The Beauty of Bali

OK, I don't mean to be all doom and gloom about Bali. It's a beautiful country, with smiling, happy people. If you make eye contact and smile (or sometimes not make eye contact), you always get a smile and greeting in return. Salamat pagi for good morning is a sweet way to face the day!

The view looking out of my guesthouse door into the jungle.

We hired a driver one day and went to the Jatiluih (meaning beautiful or excellent) terraced rice fields, had hot chocolate overlooking a steep valley studded occasionally with little roofs and saw beautiful lakes at the foot of an active volcano.





We felt an earthquake one night, but thankfully, no volcano eruptions or tsunamis.... yet!

Noah hanging out in our room.

Noah hanging around with the monkeys at the monkey forest sanctuary in Ubud, Bali.