Shopping at Singapore airport.
on Jun 29, 2009Man, was I tired!We had to wait 8 hours in Changi, Singapore’s airport for our connecting flight to Frankfurt. And so many boutiques in that darn airport! A shopper’s wet dream. Not mine, let me make that absolutely clear. I refuse to waste my we...

Cremation
on Jun 23, 2009Last week we were informed by Komang, our gardener, that he would like to work next weekend because he had Upacara (ceremony) this week and would like to have a day off. That day became two days in reality but that is not the point. Through Made,...

Snow White in Bedulu, an impression.
on Jun 2, 2009...

Snow White in Bedulu
on May 22, 2009...

Swimming in the pool.
on May 19, 2009Almost half a century ago, the village of my youth didn’t have a swimming pool and school swimming hadn’t been invented yet. The closest swimming pool was in Antwerp, 7 miles by bicycle, one way. Cycling home afterwards was torture; my legs felt...

A trip to Ambon
on Mar 26, 2009We got up at 6 o'clock, checked out at Puri Santrian in Sanur and took a taxi to Ngurah Rai, Denpasar's International Airport. The first part of our trip was with Garuda, the national airline. Destination: Ujung Pandang which is officially called...

Arrival at Puri Santrian, Sanur - Bali
on Mar 25, 2009My wife was away to Jimbaran for the second day of her ‘Balinese Massage Techniques’- course. She had been picked up in Mercure Resort by the driver of the Spa that organized the training. It was our last day in that hotel and after changing some...

An eventful pedicure
on Feb 27, 2009My wife is taking a 3-day course in Balinese massage at a Spa in Jimbaran, a half an hour drive from our hotel in Sanur.We already paid them a visit to get to know each other and to discuss the training possibilities. Since we were there anyway, it w...

Tanah Lot
on Jan 19, 2009Sometimes you just have to be a tourist for a while and visit one of the highlights, nothing wrong about that. One of the places every visitor of Bali goes to is the temple of Tanah Lot, on a small island, 100 meters from the shore.Since we didn't ha

The witch
on Jan 4, 2009You will stumble upon a small temple when walking in the garden of the Mercure Resort in Sanur. A little neglected, somewhat messy even. In other words: exactly the way a small Balinese temple is supposed to look. I have always pictured the witch i...