Eight passengers have survived, 17 are deceased and the remaining 24 are unaccounted for from the Jabal Nur ship that was reported missing on Monday night. The boat sank in the Bali Strait on Tuesday, reports ANTARA news agency. The National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB) sent a helicopter to rescue victims, said BNPB chairman Sutopo […]
We saw a lot of sub par iPhone shots of the blood moon posted last night, with the moon looking a bit like the red lamp on a traffic light. However, this shot by “Ryan Rzyphoto Williams” posted to the Facebook group Bali Expats caught our attention. Williams said his photo was taken from his […]
One passenger out of 49 has been found so far from the missing boat that disappeared from the radar earlier this week in Bali’s waters. That still leaves the 48 remaining passengers of the boat unaccounted for. East Java’s search and rescue teams are continuing their search for the other 48. The passenger boat was […]
Living in Indonesia, we constantly see things that you wouldn’t expect to see on a motorcycle, on a motorcycle. Seeing an owl out for a cruise on some dude’s handlebars is one of those things that makes us giggle. This hoot of a pic was posted on October 6 to the Facebook group Only in […]
Companies dealing in cars aren’t exactly reputed to be green and environment-friendly, especially in Indonesia, but one such company just released 2,000 adorable turtle hatchlings. The turtle release was made by PT. Hino as a part of a project in corporate social responsibility this Wednesday, reported Tribun Bali. The company set the turtle hatchlings and […]
Write these down! YouTube comic personality Sacha Stevenson is at it again, but this time she hit up Bali with one of her latest humor videos, “27 Balinese Swear Words.” “Today, I’m going to teach you 27 Balinese words that you should never say, or you’re going to get your white ass kicked,” said Stevenson […]
A boat was reported missing off of Bali on Monday evening. Aboard the motorboat were 30 members of a wedding party making their way from Raas Island in Sumenep regency, Madura, East Java, according to the Jakarta Post. The current whereabouts of the boat are unknown, but it was around Menjangan Island, Bali that the […]
The horrific death of Indonesian transgendered woman Mayang Prasetyo, 27, is being grieved by her friends in Bali. She made international headlines yesterday when reports started surfacing that her dismembered remains were discovered boiling on the stove in her Brisbane apartment. Prasetyo was allegedly killed by partner Marcus Volke, 28, who committed suicide shortly after […]
Luxury and elite hotels can be found all over Bali, but Nusa Dua is the crème de la crème of Bali at its fanciest. To remind everybody of that, the resorts of Nusa Dua will host the Nusa Dua Fiesta, a multi-day event to celebrate “culture, art, sports and, above all, fun,” according to a […]
There’s something kind of funny about banning protests from an international democracy event, but that’s what’s going down in Bali this Friday, as the seventh Bali Democracy Forum is scheduled to open. Police announced that protests and demonstrations of any kind will be prohibited during the two-day international event in Nusa Dua, where the forum […]
