#3941052 - 04/18/14 07:54 AM
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Flew 4,000 km last night. 6 days in Bali Island, deep in the forests and paddy fields of Ubud. Thunderstorms for the next 5 days, fantastic.
Cheers, Slug
"Major Burns isn't saying much of anything, Sir. I think he's formulating the answer..." - Radar - M*A*S*H
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#3941370 - 04/18/14 08:06 PM
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I'm another who likes thunderstorms.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#3941548 - 04/19/14 06:35 AM
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Well, just rode a vicious moped under bucketload of water, enjoyed every mile of it. Balinese are so gentle , even the truck drivers kindly smile at you while pushing you off the road. Off to get a tattoo now Cheers, Slug
"Major Burns isn't saying much of anything, Sir. I think he's formulating the answer..." - Radar - M*A*S*H
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#3941831 - 04/19/14 11:04 PM
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My wife and I love thunderstorms as well. We get plenty here on the gulf coast.
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#3942432 - 04/21/14 03:12 PM
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Not good when you're doing anything using electricity though...
The Jedi Master
The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter
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#3942749 - 04/22/14 04:45 AM
Re: (NOT) Disappointed at all
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Thunderstorms have been like clockwork, every afternoon from 2 till 4 or so. A blessing in disguise, cooling me down a little before hitting the tracks again. Here are a few pics, all with mobile phone, soz. The private pool at the villa, lovely Paddy fields. Loads and loads of them, tricky to find your way through sometimes Me in my sarong chatting away with a local farmer and getting a fresh coconut. The babes edited title Cheers, Slug
Last edited by Sluggish Controls; 04/22/14 04:46 AM.
"Major Burns isn't saying much of anything, Sir. I think he's formulating the answer..." - Radar - M*A*S*H
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#3942867 - 04/22/14 02:32 PM
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The girl in the back looks scared! You don't have her POV of the girl in front of her! The Jedi Master
The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter
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#3942953 - 04/22/14 05:04 PM
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She looks like the Turbo Lax just kicked in.
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#3942994 - 04/22/14 07:17 PM
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Ah yes, she just found out how much she OWES this year...
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The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter
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#3943232 - 04/23/14 10:36 AM
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Ubud is great! Beautiful galleries, the shopping street had some interesting stuff, and Indonesian food is the best in the world IMHO. Did you try to find a plantation and try some of the coffees / teas / other stuff? I had my first cup of Kopi Luwak ("Cat Sh*t Coffee") when I was on Bali - good stuff, but hardly worth the hundreds of Dollars a half kilo will cost you. I did buy a lot of spices (vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and many more) though for a very good price.
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#3943634 - 04/24/14 02:54 AM
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Hey Legend ! Totally agreed, Ubud is wonderful although downtown was a bit of a no-go zone this time. The royal family was having a wedding, blocked the whole place for 4 days. As usual I avoided Sanur, Nusa Dua and Kuta Beach like the plague, spending all my time in Central Bali.
Not much of a coffee drinker myself so no Kopi Luwak for me, but I did buy a fairly large stack of spices, mostly vanilla sticks, cloves and some pre-mixed powders my wife seemed to know what they were for. Also got a few wooden statues and stone carvings. A hopeless attempt at bringing a little Balinese mood back to HK.
Cheers, Slug
"Major Burns isn't saying much of anything, Sir. I think he's formulating the answer..." - Radar - M*A*S*H
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