Ubud Inn Spa

... good – but we thought the lemongrass tea that we tried was
the best!

Next we visited a traditional Balinese
family campground. There are tight quarters and in order for it to
work people have to be considerate of each other otherwise it would
be a living nightmare. And these people work – hard- notice the
grandmothers who are stripping the bamboo, a very time-consuming
process. We also got an interesting lecture on the ...

... place deserves to be kept a secret for as long as it can. The reason for this is simple to understand. A 5 minute ride on a dirt road off the main road takes you to one of the most beautiful places Mother Nature created.

For those who know me, they can all pretty much agree that I am one of the most talkative people they know. Put me into any situation and I'll talk up a storm. This place was so gorgeous, so breath taking, so magical that it literally shut me ...

... encountered. Whilst I was surrounded, a local old man got on my bike and cycled off with it! He was kidding around with me and soon came stopped after I chased him a bit! Brilliant. To get away from all the sellers, I cycled up the hill a bit before returning to the same viewing spot to get a few photos - the hawkers (sitting across the street) blissfully left me alone the second time! On the way back to Ubud, a man waved at me and asked me if I ...

... itself was not huge but it nice was to hang out down there, watching the monkeys harass people crossing the bridge, and ...

... names lol) and I took him to Pattaya just for ***** and giggles. Of course I gave him the briefing of always wear a condom and don't fall in love. He laughed at me when I said this because there was obviously no way he would ever fall for a bar girl. Well it took him about 4 days but he found his soul mate working in a bar over on soi 7 and they took off together on a grand tour of northern Thailand. I talked to him on the phone the other day and ...

... simply made him look like a constipated, consternated, west-countriated, terrier, he is also hugely incompetent and is possibly the result of familiar incest for several generations, no, no that is unfair! After all I must be honest and truthful - I love west-country terriers). Anyway. As I leap, Impala-like, back towards my classroom, I begin to feel a twitch... just a hint of what is coming... I imagine it is similar to how Capone felt as he dodged his last ...

... some thoughts about science teaching. I find his brashness kind of amusing...he feels like a downstate New Yorker to me....he gets all enthused about my concept of teaching science totally experientially (even though it's largely a concept not supported by the NYS education system) so he offers me a job teaching science there. Although I'm amused by this guy, I really wouldn't want to work for him...and besides there's that elitism issue. I ...

... de markt en deed verder heerlijk weinig op deze vrij middag. Die avond besloot ik wel naar nog een dansvoorstelling te gaan: ditmaal een dans waarbij de muziek gemaakt werd door de gamelan die ik al iedere avond tot ver na tienen hoorde vanuit mijn bedje en die het verhaal vertelde van 2 koningen die in trans met hun kwade geesten met elkaar gaan vechten. Dinsdag was mijn laatste dag in Ubud: ik wilde nog even naar de kapper en nog even kijken of ik wat leuke souveniers vinden kon ...

... most exuberant display was the parade for Bali Fashion Week. The parade began as I sipped an iced cappuccino in a local Indian restaurant. Bringing up the front were the village elders, men chanting and dancing with traditional Balinese sarongs wrapped around their waists, black and white checks symbolizing the balance of good and evil. Behind them trailed a train of frolicking human creatures, a fantastical spectacle like a Caribbean ...