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