Kuala Lumpur is an inexpensive and accessible airport hub to get to.
My morning spot at Sandat Bali in Ubud with Nyoman and Wayan. Off tourist path but close enough to walk there in moments. All the travel challenges were worth it…I WAS in BALI! Daily life in Ubud. This is how women carry everything! Even tables! Or, 40 pounds of water in 5 gallon jugs. That […]
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No plan…then this happened! When I woke today, I had no plan for the day. If there was a plan, it was to listen, flow and have fun with my experience here! No brochures or maps, just listened to what I was inspired to do! I started on the rooftop early, alone and in the
First photo’s in Kuala Lumpur! This is from the LRT station, a 3 minute walk to my hostel! Lovely location, nice people, great roof top area for relaxing, writing, reading. And a new restaurant will be open when I return! Wandering this morning on my first full day here! Intentionally headed off walking in a
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Trip of a Life Time!!?? I’ve had so many trips that could be describes as “a trip of a lifetime”! So blessed in that regard! This is another trip that can fall into that category! !3 years ago, I left to explore new areas of SE Asia. I started in Kuala Lumpur mostly because it
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After a day of resting, I felt recharged this morning. I set off for an early breakfast and then took a taxi up to this strawberry farm. Still as good as I remember! Taxi driver quoted me $25 ringit to go which is WAY too high! People here told me no more than $12….absolutely not
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HOT and noisy stay in Penang! Party hostel, paper thin walls, tiny spaces, locker barely big enough for my laptop, AC turned off in the afternoons (the HOT part of the day). City was hot but I explored anyway. Found some lovely food spots, got a SIM card for Malaysia, got really good at walking
I’m in Bali and have been for four days. I’ve seen healers, eaten great food, walked a lot and never gotten my camera out. That will come later. I’ve wanted to give you a greater glimpse of Melakka. For years, I’ve wanted to visit there but never had it work out smoothly! This time, I
Slow internet? Divine intervention? Something! I’ve been attempting posting photos from Melaka and unable to load them, or open my gallery, or start a new post. I’m on my iPad ina restaurant to give this brief update. Yes, I am in Bali! Yes, it feels great being here! Awesome really! I’ve had a healing session
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I traveled today. It’s the first day I’ve taken off with my pack and gone exploring for a couple nights. And it’s early, compared to past trips. When I saw the Dr. Chow yesterday, she took my pulse and then asked me if I had any pain? No. “How do you feel?” Very good! Pulse
Day…??? Hard to believe I’ve only been traveling a few days! WOW! First, little to no jet lag. In flight, I used the homeopathic “no-jetlag”. If that is new for you, check it out: http://www.nojetlag.com/No-Jet-Lag-brochure.html Second, I drank plenty of water and took some Emergen-C in flight. And, I stayed a wake. Not for the
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I’m here in Kuala Lumpur. It is 2:30 am Monday morning local time. That’s 11:30 am Sunday morning in Colorado, a 15 hour time shift. I left home at 8:00 am Saturday. That is roughly 27 1/2 hours of travel. Biggest challenge: butt and hips ache! Surreal walking off the jet here feeling like I
Hadn’t planned this but…. Today seems to be the day for final technology push. At least before I get on my trip and need to continue to refine things. I deleted the email notification plugin I had as it was to hard and unreliable. Then I learned a way to set up another program I
My flight was really early! The express train direct left later than I wanted. I decided to take the SkyBus from KL Sentral to the airport. My last evening, with free time on my hands, I took the LRT rail to KL Sentral to shop for travel food and verify the bus schedule. They confirmed
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I’m up early. Sleeping well and sleeping less since the acupuncture treatments. I’m going to have breakfast as soon as it opens and then head for the train to Batu Caves. Later in the day, it gets really hot out there. I’m already making a compromise in my travel preference for the trip. I’m going
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Yesterday, I struggled attempting to make plans. I did that for a while until I realized one thing: I was struggling!!! So I let all that effort go! Struggle never works well with travel. This morning, I woke with clarity about what felt good for next steps on this trip. After letting go, everything was
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Several years ago, I posted a brief update of my first couple days traveling. A friend wrote that her life felt boring compared to what I was experiencing. My life at home felt boring compared to my first day here! I debated at the airport what transportation to take? There was one
While sitting in Melenge Lestari, I did some writing reflecting on my experiences so I’d have them ready when posting. This is one of those. The last day in Gorontalo was a lazy day of relaxing, eating, writing and waiting for the evening ferry. As the day passed, more people showed up who were going
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The reality of traveling the way I am is that it does take time. Two days ago, I left Semporna by minivan and headed to the harbour. Through the downtown area, stumbling along to find the harbour and immigration, I finally made it to my boat. It cost for travel so much more than days
Travel realities as I sit in Balikpapan waiting nearly 7 hours…. Read More »
I walked around town and found the one hotel that has WiFi and even though I am not staying here, they gave me the password to use their system. The internet cafe next door was completely full. Not a tourist in sight, only small children playing computer games. So, here’s the latest scoop. I’m sitting
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Today, I went snorkeling. It was lovely, lots of fish, many turtles, moray eels, colorful fish, unusual and weird fish, and a lot of dead coral. Whether from dynamic fishing of years past or heating of the ocean, a lot of the coral was dead. When I was near live coral, the fish population exploded.
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