It was a beautiful morning on Sunday, April 30th. The humidity of the morning made it clear that it would be a hot day. I was in Batu Layar, a small Indonesian village, to join a walking tour with a local named Han. He had started a new business toContinue Reading
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
What did you feel when you read that title? A feeling of anxiety and stress? The sudden urge to be somewhere else? Yourself running inside a large spinning wheel? A feeling of relief and gratefulness? You can’t really relate? If you cannot really relate then you are most likely inContinue Reading
So we had an eventful start to the year. Saturday 14th January 2023 started like any other morning for us in Lombok. I slowly pull up the blinds to our bedroom window. The view that greets me takes my breath away – a lush green, tropical valley stretches out beforeContinue 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
It is the 10th of November 2022 and my wife and I are boarding a flight from Lombok to Jakarta, the mega capital of Indonesia. We are excited because we are going to meet my son and his wife with our grandchildren. The last time we saw them was on 1 JuneContinue 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
Changing your perspective It is Tuesday 9 August 2022, and I am taking my morning walk on Senggigi beach. Senggigi is an established suburb on the west coast of Lombok island, about twenty minutes north of the capital, Mataram. The suburb of Senggigi is spread out along nearly 10 km of coastalContinue Reading