Quick note about the blog posts. There are different date postings within one location. Look for the pull-down menu under the heading. They seem to be updating the application, so blogging lately has been difficult. Stay tuned! Well this post is at the end of our coastal retreat and now it's time to head inland. We have been living the fat holiday life and we're ready now to soak in some culture...so we're heading up to Ubud in the centre of the island. It has b...

A quick note about the temples in the pictures - the best thing about them is where they are located. Within one small area, we came across 3 - the first perched in a cave up on a cliff, the others tucked under the cliff wall, right on the beach. The most beautiful spots. Honoring the spiritual important nature of the place. And the second-best thing is that you don't know they are there and you just come across them...and so you feel like you are discovering th...

Well this place is terrible. They make you sit by the pool and listen to the cooing of doves and distant bamboo chimes from the cow collars. You have to drink fresh watermelon juice and eat food that is delicious. Abbey has to eat a jaffle every day and she's not allowed to get out if the pool. Yesterday they made me have an hour long massage for $12! I think that was overpriced too. And the beach! Cripes! The sand is soft and clean and sinks down really far too ...

The first word that comes to mind when landing in Indonesia is heat. Then green. Then: Holy Crap How Did We Get Here. As the plane landed on the runway, I thought...'yeah- it's that easy- you get on a plane and go somewhere else'. Then, sitting by the pool in our gorgeous hotel, I was simply in shock. The weight of all the energy it had taken to bring us here sinking in. I did some really long blinking... and a little beer drinking... and slowly came out of it. T...