Stan in the Rice Paddies

Our bike ride consisted of a number of stops along the way, and on this one we got to trek through a rice paddy. Very cautiously, I might add, as we had already passed three snakes and a rat on the road, all road kill, but still. Snakes live in rice paddies. But all was good, and we are still here to tell stories.

Bali: Land of Temples, Big Sculptures & Big Waves

May 25th 2013
Prior to arriving here, my knowledge of Balinese culture was limited to what I had absorbed from reading Elizabeth Gilmore's "Eat, Pray, Love", which was, basically, that the Balinese are a deeply spiritual people who don't make decisions about anything important without consulting a holy man for guidance. The other preconception I had was that Bali's beaches would be one big five star hotel strip ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more

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