Back to Bali, Bali High

With the lead bombers executed, Australians are partying harder than ever in Kuta. But as well as hedonism, Stephen Fitzpatrick finds guilt, heroism, honour and tenderness twisted into the ties that bind Australia and its northern neighbour.
It must be the heat. I’m in jail, playing tennis under a blazing sun with a Bali bomber and several members of the Bali Nine heroin smuggling gang. Everyone is having a grand time. Jokes are batted back and forth about epic Indonesia-versus-Australia struggles. Life and death; where will you be tomorrow. All that.