Breakfast at Cafe Havana with Don & Mary K with Che looking over our shoulders.
Our stay in Bali was made so much more enjoyable by meeting expats from the US. We were fortunate enough to meet Don & Mary K who we enjoyed great conversation over food and visiting them at their home in Ubud. Al had wonderful philosophical, psychological and spiritual discussions with Don, who is studying Vedanta, the soul of the Hindu religion. Playing chess was also a fun aspect of their new-found friendship. They will go on playing chess via the Internet. Rhonda was also fortunate to get to know Mary K, the out-going Rotary President. One of the most pleasant, intelligent and fun people that you could possibly meet on a trip like this, who knew how to network and connect us with other people.
Talking about other people, Danielle and Rich from Colorado who live here part of the year, will also be everlasting remembrances of our stay in Bali. They were so much fun to be around. They are the creators and leaders of the Bali Water Project for Rotary Ubud. The project brings water to villages in the dry eastern part of the island.
Through Mary K we met Jon and became good friends. He has been living in Bali on and off and is a former airline pilot who had been teaching aeronautics and living in China a few years back. Since China is in our plans after Borneo, he was of invaluable assistance in helping us plan our trip and contacting his English-speaking Chinese friends to expect our visit.
Rhonda had several Balinese legong dance lessons and is planning to have a dance company as soon as we hit San Miguel.
On to Singapore for one week and then Malaysia Borneo!
