I remember at the start of March the murmurings of the pandemic. I remember thinking this is all getting blown out of proportion. I remember thinking well this is becoming a bit inconvenient. What I wasn’t immediately thinking is, “wow this is going to be tragic for Bali”.

Looking back I should have…

For centuries the Balinese women have meticulously interwoven spirituality with nature, their body and inner self. Holistic remedies and time-honoured traditions are celebrated every day not as a special treat as the western world does but as part of the fabric of their life.

I have always thought that there is a lot more going on behind those smiling sometimes cheeky faces of the locals. You do not need to venture far off the tourist tracks to see how hard some of these people have it.