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Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [604] | Comments [2]
Some of my favorite things: -how EVERYONE, especially the men, wear flowers behind their ears. often behind both ears. -how the dragonflies come out to dance, or proform their fighter-jet exercises, before it rains (or everyday at 1 - i havn't figured ... Read more >
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Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [785] | Comments [1]
THURS: The Neka Museum was my visual
art experience highlight, hands down! i took some pictures which i
will download later. And I won’t go into all the gory details. (i’m
tired of writing.) Suffice it to say, ... Read more >
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Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [777] | 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 >
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Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [443]
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 >
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Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [893]
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 >
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Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [798] | 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 >
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Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [752]
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 >
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Sun, 18 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [804] | 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 >
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Sun, 18 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [448]
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 >
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Sun, 18 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [504] | 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 >
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Sun, 18 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 17 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [2059]
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 >
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Sat, 17 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [719]
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 >
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Sat, 17 Mar 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [666]
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 >
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