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Bali, Borneo & Beyond
Addendum: Post 7a Forgot to mention regarding the Civet cats who partially digest coffee beans: The nickname of this brew is cute: “Cat-Poo-Chino.”
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Bali, Borneo & Beyond
Post No. 8. If it’s Thursday (redux), we’re still in Borneo Thursday, March 23. Yesterday’s post should have referred to Wednesday, not Thursday (the time differences are confusing). After arriving in Borneo on Thursday late morning, we had a city tour of Sandakan, the main city of the State of Saba. First stop was the…
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Bali, Borneo & Beyond
Post No. 7. If it’s Thursday, this must be Borneo. Yeah, Borneo. Thursday, March 23. We’re now in MY Nature Resort in the State of Saba, Malaysia, which is the in the northeast corner of the island of Borneo. Last time we left off, we were still in Jogja. On Wednesday, March 22, we visited…
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Bali, Borneo and Beyond
Post No. 6. If it’s Tuesday, Bye-Bye Bali! Inta the hearta Yogyakarta Tuesday, March 21. Have I mentioned the heat and humidity? It’s one thing to contemplate in February, in New York City, the idea of touring on the Equator. It’s entirely another thing to look at your smartphone and see that the temperature really…
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Bali, Borneo and Beyond
Post No. 5: If it’s Sunday, this must be Seminyak. Sunday, March 19, 2023 Yesterday (Saturday) we left Ubud for Seminyak, a beach resort town located on the southern tip of Bali. Our stay was geared to avoid being on Bali during Nyepi on March 22. Nyepi is the Balinese Day of Silence. It’s a…
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Bali, Borneo & Beyond
If it’s Thursday and Friday, it’s still Ubud. Thursday, March 16. The first item on today’s itinerary was to visit the establishment of Mr. John Hardy, a Canadian who set up a jewelry-making business in Bali (with a store in Soho). We saw the many artisans creating works of silver and gold out of wax…
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Bali, Borneo & Beyond
Tuesday, Wednesday: This must be Bali Tuesday, March 14. Last night, after dinner at “The Genius Cafe”, we took our last stroll of Singapore. They take this 20% greenery stuff seriously, viz., Arriving in Denpasar, Bali, in Indonesia, some difficulty with the Customs Declaration. The online system was not user-friendly, and some of our phones…
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Bali, Borneo and Beyond
If it’s Saturday, Sunday and Monday, this must still be Singapore. Saturday, March 11. Saturday morning, a short walk over the Cavanagh Bridge to the Asian Civilizations Museum. The most striking things are (1) the wealth and breadth of Asian culture and artistic expression, and (2) our abysmal ignorance of it. Each exhibit would give…
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Bali, Borneo & Beyond
If it’s Thursday and Friday, this must be Singapore Thursday, March 9. The 18-hour flight on EVA Airlines went quite smoothly. We watched the sun begin to come up over Taiwan. On the descent into Singapore, the in-flight announcement was careful to note that we shouldn’t dare bring any weed or other substances into the…
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Bali, Borneo and Beyond
Preview Okay, fellow travelers, wanderlust has kicked in again. I turns out that Stef’s high school classmate, Ellen, organizes tours to lots of places in Asia. She posted on Facebook about a tour (Trails of Indonesia/Asian Odysseys) planned for this month to Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia, and we signed on. Till now, we’ve never been…
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