Comments on: Bali Dispatch #2: Eat, Pray, Spasm, Pray Some More, Move

By: sarena

sarena — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:24:18 +0000

awesome to follow along. Enjoy!! Love the yoga class description for the “tight white guy beginner” class!!

By: Tom Bentley

Tom Bentley — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:24:16 +0000

Jonathan, after your back stops barking, I second Naomi’s notions of walking the footpaths that lead out of Ubud proper—lots of lovely sights through the rice fields and the interesting homes on the outskirts. And a seconding (with a cherry) on going to Amed as well—such a different feeling than Ubud—warm waters, nice snorkeling, starker than Ubud but lovely in a different way.

And if you do go to Amed, might as well go to the Tirtagangga Water Palace too, which is everything a Water Palace should be…

By: Elana Findlow

Elana Findlow — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:41:44 +0000

Its good to hear your enjoying Bali – 3 monkeys cafe is a fave of mine on monkey forest road .. and to pretty much ensure I have wireless wherever I am if Im not in our villa – I use a portable wifi usb from xl – I use prepaid and just keep it topped up so it doesnt expire, and in our area I get a pretty good connection in most places and I ve been able to use my skype phone with it.

By: Mary Louise Penaz

Mary Louise Penaz — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:52:47 +0000

Jonathan,
An Indonesian woman introduced me to the power of fresh grated ginger. Not only does it break the spell of a stubborn cold and infection, but ginger compresses work miracles on the spine and surrounding muscles. Grate a large quantity of fresh ginger into cheese-cloth (or some porous material) and tie. Place in a big vat of hot water until the water turns yellow. Lay on your back and have someone place the compress where your muscles ache. When it cools, place back in hot water etc. (When suffering from a cold, pour the entire vat into the tub, add hot water, and soak with compress on your face.

By: Judy Martin

Judy Martin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:08:42 +0000

Enjoy! Loving vicariously through your adventure. Looking forward to video! Peace!

By: EM

EM — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:04:54 +0000

You should visit Lombok island, its next to Bali, you wont find DnG there lol, only great view and amazing beaches!

By: Kristy Swanson

Kristy Swanson — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:08:20 +0000

Thanks for a lovely description of your travels so far, it really took me to the place. I loved Ubud when I was there–in particular, getting up at the crack of dawn and wandering the trails through the rice paddies just outside of town. Even there, there were little offerings–mini sheafs of rice tied together with flowers and such, a bit of incense–such a lovely tradition. Can’t wait to hear more. Enjoy!

By: Marie

Marie — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:58:00 +0000

“…once you move past the dream, you become a lot more open to learning from the actual experience” — Isn’t that rather true of life, as well?

Speaking for myself, it took me a long time to let go of some fantasy life I envisioned living (in fact, still working on that) instead of dealing with what was before me. If I had let go of the “dream” earlier, I could have found better ways to work around roadblocks rather than give up in disappointment. Giving up the “dream,” has led to greater satisfaction than I imagined.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:41:56 +0000

very cool, Jonathan. And how’s your daughter doing so far?

By: Janet

Janet — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:36:33 +0000

Good thing you have that yoga expertise in your background! I hope that your back heals quickly and well.

Point taken about relying less on offering direct access to consulting expertise. I do wish I had realized this myself ten years ago instead of relatively recently.