The ‘ting, ting, ting’ as Pak (Mr) Sunyoto lightly taps his spoon against the side of an empty bowl permeates the streets and alleys letting everyone know the bakso cart has arrived. Gates open and people appear, notes tightly scrunched in their hands, to order …
A few years ago I heard a tourist lament that you can no longer see people bathing by the roadside in rural Bali and I remember thinking “that may be a shame for you but they’re probably happier not having their photo taken going to …
It’s just after 5AM and the rest of the village still slumbers as Wayan finishes a bowl of rice before shuffling off to work. Almost every day for the past 40 years, since she was a young woman in her 20’s, Wayan has headed to …