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Adios, Motherfucker

Adios, Motherfucker

July 3, 2020
by Kyara Strachan
Bali Yarns, Yarns

What’s the most quintessential injury an Aussie can get in Bali? A scooter accident. Okay, what’s the second most? Animal Bite. What’s the third—actually, forget…

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A Balinese Quest for Magic Mushrooms

A Balinese Quest for Magic Mushrooms

June 17, 2020
by Genevieve Taylor
Bali Yarns, Yarns

When people say drugs are a gateway, their minds often jump straight to visions of calamity and misfortune. More often than not, drugs provide a…

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Cold Water and Sliding Doors

Cold Water and Sliding Doors

January 15, 2020
by Emma Soraya
Bali Yarns, Yarns

I’m halfway through my month-long escape in Bali and my weeks have begun forming a pattern. Monday morning, wake up early, yoga, green tea. Tuesday…

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I Lived Next to a Slaughterhouse for a Month

I Lived Next to a Slaughterhouse for a Month

November 15, 2019
by Alexis Kelly
Bali Yarns, Yarns

I put a drop of soap into my menstrual cup and use my hands to spread the soap around the silicon. There is something grotesque…

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Two-Minute Noodles and a Privilege Check

Two-Minute Noodles and a Privilege Check

November 1, 2019
by Alicia Anderson
Bali Yarns, Yarns

I have just finished writing for the night. After hours at this internet cafe, I am in need of a feed, and too lazy to…

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An Ode To My Scooter

An Ode To My Scooter

October 21, 2019
by Cosmiana Brown
Bali Yarns, Yarns

Lingering incense from daily offerings wafted over the villa; the smell of Balinese air and fresh street food filled my nostrils. A breath felt how…

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A Strong Case for Vaccination: Bitten by a Rabid Cat

A Strong Case for Vaccination: Bitten by a Rabid Cat

March 21, 2019
by Josie Adams
Bali Yarns, Yarns

I sat in a dim corner of the pub, trying to keep my saliva in and obsessively rubbing the wound. My friends were pointedly not…

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A Balinese Jungle Ruined My Gig as the Villa Psychic

A Balinese Jungle Ruined My Gig as the Villa Psychic

October 3, 2018
by Josie Adams
Bali Yarns, Yarns

Using my tweed blazer, online degree from the University of Metaphysical Sciences, and superior height, I convinced three of the mugs I was living with…

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"The Worst Kind of Tourist"

“The Worst Kind of Tourist”

July 27, 2018
by Sophie Weston
Bali Yarns, Yarns

I sat in an acai bowl cafe, the kind with swing seats and fake flowers, on a balmy Ubud afternoon, right in the middle of…

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I Went to a Balinese Trance Ceremony

I Went to a Balinese Trance Ceremony

August 24, 2017
by Ezekiel MacNevin
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An unanticipated phone call in the afternoon alerts me that a Daratan ceremony is taking place in a matter of minutes at Pura Dalem Agung,…

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I Fractured My Collarbone - and My Ego - in Bali

I Fractured My Collarbone – and My Ego – in Bali

May 11, 2017
by Maddy Paradise
Bali Yarns, Yarns

My eyes flash open. All I can see in the moonlight is asphalt. Unforgiving asphalt. Metallic fear fills my mouth. My scooter is still wedged…

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The Trouble with Bali Dogs

The Trouble with Bali Dogs

August 4, 2016
by Gemma Clarke
Bali Yarns, Yarns

For a Bali dog, the fact that Sisi even existed at the age of eight was nothing short of miraculous. Sure, she had the personality…

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