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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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The Hobo Guide to Being a Yoga Wanker

The Hobo Guide to Being a Yoga Wanker

April 24, 2018
by Megan Leach
Features

The Enlightened /ɪnˈlʌɪt(ə)nd/ (noun): A group of people who religiously practice yoga, and whose enlightenment through the practice turns inwards and into semi-delusion as to their…

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When Your 'Ultimate Spa Package' is Ultimately Shit

When Your ‘Ultimate Spa Package’ is Ultimately Shit

September 12, 2017
by Sophie Ferguson
Yarns

As I scooted to Ubud for the first time, a lush village tucked away in Bali’s mountains, visions of green smoothies, monkey forests, rice paddies…

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Chasing Waterfalls

Chasing Waterfalls

June 1, 2017
by Madi Nicholson
Yarns

My fingers are clinging to the kitchen table, trembling and smeared with snot and tears. I can barely stay upright. My ugly, crying face is yelling….

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A Realisation in Ubud

A Realisation in Ubud

May 12, 2017
by Freya Ingebørg
Features

A two-hour scooter ride through wet rice paddies and shadowy rainforest, and I was descending into the valley of Ubud. Overwhelmed by the busy streets…

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Running to Paradise from Hell

Running to Paradise from Hell

October 24, 2016
by Ben Sardinsky
Features

You step out from Denpasar airport into the throbbing tourist masses of Kuta, this fresh new hell on earth. Tropical paradise transmogrified into a festering…

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Has Yoga Become Just Another Insta-Wank?

Has Yoga Become Just Another Insta-Wank?

October 19, 2016
by Lizzy Keen
Features

It was an odd sight. The taut-cheeked woman of 60-something, clad in gaudy yoga wear with a doll-like bouffant hairdo, sat upright and cross-legged in…

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Eat. Pray. Colonise.

Eat. Pray. Colonise.

April 18, 2016
by Freya Ingebørg
Yarns

Everyone knows Kuta sucks. Tourism has swept through the city like a cancer, transforming all the healthy old cells into toxic clubs, hotels with swimming…

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I Went to a Sober Tantric Rave

I Went to a Sober Tantric Rave

February 2, 2016
by Faith Tribby
Bali Yarns, Yarns

I Fucking hate dancing. With a capital F. The apex of my dancing comes annually and is usually just a series of power-slides across some…

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Ubud: Rumah Pakir Dormy Inn

Ubud: Rumah Pakir Dormy Inn

May 2, 2015
by Gemma Clarke
Ubud Do

Get There: Go up the hill behind Campuhan bridge into Penestanan village and take the third left. When the driveway splits in the three, go down the…

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Ubud: The Happy Mango Tree

Ubud: The Happy Mango Tree

April 22, 2015
by Gemma Clarke
Ubud Don't

Get There: Jalan Bisma No.27, Ubud, Bali 80361, Cost: 10 000 IDR for a dorm; 25 000 IDR for a private. Free WiFi: Yes –…

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Ubud: In Da Lodge

Ubud: In Da Lodge

December 1, 2014
by Rowan Montgomery
Ubud Do

Get There:  In Ubud follow Jalan Raya Rd; you can find the hostel opposite the temple Pura Dalem. Head up the steep driveway/road and turn…

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