“Thunder Struck” in the Sidemen Valley

20-28 September 2010 “It looks like its letting up” Nick repeats for the 3rd or maybe 10th time today. It has been raining for almost three days and Nick is pacing from balcony to balcony, across the beautiful hardwood floors of our glass enclosed room overlooking the Sidemen Valley. I am comfortably reading my 13th book of the trip under a batik...

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Traipsing the Tourist Trail in Bali

19 September 2010 Since our next destination, the Sideman Valley, is difficult to access via public transportation we took the opportunity to bundle our transport with a visit to a few tourist sites along the way. We first visited Goa Gajah, a Hindu cave complete with intricate carvings and rampant, inelegant tourist development. The approach...

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