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Biking through Bali Roosters howled like wolves sucking helium, once again waking me with the first rays of morning. As I stared across the rice patty, swirling the last mucky sludge of coffee grinds in the bottom of my cup, Darma walked onto the patio to say hello and lead me to the van to begin my bike tour. I was excited to see the countryside beyond the city but was a bit disappointed to hear that the bike ride would be almost all downhill when I hoped for...

(Sorry I haven't written anything about Malaysia yet, it was great and I will post something soon but I am consumed with amazingness of Bali at the moment...) Ubud I woke to the crows of roosters in the rice patties outside my front porch at 5am, clearing their throats in announcement of sunrise. The white mosquito net around my bed fluttered over my head in the breeze from the fan as rolled over and drifted back into sleep. The sun was streaming through my...

Singapore June 15-17 Five hours of turbulence later, my flight landed at the massive Singapore airport at 2:50am. The airport was quiet and deserted as I walked through the halls with my new Argentinean travel buddy Diego. Dim lights flickered in gray halls with too many doors like a hospital from a horror movie. We walked in circles for at least an hour until we finally found the bus to Terminal three where we could eat and take a nap before the hostel b...

Camping in Margaret River The reggae beat thumped to a stop as the car engine turned off in the abandoned parking lot at Bunker Bay. We got out and grabbed a small flashlight to explore the still darkness for a good campsite on the beach. I shivered with excitement in the crisp winter air, my first camping trip in Australia. Waves crashed wickedly in the unfathomable distance, somewhere close by hidden in the deep black night. It was only 6:30 but endless star...