Monthly Archives: May 2010

pantulan

pantulan

Today was our last full day at Pantulan. We’ll miss you guys!

 

testing… 1, 2, 3…

testing… 1, 2, 3…

The Sunday night plan was to figure out how to use the strobe-eriffic setting on my flash and take some photos of Casey jumping into …

 

it wasn’t me, i promise!

it wasn’t me, i promise!

A visit to Ubud isn’t complete without a trip to the Monkey Forest Park so as a dutiful tour guide to our vacationing friends it’s …

 

villa pleiades

villa pleiades

Apparently we aren’t the only ones in Bali who scored a sweet villa. H and Michelle’s choice certainly wasn’t too shabby either.

 

drop’d

drop’d

Rain, rain, go away…

 

at my fingertips

at my fingertips

Late into the evening, and during a meeting, I finally noticed that I hadn’t taken any photos that day. I’m most definitely a multitasker.

 

skewer’d

skewer’d

 

blissful poi

blissful poi

Monday night I shot hundreds of pics for these professional poi spinners but none of them came out very well (they didn’t bother coming back …

 

“japanese cow”

“japanese cow”

When a rice field has been harvested they must till the earth to get it ready for the next crop. To do so, this …

 

girl of kuningan

girl of kuningan

Accoriding to Wikipedia, “Galungan is a Balinese holiday that occurs every 210 days and lasts for 10 days. Kuningan is the last day of the …

 

purnami

purnami

 

cracks in the wall

cracks in the wall

One wall of our home has an amazing mural carved into it. This is one view of that wall.

 

of course elephants can play basketball

of course elephants can play basketball

Duh. They can also play soccer.

 

from the pool

from the pool

This is what the view of the sunset looks like from our pool. I’m going to miss this place.

 

office in the sky

office in the sky

This is our under-used upstairs office.

 

behind the buddha

behind the buddha

It’s hard not to take photos of the four foot tall Buddha meditating over the reflection pool at our house, and today was no exception.

 

seminyak

seminyak

Finally caught the beginning of a good beach sunset at Seminyak this weekend. I’ve been up in the mountains of Ubud and have been …

 

upper temple garden

upper temple garden

After three weeks in my opulent “Lotus Pavilion” I switched out with my roomies for this beautiful room. I think my favorite part is …

 

morning prayers

morning prayers

There’s this really beautiful corner of the property we’re staying on here in Bali that is the home of a Hindu shrine. Every morning …

 

that’s how we roll

that’s how we roll

In homage to our friends’ shot in Pai: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottomatona/2348842293/

 

swEYErl

swEYErl

Another rare day where I took only a small handful of photos but happy to find at least one that I could do something with. …

 

volcano jump

volcano jump

These jumping photos just never get old for me. One this day a big group of us hiked several hours up to the top …

 

between the volcanoes

between the volcanoes

We took a motorbike trip to climb a volcano this weekend. Pics of that coming shortly, of course, but this was from the evening …

 

celebration

celebration

I admit it: I am far too ignorant of what culturally is going on around here in Bali. My primary problem, as far as …

 

underwater

underwater

My friend Heather brought her underwater camera to our house and we had a lot of fun trying to figure out how to take good …

 

looking up

looking up

The tree canopies at my house rock. This is the view looking up from the zen garden.

 

pink drink

pink drink

I finally made it to a morning market here in Ubud. Morning is when it’s apparently the busiest with a good mix of the usual …

 

[insert somewhat witty title here]

[insert somewhat witty title here]

Our house has this cabinet of really cool glasses and dishes at the end of the really, really long dining room table (it has sixteen …

 

on the fence

on the fence

We can sleep safe at night knowing that Mr Frog is watching over us.

 

jesus christ poi

jesus christ poi

If you aren’t a Soundgarden fan than you might not have the same song playing in your head that this title elicits for me. …

 

goofy and goofy’r

goofy and goofy’r

I chose this pic for three reasons: 1. It contains two hot chicks. 2. They are both being goofy. 3. In a 24 hour day I apparently only …