Here’s the day 2 report from Bali…

Typical Balinese fare.  This was good…

Dining room in the hotel.  Pretty cool, eh?

There are statues and shrines like this all over the hotel property.  I assume this one has something to do with fertility…

Tom and Yuli purchased some property.  A fairly complicated process given that Tom is a foriegner.  The lawyers worked out all the deatails and the deed was done.  I still can’t resist puns…

Ye olde goldfish pond…

Another shot of the cottages in which I currently reside…

I think I mentioned the hotel is built into a jungle hillside…

And that little river at the bottom gurgles me to sleep each night…

One of the two pools on the property.  Had some excitement here.  Turns out Ji Yeon is not much of a swimmer and she didn’t realize how deep this water was until she was smack dab in the middle of the pool.  She went into a bit of panic and latched onto me, pulling me under as well.  Scared the hell out of me, because I’m not a strong enough swimmer to carry us both.  I gave her a mighty shove towards the side of the pool, but still out of her reach.  She went under again, but by now Yuli and Joeko were able to pull her the rest of the way to the side.  Definitely got my adreniline pumping…

It was definetly more relaxing laying flat on my back on the poolside lounge chair.  This was my view from that vantage point…

Later we went into town for a bite of lunch.  Don’t remember what this is called, but damn, it was spicy.  Made me sweat behind the ears spicy.  Luckily, I had a large bottle of Bintang, the local brew, to was it down…

Yuli, Tom, and Yuli’s brother Joeko were unfazed by spicy lunch and cleaned their plates.  I did not and took a fair amount of razzing about it…

We headed out to view Tom and Yuli’s new property and encountered a Hindu ceremony in progress…

Village street scene…

Tom’s new property…

Ji Yeon obviously preferred the rice paddy to the swimming pool….

Working the land.  Someday Tom’s house will overlook this area…

Tom was quick to make friends with the local neighborhood kids…

The street in front of Tom’s property…

A gateway I fancied…

Almost all the residences have a Hindu shrine on the property. 

Ok, time to get on with the vacation.  More to come.

Starting my first full day in Bali here in the hotel restuarant taking advantage of the wireless internet.

It is really a beautiful location.  Food is good and things are really cheap here.  Paradise for sure.

This guys hangs outside my room.  I’m not sure what the symbolism is intended to represent or why it was erected.  Heh.  Actually, you remove the penis and strike the statue on the back and it makes a “gong” sound.  A couple of minutes later someone shows up from the hotel asking what it is you need.  Felt bad about that, because this place is a series of hillside cottages, and getting around requires traversing numerous stairs.  So, I’ll be leaving the penis inserted for the rest of the trip!

A river runs through it.  The view from my patio.

The entrance to my room.  This resort was built in 1928 and in some ways is showing its age.  But, it is a nice throwback to the golden era of travel and it really quite pleasant.

This perhaps gives you a little idea of how the cottages are built into the hillside.  Very quaint, is it not?

Had this great western-style breakfast delivered to the room and enjoyed it on the patio surrounded by the wonderful Bali ambiance.  It tasted even better than it looks.  Oh, breakfast is included in the price of the room.  Which is about $60 US. Dinner for six last night was $24, including beer and plates and plates of Indonesia goodness.  I cashed out $500 at the airport exchange and the challenge may be finding a way to spend that much in ten days.

Did I mention this is paradise?