Here’s a short video of a Kuningan procession passing by our villa in Ubud, Bali.
(Wo)man vs. Bat – Stop with the poop already!
BALI, INDONESIA – We’re big fans of nature and wildlife, especially birds and butterflies. We also enjoy seeing small lizards, non-rodent mammals, the occasional beetle, and other curious-looking insects.
Mosquitos and flies – and now bats – are not on that list.
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Looking for dolphins at Lovina Beach, Bali
LOVINA BEACH, BALI – One of the ‘must-do’ activities during our December trip to Bali was to go on a dolphin tour.
Melanie and I had seen dolphins swimming in the wild before – in the chilly waters around Vancouver Island and the not-so-chilly waters of the Amazon River, where the resident dolphins were pink (yes, really!).
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The dragonflies are back: Did they ever really go away?
The dragonflies are back in Danang, Vietnam (Photo by maritsch28/Pixabay)
DANANG, VIETNAM – We’ve been seeing a lot of dragonflies around lately, mostly in the morning when we’re swimming at our local pool.
It’s possible, I suppose, that they’ve been around all the time, but I’ve only just noticed them again within the last month or so.
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Beer for breakfast? I’ll drink to that…
DANANG, VIETNAM – We don’t normally have beer for breakfast. But, as we’ve said before on these pages, whenever we walk out our apartment door, we never really know what to expect.