Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Vacations (May)

To a great extent, living here feels like one long extended vacation.  The pace of life is so relaxed compared to our life before, but far more social.  There is always some activity or another.  However, we still have been fortunate enough to escape back to civilization a few times.  In May, we got to go to Sorrento (south of Melbourne) for a wedding and then to Bali. 

On the beach in Sorrento

Melbourne

Cute pub in Melbourne



















Shortly after our return from Melbourne, my parents arrived enabling us to escape again to Bali.  This was an amazing vacation.  We did everything - relaxed, toured, biked, cooked, relaxed, etc.



View from our hotel balcony



Going native at dinner on the beach in Kuta

Lake Batur below Mt Batur (dormant volcano)

Breakfast overlooking Batur before our cycling tour


A Hindu Temple - Apparently there are more temples than houses in Bali

ladder for priest to climb to notify villagers

Rice Paddy

Thrashing rice


Typical Bali home

Tree - those are the roots

Balinese National Cemetary (All casualties of WWII)

Riding to our cooking class

Going native (again)

Grinding coffee
Making Dinner

Trying to dance (its harder than it looks)








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