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Love on the Road II
A couple of months ago I hosted the Lonely Planet Blogsherpas 8th Blog Carnival Love on the Road, with great success. The topic was Love on the Road and has brought up many queries and questions in regards to my own story… I try not to be one of those bloggers who uses this public … Read more
from barefeet to bubble baths…
I’ve been back on my native soil for five days and I’m seriously freezing. The Southern Highlands of New South Wales are not only a beautiful part of Australia, but mother nature seems to have forgotten than Summer is a mere 3 days away. It’s been less than 10 degrees for the past few nights, … Read more
see you on the other side…
As I sit here in the dirty hot waiting room outside gate 9 in the forever depressing Bali Airport, surrounded by hungover, tattooed, braided, beaded Australians, I can’t help but ponder my year… I’m heading back to Australia tonight, and I can’t help think about how far I’ve come. This flight doesn’t end my stay … Read more
Day One Success at the Rip Curl Pro
The one thing that brought us all to Bali in the first place was the Rip Curl Pro Indonesian Surfing Tour. My boyfriend and our very good friend are both competing in the men’s longboarding division. We are taking a few weeks to rest and relax after the comp enjoying each others company and all … Read more
It’s still a long way to the finish line…
After the drama of just getting out of the village. It was a relief to finally get on the bus to Bandung. That relief didn’t last long however. The ride between the village and the next town of Pangandaran should take no longer than 45 minutes, an hour tops. Two hours and ten minutes after … Read more
a treacherous journey…
The plan was simple, but like any simple plan, there are always flaws… wild cards, if you will that can turn a simple plan into a logistical nightmare. The plan was this, to join a group of boys and their sponsors to the Rip Curl Pro Longboarding competition in Bali. Simple right? Book a flight … Read more
I love you, for showing me the view…
I’m coming to the end of my year in Batukaras. I only have four more days until my bags will be packed, and I will board a bus for Bandung, ending my long term stay in the village. But it’s not as final as it all sounds, I’ll be back before the year officially closes … Read more
You know you’re a local when…
I am nearing my 11th month of living in this remote fishing village, somewhere on the coast of west java, Indonesia… and I've changed. The very fabric of my person has changed, the way I move, the way I act, the way I talk… has all developed to assimilate into my environment. I like to … Read more
just one foot in front of the other
I leave footprints in the chocolate sand of the crowded beach of my new home and they disappear under thousands of others… Idul Fitri is still in full swing, the mobs of local tourists throwing their garbage all over our beautiful village and leaving their mark on all of us. The air is choked with the … Read more
There is music in my head…
The world has been put on hold, and I’m in hibernation… I have found comfort in my little leaky beach bungalow with its grass mat on the tiled floor. I sit with music in my head and watch through the dusty windows as the blackened sky rumbles and pounds our village with torrential rain that … Read more
