

Indonesia MaryLou Driedger

Ayung River, Bali, Indonesia.

Bali's Ayung River, I had secretly been told, is a soda" - the ideal place for novices like me to...

Indonesia Tom Cockrem

The Cafe at Grand Hyatt Taipei

Breakfast in Asia

Dinner inspires all the glamour, and lunch is often a great adventure. But breakfast, lowly break...

Indonesia / Japan / Taiwan Bart Conley

Photos from Indonesia: Rice

A story told with photos.

Indonesia Susan Storm

It is, as usual, a feast and celebration day on Bali. Isle of the Gods, Land of the Lotus eaters,...

Indonesia Susan Storm

Path to Bankiang Sidem

Bali: Once Upon A Time

Soon we'll cross the International Date Line and never touch ground on Monday, May 26, 1997, and ...

Indonesia Kim Indresano

View from the River Cafe

Maya Ubud Resort & Spa

The journey by car from Ngurah Rai airport took almost an hour. But a trip to Bali, and especiall...

Indonesia Goh Bee Lian

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