Image © Getty Images. I’ve blogged without interruption the point Nyepi, the Balinese day of Silence, before. Now Tugu Hotels in Bali will help you connect to your inner self during this noiseless Balinese holiday, which takes place this year on March 16. Tugu Hotels offer a Nyepi Retreat package for the ssshhh holiday season: …
Girl on Bali beach, image Getty Images. As of Jan 25, the Indonesian Law and Human Rights Ministry announced that they were scrapping the visa-on-arrival scheme, which permitted non-ASEAN citizens to pay US$10 at certain Indonesian points of entry for up to seven days. Visitors who enter Indonesia would have to pay US$25 for a …
Every year I’m in Shanghai for Chinese New Year I half look earnest to it, half fear it. The looking forward function is easy – the city empties out, people are happy and feeling jovial, the decorations are up and it’s fun to see a whole place array up for the biggest holiday of the …
The Jakarta restaurant Shanghai Blue 1920 takes old-school romantics back to a livelier, jazzier time – back to the days of the original Shanghai Tea House, a warung-turned-full-scale-restaurant. With jazz music courtesy of the Shanghai Jazz Band and Nita Aartsen Project, Shanghai Blue 1920 harks back to its storied predecessor on Sunda Kelapa, a bustling …
Ole’s Steak Palomillo. The slice is hidden under the ensalada of parsley and onions. Image © Mike Aquino, licensed to About.com. When I was in the U.S. a few years ago, I happened upon a Filipino restaurant that had this sign in the window: SERVES 2-3 AMERICANS (4-5 FILIPINOS) Maybe you Yanks don’t effect this, …