Destination: Indonesia

Culture Galore II

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [791] | Comments [1]

enter: Society WED: Glorious Life Drawing! :) There were a few different people there. 2 notable things: #1)the model was an extremely slender young Indonesian man- i had never drawn anyone like this before ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Culture Galore I

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [452]

TUES: After the quiet and inactivity of Nyepi, I decided this week i should get out and start seeing museums. The first, Museum Puri Lukisan, was almost entirely traditional Balinese painting. In retrospect, ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Nyepi -dirivative of "Sepi" which means "Quiet"

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [914]

Yes, as i've illuded to before, Monday was the Hindu New Year day. Noone is allowed to leave their property. In preperation I bought scant foods. I was pleasantly surprised though that my family provided all three meals for me, as well as a little ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

The Lows

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [812] | Comments [1]

Everyone’s gotta have them. We can also call some of them ‘lessons’. I learned several this week. Like where NOT to eat when you’re on a budget. Also, when you get a ride somewhere and plan on walking back, pay ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Parade of Monsters

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [769]

Sunday night, the eve of the Balinese day of Nyepi, Hindu new year’s day (more about that later), the entire population poured onto the streets of Ubud for the long-anticipated parade of the Ogoh-Ogoh. (saying ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

'Seni' means 'art'

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [830] | Comments [3]

I amend my description of Ubud as a village. It is a bonefide town if not small city. (maybe that's the same as a town). Anyhow, it is nevertheless quite accessible to us foreigners – anyone looking for classes in yoga, hari ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

home, home on the rice paddy

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [458]

Misi & spent an unfortunate portion of her 2 days here stooping into a selection of the countless homestays up & down the gongs of Ubud looking for a 'home' for me for the next 2 weeks. Our answer ended up ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Succumbed to luxury

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [509] | Comments [1]

Gede came through for us again: On the road between Kuta and Ubud there are a string of villages that specialize in certain crafts – textiles/batik, stone carving, silver/gold, and wood carving. We got a nice little ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Ubud

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Kuta, Bali, Indonesia

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Photo Gallery

"Susa" means "difficult"

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [2071]

Our best taxi driver friend, who we used a number of times, and probably will continue to do so for years to come, is Gede. (said, 'G'day') In toting us back & forth to the mechanic (a story intentionally left untold)he & Misi talked extensively ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

what armpit?

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [759]

Kuta has been known in our family as the armpit of Bali - as perscribed by the head of our family (Dad). As such, Misi & I originally planned only a couple of days here. It is HEAVILY touristed, trafficized, merchandised, ect. There is a huge stretch ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

(already delinquint) Recap of 'the end/begining'.(begending?)

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [682]

Starting with the end: leaving austin was grueling. much of it self-inflicted ruthless scheduling of big efforts - i won't even bother to list them. But also leaving my life, friends, family, (and animals) behind was much more difficult than expected.... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Ende and Beyond

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 | By the_whaleys | Photo Gallery

Maybe It Was All Worth It

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 | By the_whaleys | Views [1646]

   After spending more than ½ a day on the rusty-bottomed ferry, we arrived in beautiful Labuanbajo, Flores at 2:00am. We woke up the hotel attendant to book rooms and only to sleep in them for 4 hours, because we had to catch the next charter boat ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains