IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF BALI TRAFFIC, A GODDESS...

GODDESS 

ON A 

LOTUS FLOWER 

IN THE MIDDLE OF 

EVERYDAY LIFE 

& TRAFFIC 

RELION ON THE ROADSIDE 

BALI, INDONESIA 

III 

I here 

II here 

RELIGION ON THE ROADSIDE...ON BALI, INDONESIA

POINTING 

THE WAY  

BALI, INDONESIA 

YOU THINK U.S. POLITICS ARE HIGHLY POLARIZED? IN THAILAND THEY ARE TAKING TO THE STREETS AND TALKING OF A COUP

DEMOCRACY 

IN THAILAND 

THAI PRIME MINISTER 

YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA 

ON THE WORLD STAGE 

THE APEC SUMMIT 

Bali, Indonesia 

October 2013 

Is an un-elected people's council more democratic than a democratically elected government? The opposition to Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra thinks so, and is trying to force her to resign by filling the streets of Bangkok and attempting to shut the capital down. Today was the first official day of the shutdown action; the story continues. Some reportage and analysis can be found here and here and here. 

Update January 21, 2014:  A State of Emergency declared; details here. 

XI JINPING'S NEW YEAR WISHES

THE PRESIDENT 

OF CHINA WISHES 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 

TO CHINESE 

AND FRIENDS 

ALL OVER THE WORLD 

XI JINPING 

AT THE APEC SUMMIT 

Bali, October 2013 

The video is here (with the Chinese text) 

The text of the speech is in English here 

An audio only version is here, with English voiceover 

A report on the speech is here 

More Xi Jinping here 

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ARE DEVASTATED BY TYPHOON HAIYUAN; PRESIDENT AQUINO IS TEMPTED "TO DESPAIR"

THE TOLL KEEPS RISING 

PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT 

BENIGNO S. AQUINO III 

bows his head as leaders and their spouses gather for a group photograph at the APEC Summit on Bali, Indonesia, October 2013  

Today it is reported that nearly four thousand people were killed when Typhoon Haiyan hit the central Philippines, and that the estimate of people "displaced by the catastrophe" was now up to  four million. 

ART IN RELIGION (BALI, INDONESIA)

UNFINISHED 

RELIGIOUS OBJECTS 

BY THE ROADSIDE 

WORK IN PROGRESS 

BALI, INDONESIA 

SHOPPING FOR A CELL PHONE ON BALI

CELL PHONE SHOPPING 

FAMILY CHECKS OUT 

A ROADSIDE STALL 

BALI, INDONESIA 

INDONESIA HANDS OVER APEC HOSTING TO CHINA

THE CHANGING OF 

THE GUARD OF APEC 

SYMBOLIZING THE HANDOVER FROM 

INDONESIA AS HOST (2013) 

TO CHINA (2014) 

From the Bali APEC Gala 
Depicted: Presidents Xi Jinping of China (l.) and 
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia (center) 

Barong (r.); Rangda (lower right) 

More on the Bali APEC here  
More on Indonesia here 

CHINA AT THE BALI APEC SUMMIT

BALI WELCOMING 

FOR CHI NA 

CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING 

AND HIS WIFE PENG LIYUAN 

ARE WELCOMED TO THE BALI 

2013 APEC SUMMIT GALA 

With the U.S. President Barack Obama a no-show, Chinese President Xi Jinping is center stage at the 2013 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.