It’s 8pm on Wednesday 22 March 2023. The warmth of the tropical night gently embraces my skin. It is another balmy evening on Lombok. I’m sitting with a few friends on the steps of the local masjid in Batu Layar. Batu Layar is a small village on the islandContinue Reading
2022 will go down as the year that I dramatically transformed my life. The first half of the year I spent in Cape Town, South Africa – my country of birth. The second half of the year I would be spending in Lombok, Indonesia – the country of my forefathers.Continue Reading
Becoming addicted to soul food It’s Monday morning and we have just arrived at the fresh market in Ampenan. Small horse & carts line up on the road outside the market. These are local taxis ready to take people home with their fresh produce. The road is busy with lots of movement asContinue Reading
Finding your higher-order purpose On Friday 3rd of June 2022, our flight from Jakarta circled over Lombok, an island in Indonesia that I was going to be visiting for the first time. Looking through the airplane window I could see this lush green tropical land mass surrounded by turquoise water. I smiledContinue Reading
Choose to be the fisherman It’s 5:00 on Wednesday, 13 July 2022. It is a clear morning and the full moon is gently lighting up Lombok. In case you missed it the full moon in July 2022 is known as the thunder full moon or supermoon and is the largest of the year. In scientificContinue Reading
My journey from Cape Town to Lombok It’s 14:15 on Friday, 3 June 2022 and Lion Air JT654 from Jakarta touches down at Lombok international airport. The weather is a pleasant thirty degrees and the humidity is 80%. Lombok is a tropical island forming part of the Indonesian archipelago and is locatedContinue Reading