Chillin' in Bali

Trip Start Jul 13, 2006

Trip End Jul 06, 2007

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Flag of Indonesia Bali, Indonesia
Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Th first thing you notice when you arrive in Bali is the abundance of culture. Temples are everywhere and entranceways into homes have lots of special touches. Even the men (most often the gender to rush out and embrace western blue jeans) wear traditional clothing - often in sarongs and a special bandana worn around the head. We also noticed the men often had a flower petal tucked into the top of their ear.

The second thing we noticed was how just about everyone had the same name. Men and women all seemed to be named either Wayan, Ketuk, Maday or Nyoman. It turns out you don't need a baby name book in Bali. Your kids get named purely based on the order that they emerge from the womb. If you have more than 5 kids you just cycle back through the order... yeah that could be confusing to have 2 Wayan children in your family, imagine the poor school teachers.

01 hiking around Ubud

Greatly enjoying a month here. Very relaxing in Myrt and Kevin's Tea house overlooking the rice padies near Ubud. This cultural area of Ubud is packed with restaurants and retail stores that sell everything including boomerangs (go figure). The people here may well be the most relaxed and friendly in the world. They are mostly Hindus, picking up the religion from Indian traders in the 7th century. They have made the religion their own adapting some elements like eating beef is OK. Dutch sailors found the area so welcoming that ship captains found it dificult to gather up their crew to leave. Given the choice of fiendly, minimally clothed women OR tulips...

While Ubud was our base we rented a car for all of $10 per day and did multi day trips to the north and to the east of the island

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02 Carrying grass	03 the beach in Kuta	04 locals surfing	05 Chevy gets her hair braided
06 Lake temple	07 Sunrise at Lovina	08 Dolphin searching	09 Cool reflections - what you do when no dolphins
10 Snorkeling at Menjangan	11 Snorkeling leaves quite an impression on Quinn	12 kids goof off by rice terraces	13 keeping birds off the rice
14 market woman by Quinn	15 offerings to the Gods	16 shopping abounds in Ubud	17 women carry cement blocks on heads
18 hiking the volcano	19 Chevy eats an egg cooked by the volcano vent	21 Quinn bikes by endless wood carvers	22 young girl
23 rice terraces	24 rice paddies reflected outside of Ubud T house	25 who gets to stay here, not us! $650 per night	26 fishing boats on the beach
27 kids playing on a log	28 kid rolling tire	29 turning heads biking down from the volcano	29 walking on water at the water palace
30 Quinn with iguana	31 What happens when Scott chooses the photos	32 young girl places daily offerings by T House	33 Our home for the month (thanks Myrt and Kevin)