In celebration of ten years of blogging here at LTG, each week for the next 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 3029 28 27 26 25 24 weeks I will delve deep into the sewer archives of past posts to bring you a tidbit of blog history. I had originally planned to call this series “The best of LTG”, but damn, there just wasn’t much “best” to be found. And mediocre is too hard to spell.)
Six years ago found me in paradise. Bali to be precise. It just may be the best place I’ve ever been. I wrote about the trip here, here, here, here, and here. Oh yeah, and also here and here. And finally here, although actually the links are in reverse order, so the finally is really the first day of the journey. And don’t worry, it’s almost all photographs. The beauty of Bali speaks for itself. Here are a few of my favorites:
The moon rises…
And the sun sets…
The food was amazing and incredibly cheap..
Beach side..
Pool side…
Mountain side…
Fire side…
Bats and balls…
Indonesian girls are beautiful…
…but dangerous when provoked…
Dressing like the locals, somehow it felt sarong.
Shrines abounded…
The natives were restless…
That was the spiciest dish I ever did eat. Two big beers to put out the fire in my mouth…
Moutain side lodging in a 1930s resort. It was like going back in time…
On the streets of Ubud…
The beer was cold and the weather was hot. Who can ask for anything more?
Looks beautiful. I’d better go there before it all turns Muslim.
Just went through your eight linked posts. On some posts, you wrote how many days you were there, but I’m not sure I saw the total number of days spent. (I may have missed it.) How long did you stay in Bali?
Nine days all told. Half inland (Ubud and environs) and half at the beach. We hired a driver and saw quite a bit of the island. Saw no visable trace of Muslim culture, but it seemed like every other house had a Hindu shrine.
Looks amazing and fascinating. Now if only I could get past my hatred of heat and humidity (humidity averaging 85% according to this site)…
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