July 5, 2018: The Gili Islands, Trawandan. Lombok
GarryRF shares a view from these little-known islands near Indonesia
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Tourists taking pictures refuse to evacuate eruption zone
Tourists in an Indonesian national park defied efforts to evacuate them from a danger zone near a volcanic eruption: They wanted to keep taking pictures!
Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 2, 2015: Lotus, Bali
This picture is one of my own all-time favorites. There isn’t much to say about it, a perfect bloom in the pond beside the patio of the house I rented outside Ubud. Those who’ve been around Travel Gumbo for a while have...
Göteborg: Sweden's Second City (Where Gumbo Was, #105)
I begin this blog with some odd notes. First, unlike TravelGumbo in his “Where Is” travels, I’ve never been to Göteborg—yet. All, or nearly all, our previous puzzles have been based on the puzzler’s...
Gumbo's Pic of the Day, November 15, 2014: It's a Rough Life
Sometimes we need a vacation from our vacation, and that’s what I was feeling on an extended stay in Ubud, in Bali. Lonely Planet seemed to suggest that Amed, on the coast, was just that sort of place. So I made arrangements...
Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 31, 2014: Ganesh in Ubud
Most of Indonesia is Muslim, the most populous Muslim majority country in the world. But Bali is home to Indonesia’s Hindus, about 85% of the island’s population. Balinese Hinduism is a distinct expression of the religion,...
A House in Ubud
I’ve always had the feeling the places I’ve gone have somehow chosen me, rather than the other way around. They call and I obey. I confess, after several trips to Asia, Bali had not been among the places that had called. ...
Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 24, 2014: Blessings, Bali
"A Bali blessing is a spiritual ceremony that is part of our traditional custom consisting of a purification, welcoming of good spirits and a final offering while the individual performing the ceremony chants mantras in ancient Sanskrit."...
Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 17, 2014: Four Elements
Water, Lotus, Fish, Reflections A little house with a big pond, my home for a month in Bali. To read more of PortMoresby's contributions, click here .