2 months is a long time in paradise!!!!
hello all, apa kabar!!!
I am having a ball here, as tracy told you, I hired a car the first month i was here and that was soo much fun and soo convenient, but way toooo expensive, so gave it back!!!
Am now riding a motor bike and loving it, but pelan pelan cause as Reiki's dad says "you only get one chance on a bike", by the way, Jacqui stayed with me for a few weeks but mainly did her own thing down Poppies II most days, where she gets the most delicious Gado Gado, ask her to tell you where she got it.
Have met some interesting people, today I met the Mayor of Kuta, just happened to be walking to the laundry not far from our house and he was standing outside a little playgroup centre, which we were peering into as we walked by, he started talking to me and before I knew it, JOrdy (my 4 year old) and myself were at his house watching his gamelan orchestra rehearsing for their show tonite at the Mandira and Legian Beach Hotel!!! Funny, funny man and what an entrepeneur, I think about 10 people came in to see him while we were there, and although I wasnt listening to his conversations, he kept including me in them, one was to tell me that he has complained to the government about lack of sewerage stuff (too technical for me), and so they are installing pipes along the beach road, or will be, as he signed the go ahead for it while I was there, even showed me the plans, what for, I dont know, but didnt want to be rude, so looked interested in them!!!!
He is taking his gamelan orchestra down to Double Six tomorrow and putting them on the beach almost like, what do you call it, oh my god, ive forgotten my english, you know those people that sing, and you throw money into a hat for them.....anyway told him to get a hat and put a couple of thousand rup's in it, maybe people will do the same....he's doing it to advertise his group and see if he can hire them out for parties etc.
Another thing he has started up is the Legian Rubbish Recyclers, they have had help from the government getting the machine and are now ready to go full tilt into it!!!
If anyone off the forum would like to meet with him, he suggested maybe having an afternoon tea at his house, if enough of you are over here, maybe we could organise something, let me know if anyone is interested, he is a lovely, lovely man, delightful to talk to!!!
What else, oh yea, I was looking through my "bible" the Bali Advertiser, a paper aimed at expats here in Bali, and discovered a lady that does alot of work with the street dogs in bali, well actually I think mainly in Ubud, anyway, her name is Linda and she is an artist as well as a humanitarian.
She has just started up a dog refuge in Ubud, and has some dogs already undergoing their transformation, poor sad little creatures....1 dog she was notified about had a huge gaping hole in its neck from a human inflicted wouund and had maggots the whole bit in it!!!! It is on the mend, but I doubt if she will be able to find a home for it, so will live out its days in her refuge, with her footing the bill, if anyone wants to call her or help out whilst they are here, she would more than appreciate spare hands, money, whatever you've got!!!!
There is soooo much more I want to tell you all but where to start and when to finish is the thing, so I will keep it short and sweet and if anyone wants to email me, have ticked my address above, just put bali trave forum in the subject line, or I will be likely to delete an unfamiliar name as for some reason I seem to be getting alot more spam over here....Im sure its my imagination!!!!
Take care all and look forward to hearing from you
regards
shauna