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So Lions can swim. Let’s hope Tigers can fly. How safe is Tiger Airlines, really?
We all like a nice dip in the Bali ocean, but this isn’t exactly what we had in mind… Reading about the plane crash in Bali last night is a bit scary. No one yet knows how it happened…. how exactly a plane could overshoot the frickin’ runway and land in the sea! ”The new Boeing 737-800 had been trying to land at Denpasar’s Ngurah Rai International Airport about 3.30pm local time (17.30 AEST) on Saturday when it crashed,” says …
Posted in Balilicious - The Bali Diaries, Travelling
Tagged Bali, plane crash, Tiger Airways
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How to ruin a white water rafting photo instantly…
Sometimes stupid people are really amusing. Especially when they jump out of inflatable boats in gushing rivers, stand two metres away from rollicking waterfalls and attempt to take photos on an iPhone. It’s FUNNY when people do things like this. It’s not so funny when you ask them to capture this once-in-a-lifetime moment for you on the infinitely less destructible waterproof camera your own friend brought along, and they take a photo of their thumb instead. Of course, we should …
Full Balilicious Book Trailer
Here’s another in my budget book trailer series for the upcoming Balilicious – The Bali Diaries! This one I think provides a fuller overview of what’s in the book, although, I do hate doing voiceovers because I sound like I’m about twelve years old and never really know what to say… but let’s ignore that shall we? Until Speilberg and Keira Knightley decide they like my books and want to help, this is as good as it gets!
Posted in Balilicious - The Bali Diaries
Tagged Bali, Balilicious - The Bali Diaries, Book trailer
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Sneak peek of Balilicious book cover…
Whoo hoo! It’s all been fixed and tweaked and here’s the cover I was presented with at HarperCollins this morning . Coming soon to a real shelf near you! (I snuck into Dymocks with the mock up… you can’t actually buy it in shops yet!) I met my lovely publisher and editor, Jeanne and Jennifer in their fancy office on Elizabeth Street in Sydney, and we ate cake and talked shop. Exciting! I never thought I’d be an “author” having …
Visiting Time At The Zoo. A True Story…
“Hello, how are you?” said the wild grey macaque as he bounded up to his friend. “Oh, hey Little Mac. I’m OK. Had some banana. Looked at the view. Same as yesterday.” “Why don’t you come out and play?” The red monkey frowned. “Once again, I will have to live vicariously through you, Little Mac. Tell me more of your adventures!” The grey macaque sighed. He’d been visiting his friend red monkey for months, and still could never quite explain …
Posted in Balilicious - The Bali Diaries, Random Ramblings
Tagged Bakas Elephant Park, Bali, Banjarangkan, in Bakas Village
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Gecko ‘Mule Jewel’ now on my wrist…
LOOK! I finally got my bracelet back from Kerobokan Prison and the guys on the silversmith program did an awesome job! I asked them to make me a gecko like the one who used to live behind the painting in my old villa (more about him in the book and I think they captured him quite perfectly… although the real Monet didn’t have quite so many holes in him. The Mule Jewels line of jewelry is all crafted inside Kerobokan …
Boars, bread and the “real” Bali…
When you ask if a resort has brown bread and the waitress nods and smiles, you expect some brown bread to be delivered. What you don’t expect, is for a plate of cheap sugary white bread to show up that is indeed brown, because it has been toasted. Still, bread issues aside, Jen and I are having a lovely time in our adventures in northwest Bali. We spent two nights at the Puri Lumpung in Munduk, which is the REAL …
An ode to Steve Jobs from Indonesia…
Took this photo the other day at a beautiful ceremony in a village called Bona, about 20 minutes out of Ubud, in Bali. This local man appears to be filming or taking photos of the banten being carried to the temple, with his iPad. Cool huh! I hope Steve’s looking down on his awesome legacy from up there, and smiling. People all over the world are sharing their lives in new ways, because of him
Posted in Balilicious - The Bali Diaries, Random Ramblings
Tagged Apple, Bali, Steve Jobs
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Think before you thieve…
In the UK, “Thieves Will Be Prosecuted”, and “Stealing Will Result In A $100,000,000,000 Fine”. Let’s face it, people DO need telling. Rules are broken so often in my own fair land these days, with absolutely no consequences, that I’m not entirely sure people know the difference between right and wrong anymore. Here in Ubud, Bali, though. Well… who needs to be threatened with a fine to thwart an action one might grow to regret? A simple reminder that the …
Posted in Burqalicious - The Dubai Diaries, Random Ramblings
Tagged Bali, Balilicious - The Bali Diaries, Ubud
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Burqalicious in Bali…
Huge thanks to my friend Trevor here, who made a fabulous host at the Burqalicious – The Dubai Diaries Q&A night in Ubud last week. And yes, it was last week, in case you were thinking this photo has a 1978 sort of quality to it. Not sure what happened there… my dress wasn’t even blue, but hey, it only goes to show how much we had to put up with before the world went digital. If you’re heading to …
Posted in Burqalicious - The Dubai Diaries
Tagged Bali, Burqalicious The Dubai Diaries, Ubud
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