December 17, 2019
December 16, 2019
Happy 40th to me
Dinner with good friends, the wind and lapping ocean while huddling as close to the heater as possible. Even in Doha, a December birthday evening can be chilly.
December 15, 2019
Bye, Bali – until next time!
December 14, 2019
I didn’t take a ton of pictures today, but I’m glad I got a couple snaps of the roadside goings-on around here. This is the local form of food truck – and yes, this guy drives with this whole food stand thing balanced on his scooter.
This is a local rented scooter – complete with hooks from which to balance your surfboard. It’s also common to see 2 people – or whole 4-person families – on one scooter here.
This is not your weekly recipe post
Sorry, no recipe post this week, because I’m on vacation exploring a new cuisine – and the week before that, I ate pretty much nothing but Thanksgiving leftovers.
#noregrets
Some of my favorites:
Leftover “burrito” that basically consisted of throwing a bunch of ham/brussels sprouts/cranberry sauce and stuffing in a tortilla and calling that lunch.
A really frickin good breakfast-for-dinner fried rice dish featuring little mushrooms, egg, leftover ham and rice that was too simple to post a recipe for but was eaten multiple days (pictured here also in burrito form).
And just straight up rummaged leftovers: a bowl of brussels & pomegranate + little ham sandwiches.
Yum.
December 13, 2019
Sunset grilled seafood dinner on the beach – Jimbaran Beach, Bali, 🇮🇩
December 12, 2019
Traditional Balinese play: Kecak Fire dance at Uluwatu Temple.
This type of theater is unique in that it isn’t accompanied by music: just a choir of 70 men chanting. Super interesting.
December 11, 2019
Campuhan Ridge Walk, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩
December 10, 2019
More needlessly pretty street decorations in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩
December 9, 2019
I took so many pictures I love today, it was hard choosing just 1 – but if I had to summarize the day in an instant, it would be with a shot of one of the many, many intricately carved statues we saw on a walk around Ubud. Animals, deities both fierce and friendly, rulers of old – Ubud is a bustling jungle town filled with beautiful decoration.
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