Sunday, March 24, 2013

No good title for this

Hello from Gili Air , yup we have moved again, we're in the Gili islands off of Lombok and more specifically we're at a restaurant named Scallywags and I'm eating tuna sashimi in a third world country... could be a bad culinary choice, I'm sure we'll find out.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Like Erma Bombeck but different

OK , we're on Bunaken island now, after a couple of days travelling to get here. We 're staying at an all inclusive... yes we have gone indonesian high end, called Seabreeze resort. great place, nice people and we're going to start diving here tommorrow, yeah fishies!!!

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Hi to Bali or Bali Hi

Nyepi

So I guess I 'll start with Nyepi. Nyepi is the Balinese "day of silence" which in more practical terms means we are not allowed to leave the hotel property the whole day , no internet , no music and of course no electricity. They have had Nyepi events the last 2 nights, a dance on Sun and a parade last night up and down the Main Street with these big , and I mean 10 or 12 ft big evil looking figurines on platforms that are carried by a crew of people . Lots of fun, fireworks, bands , torches , singing....all fun , all the time in Bali. So today we are hiding from all the evil spirits and making ourselves inconspicuous so that the evil spirits pass us by.