Tom & Lori
On The Road In Bali
2004



The morning after our 24hr flight on the beach at the 5 star Nusa Dua Beach Hotel & Spa

[www.NusaDuaHotel.com]

Our first sunrise in Bali


A typical Balinese landscape


Waiting for our Nasi Goreng (fried rice)


Village decorations for the Full Moon Festival. Each family decorates its own bamboo shoot.


Fighting cocks, a Balinese tradition


Dana, our driver, prepares fresh young coconut milk at his father's village home


Bali hospitality


Sunset Bali at a Jimbaran beach seafood warung


Overlooking Gunung Batur volcano


Lunch, Bali style


Porters


View from our villa at Sayan Terrace


Our villa at the Sayan Terrace over looked the Four Seasons Resort elevated swimming pool.


Vegetation along the villa paths


Sunset jungle happy hour


And we didn't even need the mosquito netting


Jungle walk to the bottom of the gorge


Spring at the bottom of the gorge. Just minutes earlier a 60ish year old woman filled up her water jugs and carried them away up the hill on her head, barefoot.


Morning with the volcanos pool side


Food stand at the Mother Temple


Sweet snacks, we think


Tom gets religion


In the wine cellar of Bali Fruit Drink Winery with our friends Fritz and Surya


Fritz, the German wine master, making sure we try all eleven flavors of his fabulous wine. Coconut wine, yum.


Headed out to snorkel at the Taman National Bali Barat park


I'm so happy I'm going snorkeling I could just....


Underseas Bali


Not a fish tank


Fabulous snorking experience


Threatening skies in paradise


Taman Sari Bali Cottages

[www.BaliTamanSari.com]

Welcome drinks on the porch of our cottage


Sports Illustrated on location in Bali


Seaside happy hour with Bintang and peanuts


Tom indulges in the delights of the shower goddess


Seaside dinner at Taman Sari. Yes, more Bintang and peanuts.


Bintang Night Out, "Best Served With Friends"


Morning on the beach in Lovina


Another luscious landscape


Lori and Dana enjoy the rice paddy view over a bowl of noodles


Flooded rice paddies


Surfer dude off the coast of Ulu Watu


Good morning sunshine