White Rose Kuta

... afternoon, drinking beers, playing paddle ball, taking occasional dips in the water, and having the usual "name the differences in our countries" conversation. There were about fifteen of us in all - a mix of Australians, Californians (one of the guys was from Ocean Beach in San Diego) and Swedish. Part of the group was Jared's brother, Benny, and his wife and their two girls who live in Kuta. His daughters, about seven and ten years old, were adorable - both with super blond hair and ...

... Eh? hold on, Lava? Might get some minor earthquakes as you go up the hill, erm what is a MINOR earthquake exactly? I am like "That sounds fantastic!" I am trying to ignore the little voice in my head saying Have you completely lost your mind, lava + active volcano with earthquakes = what? I weigh up the options and decide to go. The thing that tipped the scales was that I get to try out my new hiking boots (so cool) if the experience ...

... minutes! haha. After she had finished that, she proceeded to suck his fingers. It was a classic, it really was. But even better than that, behind them by the fake ship's wheel (the club had a boat theme, all the waiters were wearing sailors outfits), there was a buffed up surfer dude with an older women and they were properly going at it, grinding away, properly grinding away in front of everybody; this behavior was often the norm in the bird cages! dear oh dear. Andy and I couldn ...

Ubud (11/5- 15/5) Kuta (15/5- 17/5) The drive to Ubud was just as beautiful as all the other drives on Bali. We were able to see some incredible views of the volcano from the other side at the top of the crater and took some good photos. During the drive we were able to stop off at some of the famous rice teraces just outside Ubud and take some great pics as well. They are steeped like stairs and the entire mountainside seems to be just one green staircase ...

... mænd ** i kridende hvidt med et særligt bundet bånd om p*nden med to fl*pp**, d** henvis** til henholdsvis gud**ne og dæmon**ne og hvor kvind**ne *lle bær** s*rong** og h*r dækkede skuldre. H*r m*n som turist glemt regl**ne for påklædning ved templ**ne, ** d** ingen p*nik - selvfølgelig ** d** p*ssende klæd** *t låne. En indlysende simpel og logisk måde *t f*stholde egen kultur på. Når vi besøg** et tempel, bliv** vi mødt med nik og smil, vi ** velkomne. Alligevel føl** jeg ...

... we planned on using the Internet next door for an hour anyhow. These computers had Skype already loaded, so I didn't even bother using my laptop. After talking to folks back home for an hour and scoping out cheap air tickets for our upcoming journeys, we headed out to grab our laundry. The girls laughed and then we realized their English wasn't quite perfect and really they meant 15:00 tomorrow. The next day when we returned to pick up our laundry for 15:00, it ...

... neck people don't ask too many questions. I still have a lot to learn so I was watching close what they were doing. The photographer from New York Times, Justin Mott, was a pretty cool guy, a little bit older than me. He lives in Vietnam but he covered many events in Southeast Asia. We exchanged contacts and he told me to look him up if I happen to be in Vietnam. Anyway, check out his work at justinmott.com. The ceremony started around 10am and by 7pm I was tired and hungry ...

... some here in for that reason alone, Bali is still in need of visitors, even though I do love having so much to mself, but the people who live here so desperately need our business to survive. I believe that Bali has been discovered for some time, especially Ubud. This place still is quaint in most parts, but still is overgrown with shops, tours and restaurants, and guest houses. If you go not too far out of the main part of Ubud, you can stay ...

... stations of the cross. The older ones were taking it very seriously and the younger ones sort of giggled their way through it all. The site was impressive. A very big temple complex with many shrines and the spring itself was fascinating - the spring was bubbling, but at the same time, the water was really still and almost looked like jelly. I'm sure it has to do with mineral content or something, but it was quite fascinating to look at. The only slightly annoying thing ...