Month: September 2013

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We expected to be better at this…

Kuta, Bali, Indonesia

So Tami kept her part of the bargain, flying halfway around the world to bring us our stuff.

(That’s not a turn of phrase, by the way.  She actually did.  Fly, that is.  Pretty much halfway around the planet…with our stuff.)

And now we had to deliver on our part…unique and interesting cultural experiences.

But how do we even top flesh eating fish cleaning your pores?

Or getting mugged by a sacred temple monkey!?

Um…hey surfing!

20120309 (18)Yeah, yeah!  Bali is famous for surfing!  It’s a thing!

Yeah, this’ll be good…

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In The Details

Kuta, Bali, Indonesia

When we called Bali the Cancun of Australia, we had no idea how right we were.

Because, like Mexico, people do come to Bali to drink cheap beer on the beach, party and buy cheap souvenirs so Bali caters to that.  And they even have a good sense of humor about it:

20120228H - Bali at night (2)But that’s not all this island is.  Because Bali, like Mexico, is far more fascinating when you’re paying attention to the details.

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Who even buys tin!?

Tampa, FL, USA

Really? Really!?  10 years.

10  YEARS

and we’re supposed to buy each other tin?!?

Freaking TIN!?

(ok, or aluminum…yeah)

What the heck would we even use tin for?

And are we supposed to carry this in our backpacks!?

Dude, lame.

Forget this, it’s not like we’ve been following the rules anyway, so why start now?

10th wedding anniversary sounds like…amusement parks and fondue.

 

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Yes.  That should work well.

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Sacred Monkey Theives

Kuta, Bali, Indonesia

The Balinese have an odd relationship with their monkeys.

On the one side, they are considered sacred (and therefore protected and allowed to live where they want) for their ability to ward off evil spirits from the temples they inhabit.

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…and that’s good.  Because those temples are pretty amazing

On the other hand, they raid rice paddies for food and snatch the tourists’ purses, wallets – pretty much anything they can get their hands on.

…which is kinda bad.

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