An Explorer's Base Camp / Home in the Hills of Bali
I’m not a gong banging kind-a-guy nor easily swayed but there is something tangibly different about this place… For sure, It’s nuanced and… Continue reading “Wisdom, Power & Magic!”
For sure, it’s easy to say and summaries the challenge as I have, ‘transform a jungle-clad mountain into a home and...’ but having spent a month getting to know this wild place, it’s clear the skills needed and perhaps resources, are much more than we have. Saying this, I haven’t once doubted our choice and every day I stroll the landscape with a mile-wide smile making plans. So here they are…(video) Continue reading “Action Plan: Video Walk-through”
Penniless, but positive I needed a change, I found a suitable tropical perch, an isolated jungle cove overlooking the ocean. I stayed there alone, in a ramshackle hut, not dissimilar to my Bali base camp. Armed with the same machete as I carry now, a fist full of pencils, a journal and not much else. Looking back, It was my Robinson Crusoe moment, a blissful two months! Continue reading “Looking Back / Going Forward”
The realisation that the search was over, came down to an instantaneous undeniable moment: waking up to the sound of the forest with this view… Continue reading “Sense Of Belonging: A Helping Hand”
It’s a hard way to start such a beautiful story but in truth, it is the jolt that starts this one.I lost my Mum last year. I had always told her and promised myself that one day my partner Denise and I would live in Bali. That one day had become ten years and although the dream hadn’t faded, we hadn’t actually done anything about it. So with Mum in mind, I wasted no more time. heading back to… Continue reading “No Time To Waste Its Now or Never”