Bali is "tube city"

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A hastily arranged (and free, courtesy of China Airlines) 2.5-day trip to Bali was, as they say, just what the doctor ordered. Kuta beach was "tube city," a surfer's dream, and my 6am swim was bliss. This was my second trip to Bali, and I found myself liking it more this time around, despite the fact that we missed the sunset at Jimbaran Beach because our "herbal oil massage" lasted nearly 3 hours. Nonetheless, the seafood barbecue -lobsters, prawn and barricuda- at Jimbaran made up for it.

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Photos

Mellow morning
I took my dip not far from here, just south of Kuta Beach proper.

Colors coming out
As I backfloated in the morning water, the clouds began to glow pink in the warmth of the rising sun.

Mount Rinjani Looms
That's Lombok island's Gunung Rinjani looming in the distance.

Bali awakens
Soon the cool morning mist will be burned away...

Happy Sharon
Our 3-hour herbal oil massage was about to commence.

Tube city
The waves were rockin on Monday in Kuta.

A surfer's paradise
From out the window of our Boeing 747, Bali appears as a heaven for surfers.

Gunung Batur
Bali's highest peak, Gunung Batur, stands above the clouds.

Nameless Paradise
Actually, it probably has a name. Some Micronesia-esque diving paradise about 10 minutes from Bali on our descent.

Sea gaurdian
I like the little statues that adorn the entrances along Kuta Beach.

Heaven descending
Zues' abode descending to Earth.

Surf's up
There were many surfers out today, almost as many as there were touts, who are the most obnoxious I have ever come across in my travels in Southeast Asia.

Asia reading
I'm devouring this book, The Malayan Trilogy, by Anthony Burgess. "There was no beer in the wardrobe, nor under the bed, nor in four of the drawers of the dressing-table. But the fifth drawer revealed treasure. Nabby Adams looked, like hungry Gulliver eyeing Lilliputian sirloins, at a neat collection of tiny bottles containing single glassfuls of various liquers." -quote from book.

Comments

[Mike "Bing Lang" Leznoff]

poor you
"we missed the sunset at Jimbaran Beach because our "herbal oil massage" lasted nearly 3 hours..." BOO-HOO!!!! Oh the tragedy! ;) Glad you guys had a great trip! Keep on peopling the blogosphere! Mike