As we were zipping from one isolated beach to the next, I caught a glimpse of these umbrellas in a patch of grass and asked what they were. Made told us that some families are too poor to properly cremate their dead. Instead, they bury them until they have saved enough money for a proper ceremony in which they would exhume the bones. These few scattered umbrellas covered the little bamboo tripods marking the burial sites. There was no noticeable family name...

All Balinese, men and women, are named by their birth order. Wayan is firstborn; Made is second, followed by Nyoman and Ketut. A fifth child begins the pattern with Wayan again. 'Ni' is added to a woman's name. We hired Made as our driver for our Day Tour. South of Kuta, Jimbaran used to be a tiny fishing village but now it has seafood restaurants lining the beaches with some 5 star resorts looming in the background. I enjoyed the energy as fishermen br...