Well, here we are in Bali; that's Mags by the paddy field outside our hotel, Uma Sari in Ubud. Very pleasant here early in the morning, lively chorus of birds at dawn drowning out the frogs, some sort of bulbul, I think. Breakfast is banana pancakes and fruit, then in a bit we're going to walk along to Pondok Pecak for a scary ride on the back of a motorcycle to a gamelan lesson.
Last night saw a kecak at Pura Dalem, arranged and choreographed by I Wayan Dibia, who we studied kecack with in Bali. Very enjoyable, a lot of it quite recognisable from his teaching.
Can't stay long here... Bali is lovey, wonderful, but rather tiring having to barter for absolutely everything you buy, and always wondering just how much one might have overpaid.
That's a lovely photo of Mags! It turned out that Natalia and Mags stayed in the same villa as I did at the Puri Saren Agung.
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ReplyDeletePhotos of same kecak show that Mags & I went to week before.