Tag: Bali

Widespread Rain Across the Island, Flood Risk in Key Tourist Areas BALI — Bali is experiencing widespread rainfall across the ...

Video screenshot of the family asking for an extension so that the remains of one of the victims, the son of the Valencia coach, can be found (Hey Bali / IST)

Video: A Family’s Final Plea as Komodo Search Nears Its End

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — The video begins without spectacle. No raised voices, no accusations. Just a man standing in the ...

Bali Governor Wayan Koster delivered a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a shortcut road in Buleleng Regency, Bali Province, Wednesday (January 7, 2026) (Bali Provincial Government Public Relations.)

Bali’s Tourism Windfall: Rp 170 Trillion Earned, But What Comes Next?

JAKARTA / BALI — For an island that has marketed itself as the ultimate tropical escape, the numbers coming out ...

A family of six, including Fernando Martín Carreras, his wife, and their four children, posing happily on the wooden deck of the traditional pinisi schooner KM Putri Sakinah. They are smiling against the backdrop of the arid, rolling hills of Labuan Bajo and a clear blue sky on December 26, 2025.

Hope Against the Horizon: Search for Valencia Coach’s Son Extended Amid Pleas and Storms

by Giostanovlatto

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — The search boats have become the metronome of this town. Their departures mark the mornings, their ...

Spanish Deputy Ambassador Fernando at the search post for shipwrecked victims at Labuan Bajo Marina Harbor on Monday evening (December 29, 2025). (Doc: RRI)

A Diplomatic Plea in Komodo: Spanish Ambassador Urges Extended Search for Valencia Coach’s Son

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — On what was slated to be the final day, the sea gave no answer. After 13 days ...

Indonesia’s Celebrities Expose Ngurah Rai Airport Transport Pricing

DENPASAR, Bali — The journey that should feel like a simple welcome often becomes a negotiation at Ngurah Rai Airport. ...

Video: The Morning Vigil at Marina Labuan Bajo as the Search Enters Day 13

by Giostanovlatto

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — At Marina Labuan Bajo, dawn arrives with a sound few visitors ever associate with this harbor. ...

Siat Untek: The Sacred ‘War’ Where Bali’s Fertility is Won with Rice Cakes

by Giostanovlatto

PETANG, Badung — On a bright January morning, the sacred precincts of Pura Beji in Kiadan Village are not filled with ...

Photo Before and After face of Han Mi Ok

When Beauty Standards Break a Life: The Han Mi Ok Story and Bali’s Illegal Clinics Risk

JAKARTA / BALI — The pursuit of beauty in Korea once carried the face of Han Mi Ok. In the ...

Photo 1 The body of the Valencia coach's son was found with the wreck of the Putri Sakinah ship in Komodo, January 6, 2026 (Hey Bali)

How Komodo Fishermen, Guided by a Pungent Smell, Found the Valencia Coach’s Son