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Indonesia Part 4: North Sulawesi
... instructors spent the dive looking for tiny little critters that only come out at night (many of which have only been discovered recently), while we were far more excited by the turtles sleeping in the amazing reef walls that surround the island. It was brilliant and not at all claustrophobic, even when we switched off the torches and plunged into pitch black so we could see the fairy lights ...
Boys Modelling & Lucky's Health Issues
... Soon more boys joined Dharma and started playing.
During this time I went home to check up on Lucky and she was hungry. So we came back to the Home and had a late lunch. Lucky wanted to stay at the Home but I asked her to go home as the kids were watching TV. She agreed and I dropped her off at home. When I returned, I decided that it was time to have the second practice session with the boys for the modelling skit that night. We had done some work but ...
Home is where the heart is...?
... little 2 year old…I realized something. I miss family…my friends…Maxwell…Cyrena̷ 0;Myles…and maybe I am close to ready to find a place to stay for a while. One of the things I have learned in these last few months is that I need people around me. Relationships are so important to my life and my journey. Living overseas can be really hard because you build these intense ...
Take me down to Bali city...
... Hollywood and stuff. We grabbed dinner there, had a beer on the beach, and then headed out to see the nightlife. Bali is like spring break all day every day. I loved it :)
We stopped at a bar to grab some drinks, and met this (older) French Canadian guy and his two Swiss friends and his Indonesian wife who was way too young for him. They’d been married for a year. Doesn’t take ...
Every situation has a silver lining…
... to take back to the island – including crisps, chocolate, sweets, pizza and a volley ball. Nipped down to the shops where I collected 5 bags of food (I looked VERY greedy!). We would have an insane feast when I returned…
It was strange travelling alone – very refreshing though – and I made good friends with the bar and restaurant staff. I spent the evening with them and they taught me some more Indonesian, and made me ...