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I am sick of Bali.
To be more precise, I’m sick of every single person I encounter while walking down the street harassing me to buy their shit. I literally can’t go 10 seconds without someone trying to get me to take a taxi, get a massage, buy their cheap crap, eat in their [...]

Thanks to everyone who sent me emails. I was surprised at how lengthy most of them were. Postcards have been sent to the following people:

Scott, Minneapolis, MN
Wendy, Springboro, OH
Cheyanne, Durham, NC
Annie, Murrieta, CA
Ben, Bloomington, IL
Matthew, Appleton, WI
Gunter, Belgium
Saumel, Switerland
Denise, NSW, Australia
Sherry, New York, NY
Wayne, Long Beach, CA
Susie, Crystal Lake, IL
Sean, Irving, CA
Mike, Indianapolis, IN
Jay, Minneapolis, [...]

Today was a pretty interesting experience. I hired a driver for the day and explored Bali. I got to see some traditional Bali houses, a Bali ceremonial dance, had wild monkeys sit on my head, ate lunch overlooking a volcano and a lake, and got dressed up in traditional Bali garb to visit the Mother [...]

I’m having a hard time finding a reasonable tour to Komodo National Park. Everything out of Bali requires at least two people and if you go alone you have to pay an arm and a leg. I’m seriously considering just flying to Flores and doing some sort of tour from there. It should be much [...]

OK lurkers, it’s that time again. Time for postcards from exotic places.
My last postcard extravaganza was back when I was in Palau. This time I’ll be sending postcards from Bali.
I have two objectives in doing this: First, I’m trying to flush out people who read and never comment. It is nice to know who [...]