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1. We're nearly there. Looking at the many island groups from my plane window seat inspires me to ask a very serious question. If you were shot from a cannon, you'd just about make Bali, if fired from which of these launch points?
2. Finally, we're here, but you could have told me how HOT this place is. We need to find somewhere to stay. I'm thinking a few days of R & R in the mountains. Where would you recommend?
3. What's going on here? The concierge guy was called Wayan. Another chap called Wayan checked me in, and then ANOTHER Wayan, this time a girl, saw me to my room. Pinch me please. Why are so many Balinese called Wayan?
4. Bali is paradise. Rice terraces, thatched roofs and baskets on heads. I sure know I'm in Southeast Asia, yet there's something with the design of some official buildings that looks foreign. Help me here, what is that influence?
5. We've just completed the cultural tour and took in woodcarving, painting, silver smithing, the Barong dance and a Wayang Kulit (shadow play). I'm told the Balinese are so abundantly talented because Bali was a refuge for artists, entertainers, priests and intellects fleeing the mainland. What on earth were they running from?
6. Have you seen enough temples and craft? Great let's shop, destination Kuta! First we'll swap some money and become millionaires in which currency?
7. I'm all bartered out and you're sick of lugging around your 'I've Been To Bali Too' t-shirts, fake Rolexes, and that life size wooden giraffe. We're in Jalan Raya, so let's grab a Bemo and go for a cruise. You look at me oddly. "What the.. is a Bemo?"
8. Back at the resort and sipping a cold Bintang at the pool bar, Wayan the waiter tells a story about the time an angry Gunung Agung killed 2000 Balinese and destroyed a thousand temples in 1963. I thought Gunung Agung was some lunatic Indonesian General but have since found out it was which of these natural phenomena?
9. All week we've been trying to avoid stepping on these little baskets made from what looks like a banana leaf. They're everywhere, over the footpaths, in front of houses, shops, and on the street. They hold burning joss sticks and earthly items such as food. You tell me they are to keep evil spirits away. Should I believe you?
10. We've been tanned, massaged, manicured, pedicured and plaited. We've shopped, bopped, dropped and hopped all around this lush, spiritual little island. Time to catch the Wallaby home and get some real rest. "__________ Airport please driver."
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