Travel

Roasting coffee beans Samples of coffees (kopi) and teas (teh) from luwak plantation Civet named Simone who eats coffee beans and poops out naturally decaffeinated remains to make my cup of luwak coffee. Luwak is spendy ($$) but only contains .5% caffeine and is very smooth and earthy and niiice to sip especially with this […]

Woke up at 2am to hike Mt. Batur. We decided not pay a guide to help us walk up the mountain and instead just looked at the tour’s itinerary to get our timing right. Got on our bikes around 3am and ended up FREEZING in a tank top and shorts at night/ wind chill/ higher […]

Uluwatu has a mellow vibe that attracts a lot of interesting people. There are monkeys, waves, temples, delicious healthy food, and lots of smiles. Beachbumming Catching up on some journaling. Met some neat characters as Karma Backpacker house and thoroughly inspired. Someone crashed on a bike and had a serious head injury (3cm deep) one […]

Rented motorbikes and rode across the island to see Pura Ulun Danu (floating Shaivite- followers worship Shiva as main god- temple in the North). There were a lot of students from West Java that came up to ask “Hello miss, may we practice our English with you?”. After a short script, “Thank youuu! May we […]

Carmen and I splurged ($16 per night) in this crazy hostel in Ubud. We had a talk about money/ consumerism/ treating yourself and decided to try to mindfully spend our money on special things that we will especially remember and enjoy. Less cheap garbage purchases and more savoringggg (yum) This hostel was actually crazy though. […]

Met Reece (Aus) from awesome hostel in Uluwatu. We rented motorbikes with helmetttts and went to the gigantic palace-esque Uluwatu Temple. It takes about thirty minutes to walk through and we watched the sunset over the cliff on which it is built. The temple is the conjunction of Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma making it one […]

GOOD THAI FOOD IT WAS SO GOOD. Craving this meal for 2 months. Hygge homesick hot hot spicy food. Also I’m still just stoked that red curry is less than $3 US here (@ boujee Bend food *eyeroll* economics *eyeroll* money *spring roll* I mean eyeroll)

Took a fast boat (40 minutes) to nearby island, Nusa Penida. Penida is still technically part of Bali, however it’s population is much smaller and the pace of life is very wake-up-with-sunrise-and-rooster-crow and be-home-by-dark. Everyone was insanely friendly. Carmen and I got breakfast and the waiter ended up bringing us hot water and bandaids for […]

We landed in Bali Wednesday night and checked into a hostel called Captain Goose. C Goose is a quick walk’s distance between the Beachwalk (kuta beach and giant malls) and the main club/ bar area- like Bali Times Square with lights and screens etc. Guidebooks tend to say you will either love Kuta, or hate […]

General apology to passengers on flight DL67 Tokyo to Singapore. I have many talents but dairy is it one of them.