The Samaya

... there is always someone to talk to (good for me because I tend to wear people out!) This is our first night in the Samaya - The Niksoma was fantastic and I will be uploading HEAPS of photos tomorrow (or maybe later tonight but we have the girls' dinner. ...

... , the general feeling I walked in with was fear and the recurring thought, 'how the hell will we pay our rent??!!!' The next day, Samaya (the guy who owns the Ashram) was talking to the whole group and said the perfect words I needed to hear. 'In life we ...

... say, I couldn't work at his university, either.  I felt even more unsettled, and I wrote a poem about it. "Dokument - samaya vaznaya vesh na svete." (A man's document is the most important thing in the world.) - a Soviet beaurocrat, a character ...

... to the Altai Mountains?)   Dima gave us some more presents, including whatever he could find.  "Dzastin, eta moya samaya lubimaya lochka ..." (Justin, this is my most favorite spoon ...)   Russia can be rough and tough and scary. ...

Today was Christmas shopping day. Lorna met up with Desley, Samaya & Teila and they all went off shopping for the day. I know this was dangerous, but sometimes you just have to take risks in life. As it turns out, Lorna didn't break our bank, but she ...

... in any one location for our entire trip. Amplifying the honeymoon vibe was our very romantic beachfront, alfresco dinner at the Hotel Samaya. Besides hanging out in Seminyak, we took two day trips as well. We hired a driver named Putu based on the ...