Those adorable Bali monekys fool the best of us with their sweet innocent smiles and big eyes. But it pretty much only takes one encounter with the monkeys in Uluwatu or Monkey Forest to know that behind their cute and gentle-looking facade is an aggressive and naughty (as Indonesians like to say) nature. Trust us, […]
Get ready for the next big wave! Because of Virgin Australia’s recent $1 purchase buying up low-cost carrier Tigerair, the airline might start offering flights from Perth to Bali for the budget crowd. Oh no, we hope this doesn’t line up with the dreaded arrival of those wild schoolies. Bali is in the running with […]
We thankfully don’t get many gun headlines here in Bali and when we do they’re more local news anecdotes that seem pretty innocuous like this one. Last night Balinese writer Gede Arya, 34, was secured by police after he got drunk in a “sketchy” cafe and carried around an air gun without a permit, reported […]
Ade Rai is an Indonesian household name. The muscle man is so ubiquitous across the archipelago that his portrait can been decorating the walls of fitness centers and warungs alike across the country. Just look for the framed shrines of the one really big macho muscly Indonesian man. Yup, that’s Ade Rai. Rai’s latest stir […]
Sometimes we’re confused if we’re in Bali or Jakarta with all the traffic pile ups on the island. Too small of roads and too many big vehicles make for slow moving, thank you Bali land developers, but this time a 1 kilometer bottleneck was caused by none other than a falling tree. Only in Bali, […]
Apparently way too many people in Bali got the memo that orange is the new black. Bali’s infamous Kerobokan Prison is over capacity by an alarming amount, according to Made Bandra, the prison’s acting head. There are more than double the amount of prisoners than Kerobokan is meant to handle. That’s a lot of people […]
A Bali spider was tweezed out of an Australian tourist’s abdomen after it had burrowed its way through his chest for three days. Happy Birthday to him! It happened while he was vacationing in Bali to celebrate his 21st birthday. Bragging about his new “spidey powers,” Dylan Thomas (no, not the famous poet) reportedly wants […]
Police nailed three men for dealing stolen cars last week. Old habits die hard. These men are all members of a gang of thieves that operate in several Buleleng districts, according to Tribun Bali. Some of them are alleged repeat offenders and have served time for the same crime. The gang runs a pretty established […]
So you want to buy land in Bali? Better reach for your platinum card. Land prices in the city center are quoted at Rp 10-30 million per square meter, according to VIVAnews. Reports that land prices are rising assert that the consequence is thinning building opportunities. Opportunities especially are decreasing in hotel construction, according to […]
Violent video games like “Doom” and movies like “The Matrix” have a bad rep for negatively influencing our kids, and understandably with all the fighting going on. But, are cartoons like Tom & Jerry, the classic cat and mouse spoof really endangering the children? Officials in Jakarta seem to think so. We remember when some […]
