I wish I felt better. And I really wish I had availed myself of the free hotel on my layover TO Bali as well. Maybe I could’ve avoided that Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford stair fall. To be frank, I thought the hotel was connected to the airport and I would therefore not be able […]
Travels with Andi – A Two Day Roadtrip on August 27 to August 28, 2017 The “tours” I booked essentially meant I paid for a driver for a few hours and he’d take me around to places. I’d pay admissions, parking, tolls, meals, etc on my own. My driver’s name was Andi. His English wasn’t great […]
Yesterday after the marathon I was able to book on short notice with my hotel a half day sunset tour. My driver, Andi, then was also my driver today for a full day tour. There were ups and downs, highlights and lowlights, pros and cons, but ultimately I’m glad I did what I did in […]
August 27, 2017 – The Bali Marathon You meet some people on the road… and that was again true on the Road to Bali. I got a bit lost hoofing it from my hotel to the Bali Collection shuttle stop. Somewhere in the dark, I bumped into Matt, a guy from Adelaide who was here with […]
The Road To Bali was longer than you might have imagined. After walking the 2 KM to the shuttle pickup, we rode out to the start line… sorta. We rode out to a holding pen for the buses and then were told we’d get on minibuses that would take us the rest of the way… […]
This is what happens when you have to catch a 3 am shuttle that’s a half hour walk from your hotel for the race… I don’t know why that’s freaking me out. Time has lost all meaning Bali, in this place of naps and discombobulation. And since this *is* the Road to Bali, it’s also […]
August 26, 2017: The Bali Marathon Expo Where to begin? I purposefully booked Clamonic House as my hotel because: (A) it was cheap (the better to suck my blood perhaps…); and (2) it was located not too far from both Saturday’s race expo site as well as Sunday’s shuttle bus stop to get out to […]
August 26, 2017 – 3:03 PM My Bali internet connection speeds are glacially slow… at least when I am able to connect. There’s a lot of dropping the connection, both on WiFi and on my Sprint International Roaming. I suppose one could say it’s dropped like it’s hot; this is because, well, it *is* hot. […]
August 26, 2017 – The Day After The Day of the Elephants I’m waiting for my iPhone to copy over my photos onto my laptop. It’s 8:16 am in Nusa Dua. The sun is up, it’s humid, but there’s a light breeze. I’m sitting on the communal balcony outside my vampire room and it’s… tranquil. […]
I know I’m going to regret this later. I know I’m going to wish I had scribbled down as much as I could to ensure I captured the details of the day. But I’m too tired from the journey here and the minimal nap I grabbed at Clamonic House before the pickup this AM. But […]