2.8 MILLION TOURISTS TRAVELLED TO BALI LAST YEAR. HOW MANY OF THEM WERE SMUGGLING DRUGS? SNOWING IN BALI by Kathryn Bonella is a graphic insight into the hidden world of Bali’s top western cocaine bosses, many who first went to Bali to surf. With unprecedented access into their lives Kathryn charts their rise to incredible…
SNOWING IN BALI – PART TWO Hells Angels, drug fueled orgies and outrageous extravegance in the second instalment of Snowing in Bali Snowing in Bali by Kathryn Bonella is a graphic insight into the hidden world of Bali’s top western cocaine bosses many who first went to Bali to surf. With unprecedented access into their…
“Operation Playboy” is the book you need to pick up this holiday season. It outlines the lavish lifestyles of some of the world’s most dangerous criminals, the drug lords of South America who are dominating the cocaine trade. Acclaimed Australian author Kathryn Bonella tells Chris Smith about the real “playboys” behind her new book. “I’ve…
Some of the boards used for drug trafficking. Young surfers who came to Bali in search of perfect waves have become some of the island’s biggest drug traffickers. A new book reveals how the top dealers rose to power by inventing ways of packing cocaine into windsurfing booms and hiring packers to stitch…
The following story is adapted from Kathryn Bonella’s new book, “Snowing in Bali,” for which she spent 18 months interviewing convicted drug criminals in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison. When Rafael, a Brazilian surfer, flew into Bali for the first time, he quickly fell in love — not with his girlfriend, but with the island. It was…
The case of a young Australian woman’s imprisonment brought author Kathryn Bonella to the terrifying Kerobokan jail in Bali’s tourist area. She returned to lift the lid on an overcrowded institution ruled by violence, drugs and corruption, writes ARMINTA WALLACE THEY come from every corner of the world, from Brazil and India, from Italy and…
INSIDE BALI’S ‘HOTEL KEROBOKAN’ Presi Mandari Denpasar. Palm trees, lawns, a tennis court and room service: What at first glance looks like a cheap resort in a touristy corner of the Indonesian island of Bali is in fact a notorious jail. The Kerobokan prison — where sex and drugs are reportedly rampant among the 1,015…
KEROBOKAN Prison’s walls touch paradise – surrounded by sun-kissed beaches, luxury villas and the best restaurants in Bali’s Seminyak and Legian areas. Inside those walls it’s a living hell; a seedy, bizarre world where the unimaginable and shocking become routine life. By Kathryn Bonella Schapelle Corby barely reacted when she found a prisoner hanging by…
