As Usual, Billy Crystal Saved the Oscars.
Everyone keeps talking about fall and indeed the temperature has dropped a few degrees. The high today is only 23 degrees and going down to a low of 15 tonight. The shops have all their fall and winter clothes out on display and...
Walking Balmain and Birchgrove in Sydney, Australia
Another beautiful day – although most days you don’t know that it will be a beautiful day until mid-morning because you wake to a dark sky. By 10, the clouds have disappeared, and the weather is perfect. Walking Balmain and...
The Day of Silence – Happy Nyepi!
We were warned via email from Steve (a friend of Eric’s, who recommended the hotel that we are staying at) who lives in Jakarta, that we would be here for Nyepi. So we sort of knew what we were in for. But we don’t really know...
The Day After Nyepi: A Time for Family
The hotel is deserted this morning – everyone is out early after the enforced stay-at-home of the day before. We are also of a mind to get out and do more exploring and head out as soon as we finish breakfast. Although it is...
Over Morning Breakfast:
Over morning breakfast: The hotel is building two new bungalows next door to us and the buildings are erected but the finishing and terracing are all to be done. This is not a typical construction site with jack-hammers or...
Managing a Difficult Balinese Macaques Relationship
Ubud has a monkey (specifically Balinese Macaques) forest. We had gotten different opinions on whether it was worth a visit. Eric, in Sydney, was of the view that there were no point: “dirty, nasty, vile creatures”; Bev from...
Today Begins with Dinner Last Night
Today starts early – it starts at dinner last night, to be precise. The mise-en-scene: We returned yesterday to Seminyak, to the hotel we stayed in last weekend when we arrived in Bali. Our hotel is just off Jalan Dhyana Pura,...
Swimming with Sharks in Padang Bai, Bali
This will be remembered as one of the best dives we have had so far and one of those special, easy-going days that make Bali what it is. We are up again at the crack of dawn to be picked up at 7:00 am by the dive bus. It is a...
#BloggersLife: Dealing with Slow Internet in Bali, Indonesia
A day for sleeping in! Hooray! We have a late start, and a wonderful breakfast compared to the rolls we’ve been grabbing as we head out for the long drives to dive sites. We spend most of the morning choosing pictures for...
Our Last Day in Bali: Mixed Emotions
Our last day in Bali is one of mixed emotion. We are sorry to be leaving but also happy to move on. The last 24 hours have been clouded with bad “taksi” rides and average restaurant service (see John’s review of La Luciolla) but...