They met in Bali, fell in love, and built 2 tiny houses among the rice fields for $30,000 Oliva Purba and Dirkjan Tijs were drawn to tiny houses because they liked the idea of living minimally ...

Bali’s charms impinge in earnest the moment you leave the one-street towns, bar strips and plasticky souvenir joints, and turn either inwards towards the green-draped valleys and terraced rice fields, ...

For its first international venture, the Japanese resort group Hoshinoya could not have picked a more idyllic spot in Bali’s Ubud quarter.Framed by a palimpsest of thousand-year old temple canals and ...

Cerita Manisan begins the list of best restaurants in Ubud with a rice field view. Here, visitors can savor various Southeast Asian culinary delights, such as village-style chicken, rendang, or ribs, ...

Working with local farmers, researchers in Bali, Indonesia, have discovered how to dramatically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions output of rice fields. Initial indications are showing a 70% ...

The beautiful, UNESCO-listed Tegallalang Rice Terrace, located north of Ubud, is actually an ancient irrigation system, dating back to the ninth century. Its series of emerald-green, sloping rice ...

In the picturesque landscapes of Bali, Indonesia, and the Ifugao region of the Philippines, terraced rice fields stand as enduring symbols of indigenous cultures and traditions. Yet, the future of ...

Tijs, a software engineer from the Netherlands, arrived in Bali in 2018 as a digital nomad. His original plan was to stay on the island for a month — but then he met Purba, and they fell in love.

Olivia Purba and Dirkjan Tijs wanted to live a simpler and more sustainable life in Bali, Indonesia. So, they swapped their three-bedroom villa near Canggu for tiny living in Ubud. Instead of one ...