Indonesia

The Girl Effect: How we can do small things to change the world

posted by: Prime Sarmiento I don’t remember their names. But I remember how I met them. That was about eight years ago, the first time I traveled to Ubud, Bali. I just picked up photography as a hobby. So there I was, lugging around my secondhand manual SLR camera, doing jalan jalan around the village...

Postcard Moment: Ubud Art Market

photo by Prime Sarmiento The colorful Pasar Seni (Art Market) in Ubud, Bali

A Solo Female Traveler’s Weekend Guide to Bali

text and photos by Prime Sarmiento I consider Ubud in Bali, Indonesia my spiritual home, a place to center myself. Whenever I can spare the time and money, I travel to Ubud, to help me cope with frustrations and pressures. To nurture my writing. To have some breathing space. To hone my spirituality. Thanks to...

Postcard Moment:Goa Gajah in Bali, Indonesia

photo by: Prime Sarmiento The Goa Gajah, better known as Elephant Cave, is located near Ubud, Bali. Ancient sacred site.

Q & A: Janet De Neefe talks about the Ubud Writers Festival

interview by: Prime Sarmiento   Janet de Neefe is the founder and festival director of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, an annual literary festival held every October in Bali, Indonesia. The Australia-born De Neefe has been living in Bali for the last twenty years. Widely regarded as the "Queen of Ubud", de Neefe is...

A New Year means A New Beginning

My first blog post for the year 2010 is a re-posting of an essay I wrote for BootsnAll I believe that this article, published in 2006, best captures what a new year means to me – savoring a new beginning by letting go of the past. Travelling light and get rid of that baggage. Have...

How I Got My Groove Back

First Published October 2005 at www.travelblog.org/bloggers/gypsygal It’s called “active meditation”. Our facilitator, Selena Bulan, explained that this meditation technique is different from what we usually do at the tailend of our yoga class – where we sit down, cross our legs, our eyes closed, breathing in and out, reciting a mantra. In active meditation, we...

The Art of Letting Go

First Published October 2005 at www.travelblog.org/bloggers/gypsygal In a workshop about Eros and the Divine, and its significance in writing, our writing guru, Jan Cornall, mentioned that the principle of Eros is about “being alive and feeling alive.” Tapping into that energy, according to this Aussie performance artist/playwright/poet/songwriter, will help us in our writing process. Meditating,...

Life Goes on In Ubud

(First Published October 2005 at www.travelblog.org/bloggers/gypsygal) I came to Bali burdened by the images of bloodied victims of the recent bombing plastered in the pages of the Malaysian dailies. I was in KL when the second bombing in Bali occurred . I called my parents, and they were very worried. My dad has specifically asked...

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