Deborah O’Donoghue is a British-Irish writer who has lived in the UK, France and Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by Legend Press in 2019 and comes out in Germany in 2021. Follow Deborah on Twitter and Instagram.
Golden visas are in the news again after recent European Court remarks on Malta’s right to continue issuing the controversial citizenship routes. This time it is Indonesia making […]
Indonesia is looking to prohibit the construction of new hotels, villas, discos and nightclubs in certain areas of Bali in order to combat the consequences of […]
Two Batik Air pilots fell asleep during a flight from Kendari in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, to the capital Jakarta on 25 January 2024, it has been […]
Announced in 2023 by the regional government of Bali, the tourist tax for all foreign visitors entering the island will now officially go into effect on […]
We’ve heard about small hotels before but ‘skinny’ is not a term we’d usually associate with the travel business. However, there’s a first time for everything. […]
Authorities in Bali are looking for a tourist who posted several videos on social media showing him meditating naked in front of a Hindu shrine. The […]
The world’s first Southeast Asian bullet train has been inaugurated by Indonesia. Reducing the 140km three-hour journey from Jakarta to Bandung to just 45 minutes, the […]
In the wake of changes to tourist priorities worldwide, Indonesia is looking to transform the focus of its tourism sector from mass tourism to special interest, […]
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake has struck northeast of Bali, sending tourists and residents out of buildings. According to the Australian geoscientific research agency, Geoscience Australia, two […]
On August 10th Jakarta became the world’s most polluted major city. According to data from Swiss air quality technology company IQAir, it thereby passed cities such as […]
On August 10th, Jakarta became the world’s most polluted major city, according to data from Swiss air quality technology company IQAir. It has ranked among the […]
Travelers visiting Bali risk being banned from mountains and sacred locations after a series of incidents triggered Bali’s governor to crack down on indecent behavior from […]
For decades now, Bali has been able to attract tourists as not many other regions in the world have done before. Its impressive nature, pleasant climate […]
After a series of road accidents involving tourists, authorities in Bali are considering banning motorcycle and scooter rentals to foreigners, Bali governor Wayan Koster announced during […]
A retired Boeing 737 has been turned into a private luxury villa, sitting at the top of a cliff near Bali’s Nyang-Nyang Beach. The aircraft belonged […]