Anyone Ever Offer You A Cup Of Mongoose Crap Coffee?
I never drank a coffee in my life and I resisted the temptation to try yesterday when Roland, Helen and Michael sampled some coffee made from mongoose crap. Sound enticing? We spent the day traipsing around northern and eastern Bali seeing sites from the Batur volcano and Bali’s mother temple on the slopes of Mt Agung to an aboriginal village, Tenganan, known for intricate books painted on palm leaves, and the ancient kingdoms’ hall of justice at Klungkung with wonderful paintings of punishments all over the ceiling. Roland especially liked the one depicting demons sawing into someone’s head who had been disrespectful towards his parents. But the highlight of the day was probably the trip to a coffee and spice plantation where one is able to sample some Kopi Luwak. Continue reading Woeful tunes
We’d heard a lot about Fado and were excited to accept Luiz and Simao’s offer to take us. Though Fado nowadays is performed usually for travellers, they knew of a place that was frequented more by neighbors, called Fermentation. They themselves had not been to Fado in several years so it took some roaming thru the twisty alleys of the old part of Lisbon before we found it. But found it we probably did, and sat down to enjoy the show. Continue reading
Amazing Taste of Thailand
Thai food is certainly world famous these days. It has been estimated that there are now Thai restaurants in 13,000 locations around the world. These range from fast-food take-aways to up-market restaurants. Many of them have been set up… Continue reading
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