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August 12th, 2011 | Asia

When Three became Six…!!

Not too shabby… All things considered…!!

After only a few hours of sleep after our early morning return from Java, we were up again, packing our overnight bags and preparing for a short stay in a hospital in Denpasar…

I was amazed to discover that Patti had never spent a day in hospital […]

August 11th, 2011 | Asia

The Temples of Java… Part 2.

Early the following morning we were back up on the upper gallery of Borobudur…

Up among the stupas to great the new day…

Low cloud cover had convinced us that there would not be the stunning sunrise we had hoped for the previous evening, but knowing we had a very full day ahead […]

August 11th, 2011 | Asia

The Temples of Java… Part 1.

The day after our climb up Batur, we were up again at 3.00am…!! Forty five minutes later we were in a taxi heading for the airport in Denpasar to catch the 6.00am flight to Jogjakarta in Java…

We circled Mt Merapi, Java's "Fire Mountain", which had erupted eight months earlier…

Indonesia is spread […]

August 10th, 2011 | Asia

Climbing Mt. Batur…!!

Patti and Krista just before we set off for the western rim of Batur's caldera…

"Whose idea was it to be up this early…??"

The day we climbed up Bali’s most active volcano, Mount Batur, began at the un-Godly hour of 2.15 am, when the alarm had me levitating off the […]

August 9th, 2011 | Asia

More sights from Bali…

In between many of the outings I have enjoyed with either Patti, Mikaela or other folk I have met here in Bali, I have been out and about on my own, riding the Big Fella down to Denpasar on occasion, or just tootling around the Ubud area, visiting villages and seeing a few sights that […]

July 22nd, 2011 | Asia

Tirta Empul and the Water Cleansing Ceremony…

Dressed in our ceremonial gear, we headed for the temple…

Como Shambhala had recently employed a small group of guides who joined the Activities Department managed by Patti…

As part of their training, the guides needed to experience the many activities offered at the resort, so they could confidently lead, and interact with […]