12.07.2008

Yoga, Hindu temples and cheese

Once again, ok this is my favourite place!

We went to yoga this morning and it was pretty amazing to be surrounded by Indonesian jungle and rice fields. Its been a long time since I have done yoga so it was interesting to see how my body has changed. And by interesting, I mean sad.

Then we hopped on the back of some scooters and rode all around the area to see the rice terraces and to see a temple. The landscape is amazing. Palm trees, farm land, hills, rice fields. Everywhere. Plus there are some amazing houses. The temple we went to is a holy water temple. It was really old and every inch of stone was covered in moss. The water was very clear and it was overall so beautiful. At one point, I slipped on a rock near one of the pools and fell into the water. Oops.

We went to a huge waterfall. We saw a funeral procession along the road and followed it for a while. We met a local guy named OK (for real) that worked on Alaska Cruises out of Vancouver a few years earlier.

Then we found this deli that had cheese platters and it made my whole day complete. We ordered a plate and a bottle of wine and spent the rest of the night meeting a ton of expats that call this town home. They were much older that us, but left their lives in Australia or Scotland or the US to live here full time. We had a great night, we were feeling good by the end of it.

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