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Krakatau
His violent, self-destructive father died before he was born. Anak Krakatau was forced to grow up fast and was under intense pressure all his life. Will he follow the same path as his father?
It sounds like the synopsis of a cheesy daytime drama, but the story of Anak Krakatau, or Son of Krakatoa, is pulled [...]
Bali second impressions: Ubud
To get to Uluwatu, we hired a driver through a “tour agency” consisting of an elderly couple with a rolodex in a tiny office along an alley. These agencies are quite common, as they require very little overhead. On the way back that evening we arranged with the driver to get picked up by a [...]
Bali first impressions: Kuta
Kuta we had planned as only a stopover before moving on to less crazy, less frequented places. But we found there were several miscellaneous items we needed to buy, so today was for errands.
Our first purchase in Bali was a bottle of water. Right away we discovered the difficulty of breaking “large” bills. All we [...]
Beginning
At ten PM I woke up to the souds of our plane prepping for landing. Next to me Roxane stirred but did not fully wake. Twenty-four hours ago we were in Wellington, and Roxane was just finishing her last shift working at Rosemere Backpackers hostel. Our departing flight was scheduled for six in the morning, [...]