by Robin Sparks | Oct 19, 2013 | Blog, People Living Large, Travel
At the recent Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, there was an Indonesian author who touched me deeply. Augustinus Wibowo journeyed from Beijing to Pakistan over a 4-year period and has lived in the Middle East and Afghanistan. His most recent book “Titik Nol”, which...
by Robin Sparks | Sep 18, 2013 | Blog, Travel, Where's Robin now?, Workshops
So much has taken place these past 4 months – in Istanbul an East Meets West wedding and a revolution, in Greece 2 glorious weeks of sailing with friends, and in California up and down the coast reunions with family and new and old friends, meetings with my book...
by Robin Sparks | Feb 26, 2013 | Blog, People Living Large, Photos, The Best Places In the World, Travel, Where's Robin now?
Written on Nusa Ceningan, a small island off the coast of Bali, Indonesia on February 13, 2013. When I was walking along the beach last night, an Indonesian man told me they needed one more person for a snorkel trip in the morning. They were going to see mantas he...
by Robin Sparks | Feb 21, 2013 | Blog, The Best Places In the World, Travel, Uncategorized, Where's Robin now?
I have come alone to an Indonesian island called Nusa Lumbongan for a writing retreat. Why a solo writing retreat when I live on the bucolic island of Bali? Because in Ubud there is just so much life, friends and distraction, that I have to hide away at least once a...
by Robin Sparks | Mar 4, 2012 | Blog, The Best Places In the World, Travel, Where's Robin now?
I love gnarly shiny Bangkok with its jarring juxtapositions. Vendors selling anything and everything you didn’t know you needed (vibrator anyone?) for miles and miles along potholed smelly sidewalks, next to towering air conditioned shopping malls, the likes of...
by Robin Sparks | Dec 18, 2011 | Blog, Photos, The Best Places In the World, Travel
After I moved to Istanbul in 2006, a Turk named Mehmet told me that one day the European Union would beg Turkey to join. That day may be soon. Turkey is booming in the midst of Europe’s current economic crisis, and Istanbul was recently named by the Financial...
