We've made it to Bali! The streets here are littered with frangipani blossoms, stray dogs, empty coconut husks, and these ornate little woven coconut leaf basket offerings filled with brightly colored sticky rice cakes, flowers, cookies & other odd things. Even as our plane was touching down at the Ngurah Rai airport, I looked over and saw these perfect sheaths of white waves breaking in neat rows.. We spent most of our first two days here in a hospital, but have finally found out what's been making Jon so sick (a pesky parasite!) and he's now on the road to recovery, thank goodness!
Yesterday we rented a motorbike and were able to zoom about the streets & sidewalks of Kuta. Jon did really weaving in about the sometimes hectic local traffic, and the fact that they drive on the left side of the road. We got happily lost in tiny backstreets amongst rice fields, tiny dusty shops selling everything from fruits to giant teddy bears and with a thousand kites in the air above us. We passed lots of children toting around massive and fancifully shaped kites, which seem to have a bamboo frame. At one point I even saw a large frame that was being constructed for a large kite about the length and width of an SUV.
Well, time to go check out the waves! Jon's going to check out about renting a board today and might even be kind enough to give me a surf lesson or two on these incredible waves! This is surf paradise, so I hope I pick it up fast! :)
Yesterday we rented a motorbike and were able to zoom about the streets & sidewalks of Kuta. Jon did really weaving in about the sometimes hectic local traffic, and the fact that they drive on the left side of the road. We got happily lost in tiny backstreets amongst rice fields, tiny dusty shops selling everything from fruits to giant teddy bears and with a thousand kites in the air above us. We passed lots of children toting around massive and fancifully shaped kites, which seem to have a bamboo frame. At one point I even saw a large frame that was being constructed for a large kite about the length and width of an SUV.
Well, time to go check out the waves! Jon's going to check out about renting a board today and might even be kind enough to give me a surf lesson or two on these incredible waves! This is surf paradise, so I hope I pick it up fast! :)
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