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About ASIABARONG – Our Story
As a child, he always dreamed of creating and owning an amusement park, and once you take a walk around AsiaBarong Gallery, you will see that what he ...
Our wedding
Deeply involved in Balinese culture, art, history, and religion for decades, Andrea and I chose to be married at our home by a local Hindu priest in o...
Volcano from my bedroom window
It’s 6am, Bali, coffee pot steaming, laying in bed watching the brewing steam rising from Mt Agung. Roosters cackle, jets of steam shoot hundreds of m...
Asia Barong Receives Editors’ Choice Honor
YANKEE MAGAZINE selected Asia Barong as an “Editors’ Choice” in the Special Travel Issue of Yankee Magazine. Yankee’s trusted endorsement was recommen...
Only skin deep
Colorful people. Are these people from different countries, religions, cultures? Do they speak different languages? Should one be excluded and the oth...
Alone in looted palace
A hell hot Indian day alone walking up an exposed mountain path, troops of evil little macaques scowling from the arid embankments to this massive old...
Travel advice
So often I'm asked to give advice about traveling in Asia.
Here is a response I sent by email to a query on where to go and what to do on the islan...
Rice harvest
Spent the morning working in the rice paddy with a group of women from the village. It's harvest time, the more hands the better!
Standing deep in ...
My friend in Java
This is my friend at his food cart. He serves wonderful skewers of food that might be difficult for a Westerner until they try it. Great coffee and co...
Bamboo Bombs
BOMBS ARE EXPLODING all around my house. The crack of exploding bamboo canisters, flashes of light brighten the inky night sky. The bright clashes of ...