Shopping Seminyak: Bali beyond the basic
Eclectic treasures: Horn Emporium Seminyak’s shopping is a treasure trove of fabulousness, as Belinda Jackson discovers. The girls are clad in a uniform of floaty tunics and kaftans, strappy sandals […]
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Canter past Patagonian icefields. Sail the tranquil waters of Lake Como in Italy. Sip coffee in a Palestinian village. Listen to the ancient voices of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Climb the mountain paths of northern Albania. Let’s go!
Some like it hot: a chilli reception in Bhutan
Whipping up suja for breakfast on the farm. They breed ’em tough in the mountains, so when the mountains in question are the Himalayas, you can expect a level of […]
Balinese food adventure, drink in the Napa Valley, hit St Kilda: travel deals June 9 2013
Go on a Balinese seafood adventure, drink it in the Napa Valley or hit St Kilda, flashpacker style in this week’s international and domestic deals. NSW Learn to love the […]
Spotted by locals: Ella Hooper’s High Country
Ella Hooper: singer, songwriter, musician. “I seem to do more cultural stuff in the country. In the city, it’s overwhelming.” Pop-rock chanteuse Ella Hooper returns to her High Country heartland […]
This morning’s headlines from Bhutan: chillis, archery and elections
A Nepali-Bhutanese vegetable market trader. Plummeting chili prices upsets Tsirang farmers: chillis (a national staple) have fallen from Nu 150 to as little as Nu 15. The Bhutanese currency is […]
Fags are going to pot and booze gets the boot in the healthy kingdom of Bhutan
Punakha dzong It’s been a while between posts, because it’s been a while since internet. Hell, it’s been a while since electricity. But what it lacks in power (ironic considering […]
Down on the farm, Bhutan style
My farmhouse, Phobjike valley It’s seven o’clock at night and the family has sat down for dinner. I can’t say the Jones family, because Bhutanese don’t use surnames. But to […]
What they’re wearing in Bhutan right now: fashion show in Thimphu
My first night in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan, was spent at a glamorous fashion parade. My second night was spent sitting on a farmhouse kitchen floor, eating rice with […]
Searching for the face of Bhutan
I wish lived in a different, less politically-correct age, so I could write like Norman Lewis, who wrote that “The mulatta girls of Havana were seen to flaunt the biggest […]
En route to Bangkok
Bangkok airport. The soundtrack: Terry Oldfield on the chimes and meditation bowl, churning out a Healing Sounds journey – to get that pre-Bhutan Buddhist feelin’. The book: Norman Lewis’s ‘The […]