Bali’s public services crippled under weight of huge rubbish dump in Kuta
JUST 6.4km from Bali’s tourist strip of Kuta is a massive pile of putrid garbage that grows day by day. The tourist island’s main rubbish dump now covers 30 ha, reaches 20 metres high in places and...
In Bali’s deaf village, silence is golden
Balinese women dressed in gold bodices dance to rhythmic drumming while waving fans as men in purple outfits sit cross legged around them, jiggling their arms and chanting. It appears to be just...
Protests in Bali over reclamation projects
It was an unusual sight on the “Island of the Gods” – Bali in Indonesia – which is better known for hordes of foreign visitors, its ancient Hindu culture and picture-postcard temples. But a proposed...
