Chris Allan

Over the past 2 months my office has moved, almost on a daily basis, from sweaty, smelly, mosquito ridden internet cafes, to dark damp hotel rooms with plumbing issues. From airport lounges, to bumpy bus seats. From noisy pubs, to the deck of a dive boat. Today I sit on the deck of a beach bar, sipping a strawberry milkshake and listening to the reggae music playing behind me. The sea water laps at the white coral sand 5 metres away, and in the distance a huge volcanic island rises out of the water, fending off a bank of storm clouds massing behind it. These are the guilty pleasures of our “photographic tour” in Asia.

Bali wasn’t on the itinerary when we left South Africa. I don’t know how it ended up happening, but the last 2 weeks have been spent exploring Bali and the bites of paradise off the coast known as the Gili Islands. (I think a walk around each of these islands would take no more than hour or two.)

What a different world to South Africa. What different people. What an amazing splash of colour and flavour and experiences. Below are some of the images captured as we went.

Chris