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Bali Style: confusing reflections

Bali Style: confusing reflections

In Bali the worldview is a trifle different than in the west. It’s based on the island’s geography and Hindu beliefs and leads to some interesting contradictions that I’m struggling to deal with. The Balinese recognize the compass points of north, south, east and west, but they also have a unique take to their geography, …

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The Lesson of Rice

The Lesson of Rice

Bali is a place built on rice (and tourism, but we’ll leave the tourism for the moment.) I’m staying in Ubud, one of the main tourist towns in Bali (the one made famous by Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love.) It’s a busy place with a perennial traffic jam and stores that run the gamut from …

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Lost in Bali

Lost in Bali

We’ve been in Bali ten days now and it has been a wonderful lesson in exploration—both sensory and experiential. For instance, at the moment I’m in my bed listening to a thundering downpour and the quintessential sound of gamelan music played for a Balinese shadow puppet show. But not every experience has been quite so …

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‘Salam’, or Bali ‘Hi!’

‘Salam’, or Bali ‘Hi!’

We’ve been in Bali since February 4thand the first word I have learned is ‘Salam’, or ‘hello.’ I swear we are both still recovering from our Indian sojourn, which seems odd to me given basically all our travel arrangements were made for us. But then again, when there are issues the stress can wear you …

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India at the Close

India at the Close

We spent our last week in India on the move. From Kanya Kumari we headed north again, toward our arrival spot of Chennai and Mamalapurum. We broke up our train trip halfway through at a city named Trichy to visit the Sri Rangnam temple, one of the largest temples in southern India—and probably the country. …

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Temple Sunset (and Sunrise)

Temple Sunset (and Sunrise)

From the memorable streets of Fort Kochi with its shoreline of fishing nets we kept heading south, further into the contradictions that are southern India. We finally stopped at the seaside resort town of Varkala Beach (not to be confused with Varkala town.) It’s a town that seems to only know sunsets given it faces …

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Old Kochi and Eye (I?)

Old Kochi and Eye (I?)

I’m not quite sure what to write about Fort Kochi. No critiques. I really liked the place. It’s photogenic as heck. Located a little over halfway down the coast of Kerala state, like Goa the area has had layers upon layers of foreign influence. There were the Arab traders who came for the spice. Then …

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