(left to right) Mun, me, Eny & Nita

Hi everyone. Just checking in. I had scheduled this entry to post several days ago in anticipation of my absence. For some reason, it didn’t post though, but better late than never.  The post was:  

For the next 5 days, I will be traveling around Bali with my friends Mun (pronounced Moon) and Nita (both from Malaysia) and Eny (from Java, Indonesia).  As I’m not bringing my laptop with me during our travels, I won’t be posting any updates until I send these lovely people back to their respective homes. I will be taking lots of photos in the meantime though to share with you soon!

clubbing in Kuta (a little preview)

Posts-script:  I’m back in Ubud momentarily and was checking the net before heading out again.  To give you a little taste of what’s to come, I’ve been driving all over Bali on motorbike taking some independent road trips with friends (i.e. sans guide).  Besides the stories from the roadtrip itself, I also attended a cremation ceremony, a ceremony honoring the souls of 700 Balinese, went clubbing in Kuta and spent some time in a small fishing village hanging out with some guys who own a dive shop and who spend their evenings grilling mackeral and playing Bob Marley on guitar.  I’ll fill you in on all the details, but to give you an idea, I filled my 8GB memory card on my “big” camera, three 2GB memory cards on my little point-and-shoot that I use for video (that amounts to 755 photos and about an hour of video) and have burned through all 6 of my batteries!  Can’t wait to “show and tell!”  I’ll check back in a couple days with the details …