SECOND HONEYMOON TO BALI

Hello from Bali, Indonesia! We flew four hours from Bangkok, via Singapore to the small island of Bali from which we're currently reporting to you. The maps you can buy here portray Indonesia as being the center of the world, flanked by Europe and Africa off in the left hand corner and the Americas in the right hand corner. Quite different from the maps we buy in the states.

First stop, the cultural capital of Ubud, located in the heart of Bali and a mecca for indigenous arts and handicrafts. Seen from an aerial point of view, Ubud is a lush green landscape of coconut palm groves with banana trees, frangipani flowers, and small terracotta tiled villages, their bungalows peeking out from under the jungle canopy. None of the buildings are very big here and no one seems to be in too much of a hurry. It's fantastic.