Grand Balisani Suites Bali Kerobokan

... me. A few minutes later, it came back towards me and the guy waved me down. He stops literally in the middle of the road (which is only 1 ½ car widths wide anyhow) and starts talking to me. As he was in uniform, I thought at first he might be a policeman, but I think he just worked at one of the administrative offices in Sampalan. He asked if I would be staying at Made’s Homestay again that night (how did he know?), but I explained that I ...

... aber immer schlechter und schlechter, ich war dann so erschoepft, dass ich zurueck ins gaestehaus ging und dort Tee trank und frueh zu Bett ging, noch 2 aspirin und n Stossgebet zu Gott, dass es kein Dengue Fieber is und dann hiess es Gut nacht!

Am naechsten Morgen wachte ich ganz entspannt und gesund auf, weis jetzt nich ob ich Gott sei dank sagen soll oder Glueckwunsch an die Firma Bayer!
Naja ich fuhr dann zum Flughafen und ab gings nach Bangkok!!!

Soooo let's see. We left off in remarkably unremarkable Vientenne where we caught a flight (US$24) to Kuala Lumpur where we hopped the night train to Singapore. Janine was happily surprised with the upper-level sleeping berth and I was happily relieved that she was happily surprised--aaah. The train lumbered through a lush green sunrise into Singapore.Well, everything in Singapore is lush and green--every ...

... and I know my class really likes me. Well... okay, yes they liked the candy I brought them also, but I know it's more than that. After an hour and 15 minutes of teaching, I told them okay the lesson is over. They really didn't want to hear that and kept on pleading with me to go on longer! I have never had a class asking me to continue on and it warmed my heart to see their interest in wanting to learn more. I had to leave though because Suzanne and Franzi were already done ...

... energy and effort was put into each small detail. Also, large bamboo pines strategically hung across the street, whereby creating an archway over the street. Each bamboo had other handmade ornaments hanging down, which had taken hours upon hours over the past few days for numerous people to create. People lined the streets everywhere, putting inscents outside of their homes and walking the short distance to the 6 temples within one mile on the main road of our town Penestanen ...

My brother-in-law is an avid ornithologist. He likes to quote the following fact: the more birds a person sees, the longer their expected lifetime. I have a different theory: a person's lifespan is directly correlated to how many komodo dragons they see preying on rabbits.

... cool walk, but not too monumental for me as I'm used to monkeys. I then got totally lost but eventually found my way into town, did some modest shopping. They have beautiful traditional masks here which are very frightening, especially since they are crowned/bearded with human hair! The food here is exquisite, I've been served quite a bit of tempeh, and here in its native land its far ...

... good about it too thank you very much. That pretty much dictated the rest of our time in Bali, going to the beach and dividing our time between surfing (and splashing - Jen) and saying "no" to the beach people. Oh yeah and we have indulged in Bali's not-really-that-famous nightlife a few times here with the Swedish boys we met and various other people we've met, and Bali is a good place to go out, its official. There's a place thats open 24 hours and is shaped ...

... market, where we proceed to go on an all afternoon pashmina/sarong ("sarong, sarong, you want sarong? you buy 2. bring one for friend")/more pashmina/another pashmina (well, you can really never have enough, can you?) spree. The market isn't too crowded and we start to get the feeling about ½ way through it that the word is spreading ahead of us of these two crazy white chicks on a sarong and pashmina binge, as the merchants are ready when we ...

... will avoid collision. I'll extend this Karmic riding metaphor by noting that the Balinese, being Hindu, worship (among others) the god Vishna. Vishna is a god with three heads, and can thus look in all directions at once (right, left and ahead). So, with Vishna watching over them, a rider has protection from accidental collisions. I wonder what they come back as in the next life after a motorcycle accident? I've developed a sort ...