Tag: rice paddies

Drawing of a ceramic frog anti-mosquito coil

Some AirBnbs Are Much More Amazing Than Expected

July 15, 2017

There was something strangely relaxing about the mosquitoes bouncing off my face with faint tic – tic sounds, as our motorbike spluttered between rice paddies on the Malaysian island of Langkawi. Island life The rural scenery was beautiful, and at dusk, very quiet. The dessicated skins of snakes and frogs lay comically flattened on the … More Some AirBnbs Are Much More Amazing Than Expected

The sad transformation of Ubud

May 25, 2014

As we approached Ubud by car, I thought about Eat, Pray, Love. Leafy jungle roads, sunshowers, a community village feel. That was the preconception of Ubud I had in my head when we travelled to inland Bali for a few days. So we got there, and…wait a minute, where are all the rice terrace farms?