It’s my last day here. I’ve been up since before the sunrise listening and writing. Now, I’m headed to the pool. Later, I may go for a massage or healing session with Nyoman and have dinner with friends. I know, so many plans for my final day. First, the pool for some reading and relaxing. I’m feeling very complete today.
Last night, I organized my pack and stuffed everything I don’t need. Since I had practice before, I’ve loading everything I might need at the hostel in Singapore at the top. Gradually, things are going into the pack that won’t come out until I’m home.
Time is winding down or winding up depending on what perspective I see though. Being present pervades both views.
Yesterday, I went out for a day long adventure through the Bali countryside. For years, I’ve intended to do the bike trip with Bike Bali Baik. They are the original company that started the route, are locally owned, hire only local guides and all the money stays with that family and their employees. Other companies have sprouted up, some foreign owned, so I prefer to spend locally here.
I was picked up in the nicest van I’ve ridden in maybe ever while on an adventure. Two families from Melbourne joined me and we set off for Lake Batu to the North and breakfast overlooking a marvelous view of the sacred lake. The lake is special and only used for ceremony so no jet ski’s, etc.
Breakfast was delicious, the coffee noticeably different than most of the Bali coffee I’ve had. They are in Kintamani which is coffee country here so it figures they’d have good coffee.
We visited a coffee plantation and you’ll see the chart of the different types of coffee and tea we sampled. The coconut coffee was especially delicious and surprising.
Once we mounted up on bikes, we traveled about 25 kilometers though Balinese villages, through rice terraces, past temples, amongst villagers going about their daily life and really had an amazing day. I’m posting photo’s below and there is something in those photo’s you probably haven’t seen in my previous photo’s. Brace yourself for the surprise and I’ll explain it for you so you understand clearly. That bright blue space you see is a CLEAR sky on a SUNNY day!!! Amazing, the nicest day since I arrived. It didn’t rain at all until we were returning to Ubud.
Tonight, I’m going back to Nyoman’s and meeting friends who I got acquainted with while staying there. We are going out for some type of dinner. Lisa’s birthday is April 2nd, it’s my final night, we are going to share some time together. I stopped to have desert (chocolate cake drizzled with white mango ginger sauce) with Teet and Yuen who where at Nyoman’s and a friend of theirs.
Desert was great, made by Dayu who showed me how to make peanut sauce the other day. Amazing that even here, while having dinner together, foreigners spend a lot of time checking emails, surfing and talking on the phone while supposedly spending time together? What a phenomenon this is?!
I’m off now for the pool.
Enjoy the photo’s and arm chair travel through the countryside.
