Travel
I'm trying to break my personal record for once-monthly plane travel to foreign countries in consecutive months. In August I flew from Costa Rica to Hawaii to Korea. In September I flew to Taiwan, in October I went to Hong Kong for a conference and in November I flew back to the States for my good friend Eric's wedding. In December I flew back to the States to visit my parents and it was back to Korea in January. Late in January I left for Bali in Indonesia and I've just returned.
So far that's seven months that I've been blessed with travel. In March I'm presenting at a conference in the Philippines and I have a week's vacation in April. For now, it looks like May will be traveless, so I may top out at nine, but I'll keep you posted.
Last year I wrote,
"Experiences. Collect them as a child collects seashells, with awe and wonder." I've been lucky to collect many experiences in my short life and I thank everyone that has helped me to make it happen. Gracias. While I have done many rare and interesting things, Bali contributed to the lighter side of my collection. Here are some ramblings.
BALI, INDONESIA
I've just returned from a week's vacation in Bali and it was brilliant. It was great to escape the frigid cold of Korea and head to the beach for a week. My time was spent largely relaxing, mostly by the pool. Due to the unfortunate bombings, Bali has suffered a tourism drought, which meant cheap package deals for the time being. My friend Marshall and I headed out to the island for 6 nights plus flight for a VERY reasonable price. When not relaxing by the pool, we went white-water rafting, explored the island and enjoyed the great food and night life.
Here is a list of great things overheard in Bali, in no particular order.
1. Buy 500 DVDs, get 300 free.
2. Hey boss, you want transport?
3. Where are you from? (to which we answered differently every time...I mean come on, do I really look like I'm from Andorra?)
4. You want women? (7 times, not counting every cab ride)
5. You want marijuana? (5 times)
6. Dear Mr. Coleman and Captain Bintang....
7. This is the art process. First he sketches, then he paints. (at an art gallery "tour")
8. Hello. My friend.
It was a good week.
So far that's seven months that I've been blessed with travel. In March I'm presenting at a conference in the Philippines and I have a week's vacation in April. For now, it looks like May will be traveless, so I may top out at nine, but I'll keep you posted.
Last year I wrote,
"Experiences. Collect them as a child collects seashells, with awe and wonder." I've been lucky to collect many experiences in my short life and I thank everyone that has helped me to make it happen. Gracias. While I have done many rare and interesting things, Bali contributed to the lighter side of my collection. Here are some ramblings.
BALI, INDONESIA
I've just returned from a week's vacation in Bali and it was brilliant. It was great to escape the frigid cold of Korea and head to the beach for a week. My time was spent largely relaxing, mostly by the pool. Due to the unfortunate bombings, Bali has suffered a tourism drought, which meant cheap package deals for the time being. My friend Marshall and I headed out to the island for 6 nights plus flight for a VERY reasonable price. When not relaxing by the pool, we went white-water rafting, explored the island and enjoyed the great food and night life.
Here is a list of great things overheard in Bali, in no particular order.
1. Buy 500 DVDs, get 300 free.
2. Hey boss, you want transport?
3. Where are you from? (to which we answered differently every time...I mean come on, do I really look like I'm from Andorra?)
4. You want women? (7 times, not counting every cab ride)
5. You want marijuana? (5 times)
6. Dear Mr. Coleman and Captain Bintang....
7. This is the art process. First he sketches, then he paints. (at an art gallery "tour")
8. Hello. My friend.
It was a good week.
posted by jc at 11:21 PM
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There are two kinds of people in the world; those who stay at home and those who don't. The second are more interesting - Rudyard Kipling.
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