Lifestyle
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Our Year at the Green School:
One of the primary reasons we moved to Bali was so that my son could attend the Green School, an international school in the middle of the jungle whose goal is to create green leaders of the future. I first heard about the school through a friend of mine who once lived in Singapore. It was generating a lot of buzz among expats living in South East Asia, she said. The school was opened in 2008 by John Hardy, a Canadian who moved to Bali and created a wildly successful eponymous jewelry company with his wife. As the story goes, he was galvanized by Al Gore’s documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”…
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Bagels in Bali? A Guide to Dining in Bali.
Before moving to Bali, I was excited about many things. But the food was not one of them. I’m not a huge fan of Indonesian fare. Or at least I didn’t think I was. When I last visited Bali 12 years ago, I had a ton of nasi and mi goring, which got boring real fast. I have since come to realize there’s much more to Indonesian food and some of it is delish including the corn fritters and crispy, fried tempeh. The homemade vegetarian lunch prepared at my rice farming class every Tuesday is something I now look forward to. I’ve also come to learn, that dining in Bali…
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The sport hitting Bali
The sport most people associate with Bali is surfing. The island has a variety of surf breaks, which makes it an ideal place for both experienced surfers and those who are just learning how to surf. But the sport that is really making waves in Bali right now is padel. Padel clubs are popping up all over the place. Construction is underway on many more. Courts are fully-booked weeks in advance. Padel is the fastest-growing sport in many parts of the world. The exception is the U.S. where another racket sport, pickleball is catching on like wildfire. So, what is padel and why is it so becoming so popular? The…
