Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Moving to Bali

Can’t believe 3 days have gone by…what did we do? Well we traveled from Chiang Mai to Bangkok on Sunday evening landing at the elegant Airport Hotel at midnight, only to  “Rise and Shine” at 3:00 AM to catch a flight to Bali…who planned this trip anyway?


Upon checking in with Air Asia for our flight, we were told we weighed too much…at first I was offended then I realized it was our luggage not the effects of eating banana Rotis for 7 days straight.  Regardless it cost me an extra $100.00 guess I should have mailed the heavy beads home from CM.  Also got nabbed at Customs in Denpasar with beads in suitcase…. Make a note for next time: ship don’t carry beads.
Our friend Jerry met us at the airport and took us to a guest villa down a dirt road out of town that didn’t serve food or have a cold beer…. perhaps he isn’t our friend. We politely declined the accommodations and settled into a place near the shopping ghetto street.
At least at  “The Bali Rich Luxury Villa Hotel” we had our own dipping pool…so darn hot and humid in South Bali with all the traffic and congestion and pavement, we were reluctant to leave our little paradise villa…. I took one for the team and scouted for a circle K, carried cold ones back as Amy napped.
The following morning, ok Afternoon…. we walked Legion and found some cool stuff to add to the collection of current cool stuff.


Wayan picked us up yesterday from Kuta area and drove us to her beautiful compound: home & work…surrounded by rice paddies. She employees 25 workers…all making finished jewelry, beaded beads and beaded bangles.
We celebrated her son’s birthday yesterday…6 years old… A feast was served: our favorite treat was a kelley green rice flour concoction (the color coming from a leaf.) infused with liquid palm sugar rolled in shredded coconut. Big YUM.



The last time I was in Bali Wayan birthed Rama. I was actually playing golf with Brian in the highlands and wasn’t available to be the mid-wife. Can’t believe six years have gone by. Can’t believe we have 8 Beadniks. Can’t believe I have a daughter…busy 6 years.


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