Articles tagged ‘Globalisation’

Batik Manufacturers Fined: Denpasar, Bali

By Barrie | March 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

In a world of growing free trade and globalisation it is always the smaller enterprises that are swallowed up and spat out. I admire these small businesses for producing some of the best products and all loving produced. But, it seems the Indonesian government thinks differently.

 

An Inner Perspective View of Bali

By Barrie | January 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

When I first went to Bali there were very few tourists. There were a few backpackers lazing the day away here and there on the golden sands of Kuta, and the odd tourist venturing around fearful of what they might bump into. Oh, how things have changed. Now, the tourist strip is a bustling, ‘cosmopolitan’ [...]