Hey! I might not enter...because I'm going to Bali tomorrow and my schedule is going to be weird the next few days. And also because writing things like this literally takes me days. Butttt I resteemed it for ya anyway!
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Thanks so much!
Where in Bali are you going? I had a house in hilltop Campuan/Penestanan for a year quite some time ago. Haven't been back since but still have friends there. Enjoy! Wish I was going too.
Wow really? What made you go to that part of Bali? And for a year? It's my first time going there
Your first time! Well you're in for quite a treat. The culture is amazing and the people so connected to nature and tradition. Though cell phones have also come to dominate as everywhere!
I wound up in Ubud in the craziest way. Basically I didn't know where I was going, so chose the cheapest city location from the taxi board. But the guy who sold the taxi tickets refused to sell me one to there. Eventually I gave up trying to convince him and asked where he would sell me a ticket to. He picked Ubud, and that is where I made quite a nice home within a very welcoming community. He basically sent me to where most of the North Americans are.
Lol that's a cool story! I wonder why he didn't want to sell a ticket. Did you ever visit Canggu? Cause I'm kinda thinking I should've stuck with Ubud 🤷🏻♀️
Is Canggu Eastern Bali? I think an old boyfriend of mine moved there after I left. He was freaked out by the bombings back then, so wanted to be someplace with fewer westerners to be less of a target. My sense of it (if it is the same place) is that it is much more rustic. There's a lot more happening in the Ubud area. You can still get a place in the rice fields, but you also have Ecstatic Dance communities, Balinese infused yoga, dance clubs where you can dance with Balinese men (let me tell you!) and so on. I'm really glad I landed there, but also glad I got a house within 3 days in a peaceful area a 20 min. walk from the center of town.