January 18, 2004
Bye Bye Bali
The festival was nice... about 2/3 of all the people on scooters were dressed in lovely clothes and carrying offerings to one temple or another. In a way it was low key, because there wasn't lots of music, dancing, fanfare, but so many people were going about the business of offering... strangely ordinary...
I ended up assisting with an Open Water Course at Spice Dive, which was loads of fun! So I guess the Indo diving was not quite over ;) Thanks Robbie!
Yesterday morning I hopped in a mini-bus back to Ubud. I'm staying at a really lovely place called Nick's Hidden in the paddy's just outside of town. It's lovely!
After one false start, I managed to find Dewa Warung for dinner last night! Wow!! Fantastic and cheap Bali food! Yum! Anyone comming to Ubud, I highly recomend this place!
This morning, I'm just doing practical things, shopping, getting directions to the hotel in Bangkok, checking email, etc. I have transport to the Airport setup for this afternoon, and I'm flying to Bangkok this evening.
I guess I don't really have much news from this week. It has been really wonderfull being in Bali. The countryside is really green at the moment, the weather has been almost ideal, the people here smile a lot, they are very relaxed, and enjoy chatting about pretty much anything, esp. if it's funny :) Not that unusual really, but there is a warmth and simpleness here that invites joy and laughter.
There is so much more to see and do here and somehow, I'm ready to move on. I'm really looking foward to seeing Wade and diving in Thailand.
Very much Love,
-- Bindu
