Meditation Kære Jens
Har kun nået at læse den første del af din lange beretning - nu er du vel ikke kronraget og svøbt i orange, når vi ser dig næste gang?
Jeg har læst et par småbørger om "Mindfullness" og det minder lidt om din første kursusdag. Jeg synes umiddelbart, det er RIGTIG svært at være i nuet, koncentrere sig om vejrtrækningerne uden at lade tankerne flyve. Har et par veninder, der har taget kursus i det i.f.m. sygemeldinger p.g.a stress - det har givet dem rigtig meget... Glæder mig til at høe mere om det.
Knus Ulla
this is the funniest blog I've ever read Jens, I laughed loudly from beginning to end (people around me where looking at me like I was crazy). I could see myself in so many of your situations. My clothes has never been (or ever will be) as clean as during those then days, I will never be as conscious about every step I take, I will never love porridge with chocolate powder as much, I will never eat as much nice and noodles and your pine-cone figure at the top of the stairs really put me out (after the afternoon meditation) in a good way though.. Thanks for such a great read!
#2 of killing being at P.V Dear Jens,
I am so impress your meditate 10 days course, and I am very much looking forward to hearing all about your idea and your feeling,
I am really sorry to make you kill the little chicken in Preah Vihear it was too extreme and now I hope you do not think about it and forgot about it already so it very helpful during your meditate, I do not ment to hurt, it is just the adventure,
I give you big of
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Thanks for the text! Dear Jens,
Thanks more than word I can say, how much I like the comment in your blog,
We will always make it make better and better, keep our track improve!
Thanks with regards,
Soluy Loeurt @ team!!!
Thanks @Ulla: Well I would never wish for Pia K to be harmed in any way, but it made it a lot easier for me :)
@Bec: Yeah that is also exactly what Cambodia has done to me.
Spændende! Kære Jens
Tak fordi, du deler alle dine fantastiske oplevelser med os andre - og dine billeder er meget, meget flotte.
Rejser du bare ud i det blå - eller er der en form for plan? Har du en returbillet?
Knus fra Ulla
I want a prize...! My guess (and I have too much of an idea so its more like a suggestion than a real guess) for the BFCE is that:
you, Jens Busse, are going to return to Indonesia and make peace with those poor ENDANGERED whale sharks. That would be an excellent way to challenge yourself and "in a way that makes the jungle trek on Sumatra and the carnage at Lamalera look like a walk in the park." Making ammends with the innocent victims/family members of victims would be quite the challenge and a swim in the sea. ;)
Lovely read. You have a way with words and capturing experiences which are otherwise indescribable.
Look forward to future posts. xo
Guesses Hi Busse,
Go to Hard Rock Café (even if it is situated next to the best local resurants)and order a Big Mac and complain about the service and the fact that they don't have a Big Mac on the menu. Be rude, high voiced, not leave a tip and if you have a chance to run off without paying the bill you will do that as well.
Spend 2 weeks in a Mövenpick resort in Thailand - and not leave the place for 2 weeks. Only order room service and get drunk by the pool side.
Go into training as a buddhist monk
/henrik
phrasebook entries Agreed, puskesmas and doorsmeer are great. While not drawing attention away from those, I also believe that "knalpot" (exhaust pipe repair) deserves an honorable mention, as does "Awas!" - which means "look out", although it sounds more like what you'd cry when you didn't look out and something bad happened.
comments on comments Hello Mark Twain! You really have a good sense of humor. Like the late travelling commentator of american origin you twist your observations into something that makes me laugh. With all respect your old father.
Even Even more sharks Good to hear that Utila has not been affected so far. My travel companion in Indonesia did his DM there and he was quite concerned about the future for that place.
The shark fishing around the world is out of control and there is one simple reason. For most people living in China the Shark Fin Soup was until recently something that only the most wealthy people could get. It is not even added to these dishes for flavour. It is only because the fins contain a lot of gelatine and thereby changes the "texture" of the soups and related dishes.
All of this can be done by gelatine made from pigs etc. (in danish husblas) It all boils down to the same stupid superstitions and traditions that are also endangering tigers, asian elephants, Malay bears etc.
But the global industry that kills millions of sharks every year just to retrieve the fins, dry them and ship them of to Chinese communities around the world has nothing at all to do with Lamalera. It is stupidity and ignorance that will wipe out some significant shark species. Not a single village in Indonesia.
Even more Sharks Hi Jens. I can understand how yiou feel and I would most likely feel the same being there. Diving in Utila was great, they had not been harmed by the oil spill at all.
But in relation to sharks, we were told that they had been hunted to the point that there were rarely seen any in the shallow waters or on the reef, which was a shame. It just shows what will happen when hunting without thinking on the natural reproduction rate.
More sharks Hi Søren
As you can hopefully tell, I am quite torn about this. As a diver I feel absolutely horrible about having had a part in the killing of one the animals that I have had the greatest hopes of meeting underwater.
But I cannot bring myself to condemn them for doing it. It has been their livelihood for centuries and the way that we treat the animals that we eat in Europe gives makes it even harder.
BTW, how is the diving at Utila after the oilspill? A friend of mine told me that it would probably destroy the diving business in Honduras completely. Hopefully it is not that bad.
Sharks Having just spent one week diving in Utila, one of the few places in the world where Whale Sharks are frequently seen, and having spent a lot of time talking to Steve Fox ()Owner of the Deep Blue Utila), I have to say that killing those wonderful creatures just seems so wrong to me.
Sharks are a rare to find today and too many sharks have been killed for their fins. I know that the people of Lamalera just do it to feed themselves but I still can't help thinking this is wrong.
Hello from Spain ! Hello Jens ! I was reading your blog between 2 meetings at work, and I see that you really are making the best from your trip to Indonesia. I did not know about the whales, Dolphin, whale shark hunters in Lamalera. But you are right, the guys there have to eat...
Take care, travel safe, and enjoy the rest of your trip in south-east Asia.
Pascal
Hey Jens, another BRILLIANT entry. I thought chickens in crazy overcrowded buses was something from the movies! Gold. And those volcano lakes are awesome. Hard to imagine that amazing world is not so far away from here.
Hold da op Jens, du får dig da en på opleveren. Bryllup hvor brud og gom ser ud til ikke at nyde det hmmmm og "fede" teknorytmer i biler og busser LOL Stakkels dig. Men dejligt at høre at udsigten er super. Fedt at du gider skrive om dine oplevelser. Fortsat god rejse.
Knus og kram
Those were the days Great traveling for a couple months with you Jens. I'm headed back to Alor (heaven on Earth 2?) first thing in the morning! Keep in touch and I hope the rest of your itinerary can live up to the impressive standard Indonesia has set.
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Meditation
Kære Jens Har kun nået at læse den første del af din lange beretning - nu er du vel ikke kronraget og svøbt i orange, når vi ser dig næste gang? Jeg har læst et par småbørger om "Mindfullness" og det minder lidt om din første kursusdag. Jeg synes umiddelbart, det er RIGTIG svært at være i nuet, koncentrere sig om vejrtrækningerne uden at lade tankerne flyve. Har et par veninder, der har taget kursus i det i.f.m. sygemeldinger p.g.a stress - det har givet dem rigtig meget... Glæder mig til at høe mere om det. Knus Ulla