Jeff, Jin and Sun hit the beach and the elephant park on our second day of vacation while Qi and Mom stayed back at the hotel, catching up on work and coloring many, many pirate pictures! Riding the elephant named Rama was indeed a highlight, and Sun was very impressed with the size and sound of the elephant's plops. See the photo of Sun with the elephant plops in the background. If you know Sun, you will certainly know that this photo was her idea! A job we decided we don't want is to be the guy who has to fish the basketball sized plops out of the river with a net!
The threesome also stopped for a cool drink in the shadow of a volcano.
Bali is really a spectacular place. The Hindu religion is alive in every aspect of daily life -- every business and home has it's own temple and offerings to the Gods are made daily. Many people are busy constructing enormous paper sculptures called Augi Augi which will be used in the Balinese New Year celebrations next month and then burned as an offering to appease the Gods. We are learning more than we ever knew about Hindu beliefs, including Karma and Reincarnation. I have entered several stores with fairly expensive merchandise to find no one minding the store. When I asked our guide if they were worried about theft, he said that Karma would ensure that the thieves get more than what was coming to them and that the victims were more than compensated!
Stay tuned for another post about the famous coffee -- the beans of which are first digested and excreted by a small cat-like mammal! Hard to enjoy knowing the source!
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