Yesterdays trip back to the kampung turned into something of a family outing. Wayan’s 83 year old mother, Wayan and her 17 year old son, wanted to join us on the outing. And why not? The more the merrier as far as I’m concerned. I hired a larger car to accomodate us all and made […]
May
21
Real Bali
posted by Lottie Nevin
Away from the busy tourist beach resorts of the south and the choked streets of Ubud there lies a very different Bali. Here there are no bars, restaurants, hotels or hawkers. Just miles and miles of terraced greenery and jungle stretching as far as the eye can see. In this oasis of verdant calm, life […]
May
15
The Day That You Were Born.
posted by Lottie Nevin
Isabel helped to bring you into the world Theo. She was my midwife. When she wasn’t delivering babies, she’d be delivering lambs or calves on her own farm. She was a large, strong, Yorkshire woman, down to earth and practical. I reckoned that if she could pull a calf out, she wouldn’t have a problem […]
May
07
I Spy With My Little Eye
posted by Lottie Nevin
It looks like the rainy season is now behind us. Apart from a short, dramatic downpour the other night, the regular pattern of rain every afternoon has come to halt. I’m no weather girl but I’m prepared to wager a bet that the dry season has arrived. Another most welcome arrival is that of my […]
May
01
Reaching Out And Connecting
posted by Lottie Nevin
These days it’s not unusual for me to find emails from people that I’ve never met in my in-box. They are not spam messages; these are from people who have found me through the Contact Me button on this blog. I’m always delighted to hear from people who genuinely want to know more about re-locating […]
April
26
Bunga Ratna Or Purple Friday
posted by Lottie Nevin
I took these photographs earlier this morning. I was in a sulk waiting for the rats to finish having noisy sex in the cupboard under the kitchen sink. All night long they had kept me awake playing kiss chase in the ceiling above my bed. To top it all, Mr Ratty then decided to get […]
April
20
The Dos And Don’ts Of Dating A Princess
posted by Lottie Nevin
Once upon a time there was a stunningly beautiful Princess called Lara Jonggrang. She was so beautiful and lovely that absolutely everybody wanted to get into her knickers. Voluptuous Lara lived with her mum, the Queen, and her dad, King Prabu Boko in the west wing at Boko Palace, kingdom of Boko. Java, Indonesia. Lara […]
April
19
Spin The Bintang Bottle
posted by Lottie Nevin
Here is a virtual trip down some streets in Jogja (Yogyakarta) yesterday. They are some of the worst pictures that I have taken and I do apologise. In my defence, they were taken at high speed (lol) sitting in a bajak. I should also confess to having had 2 large bottles of Bintang beforehand. Potholed […]
April
16
Happy, Smiley People
posted by Lottie Nevin
On Saturday morning we made our usual pilgrimage to the fish market at Jimbaran. Little did any of us know that a few hours later a Lion Air plane was going to crash into the sea, just a few 100 metres from where all of these photographs were taken. Mercifully there were no fatalities but […]
April
09
Beautiful People
posted by Lottie Nevin
The following photographs were taken over a period of 24 hours. Half of them in Bali, and the other half on Gili Trawangan, an island just off Lombok, Indonesia. I have got over my hang up of asking strangers if I can take their photos. I’ve become quite bold in asking if they would mind […]
April
02
Métis, Monet & Nelumbo nucifera
posted by Lottie Nevin
On Saturday evening, I was treated to dinner out by friends who have been staying with me here in Bali. Donning our best bibs and tuckers we headed over to Métis in Seminyak, arriving just before it got dark. I’m so glad that we caught the last of the daylight, as the grounds of this […]
March
24
Fritz & Otto: Why They Didn't Move To Indonesia.
posted by Lottie Nevin
Reblogged from Lottie Nevin – An account of my life in Indonesia: It was a heartbreaking decision to have to leave our two dachshunds behind when we moved to Indonesia 18 months ago. The truth is that they would have hated it here. The heat and humidity, the nowhere to go for nice walks, the […]
March
24
Cowboys & Cisterns
posted by Lottie Nevin
When Irishman and I first started stepping out together I had no idea that his bathroom was to become the bane of my life. The first weekend that I stayed at his house, he told me that under no circumstances was I to flush the toilet. Slightly perplexed by this I visited the bathroom and […]
March
20
A Potted History Of Indonesia & Why I Love It
posted by Lottie Nevin
You would need more than a lifetime to fully explore the length and breadth of Indonesia, this extraordinary country in S.E Asia that has been my home since leaving London in 2011.When our plane touched down on the melting tarmac at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, I had no idea what life in Indonesia had in store for me. Nor had […]
March
13
What Is Love?
posted by Lottie Nevin
What is love? What does it feel like? How does it happen? What makes us fall in love? I’d never planned on writing a post about love, there is plenty enough written already by wordsmiths infinitely better qualified than I, but yesterday and then again this morning, some sort of synchronicity happened that moved me […]
February
28
On The Road To Magelang
posted by Lottie Nevin
No trip to Jogja would be complete without at least one meal that included Gudeg and of course, a visit to Borobudur. This magnificent Mahayana Buddhist temple was built in the 9th century and was a site of worship and pilgrimage for many, many years until suddenly it vanished. For hundreds of years it lay […]
February
25
Currants And Sultanas
posted by Lottie Nevin
The days of hedonistic pleasure rooms, fountains and water gardens may be long gone, but there is still a Sultan, and his lady wife residing in the Kraton, a fortified city within the heart of Yogyakarta. There is no mistaking the thick white walls which mark the boundary of this huge palace built around 1755. […]
February
24
A Saucy Sultan, Bathing Beauties & A Palace Of Pleasure
posted by Lottie Nevin
Oh how I would love to travel back 250 years in time and visit Taman Sari in it’s heyday. What a glorious place it must have been with its palaces, waterways, pools and pleasure rooms, not least it’s18 water gardens, pavilions and lakes. This once vast water and garden complex covering several acres, was built […]
May
26
Two Men And Their Cocks
posted by Lottie Nevin
I met two men yesterday. Within 5 minutes of being introduced to me they’d got out their cocks and were proudly showing them off . Anywhere else in the world this might seem rather forward but this is Bali and on Bali things are done a little differently. I was delighted to see their cocks […]
