Indonesia considers tourist tax to curb bad behaviour in Bali
Business groups fear cost could damage tourism sector still recovering from effects of pandemic
December 2022
Dfat updates travel advice for Indonesia: how will Australian tourists be affected by laws banning sex outside marriage?
Planning a Bali holiday? Here’s what we know about the new laws and what they mean for travellers and the LGBTQI+ community
May 2020
Weird world
Wing and a prayer: the bizarre Chicken Church of Java
Meant to be a dove, but looking more like a hen, one man’s vision of a temple for all faiths has enjoyed an unlikely resurrection
December 2019
Full spectrum colour of Bali – in pictures
These striking images of Bali, Indonesia, are created using a full spectrum technique accessing the full sensitivity of the camera’s sensor and allowing it to pick up ultraviolet, visible, and infrared radiation light
March 2019
Brigid Delaney's diary
Are we killing Bali? I’ve been deluded thinking there isn’t friction
Brigid Delaney
Bali highs in the terraced valleys of Ubud
January 2019
Bali plans tourist tax to tackle plastic pollution
Bali’s wild west coast: unspoilt and uncrowded
May 2018
Classic cookbook
OFM’s classic cookbook: Sri Owen’s The Rice Book
Food writer Bee Wilson celebrates the cookbook that’s regarded as the definitive work about the world’s most universal food
March 2018
Good Friday in Flores: secrets, stamina and spiritual devotion
What the tourists did to paradise – in pictures
January 2018
Keep quiet: can a silent retreat in Bali really soothe the soul?
Beautiful views, meditative walks and delicious food may create the perfect mood for a mindful break – but our writer discovers that being in the moment is hard work
November 2017
10 of the best contemporary art spaces in south-east Asia
Monkeying around in Borneo: a voluntourism trip with a difference
July 2017
Experts' and readers' tips
Scuba diving trips around the world: readers’ tips
Here be dragons: Komodo is paradise refound, but watch out for the locals
May 2017
Undiscovered south-east Asia: remote towns and secret beaches
From Vietnam’s little-known islands to Laos’s interior and even tourist-free Thailand, our writers reveal some hidden treasures
April 2017
The foodie traveller
Cluck me … it's the best chicken rice in Ubud, Bali
If you like your chicken crispy, spicy, salty and sharp, head away from Ubud’s popular main drag to this backstreet cafe
March 2017
Bali’s New Year’s Day – time to stay in, turn off the lights, and keep quiet
A great little place I know
Cocktail o'clock in Bali: refreshment with a tropical twist at the Night Rooster bar
