Tag Bali

Saté Grill (or Satay) at your service

We installed a modern saté (satay) grill here at Ohana. So with advanced notice, we can make grilled chicken, shrimp, vegetables etc as a custom food order. Here’s a look at chicken saté: For the chicken saté we marinate the…

First Film Crew at Ohana Retreat Bali

Thanks to a most pleasant partnership with Baliprod, we were introduced to the crew behind the upcoming feature-length Indie film Nomad, as they stayed with us for three nights. The film’s working tag line is “A love story on 7…

What does Affordable Luxury mean?

When I first heard the term affordable luxury I dismissed it as an oxymoron. Either something is luxurious or its affordable. It cannot be both. But recently I watched a great documentary episode on Netflix called Abstract, about the interior…

Small pleasures, modest moments

The following may not seem like travel tips but, hey… give it a chance. One of the most accessible and intriguing writers / philosophers today is Alain de Botton. His main interest is the philosophy of everyday life, or the…

In Praise of the Mundane

Yes I know, its not trendy to seek the mundane. adjective– common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.– of or relating to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly: mundane affairs.– of or relating to the world, universe, or earth. As…