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Tom Bach

International Travelers! One of the greatest things about traveling is meeting the wonderful people along the way! This was our bus group tour to see the outskirts of Ubud!	Monkey Forest! Ryosuke caught this spectacular shot of me with a monkey on my shoulder! Really need to invest in one of these high HD cameras!	Blue Macaw! This bar far was my favorite out of all!
... Not sure what type of parrot this one was but it was so fat and funny looking!	New Friends! Decided to hop on a joy ride to Pandawa Beach (South Nusa Dua) to see the morning sunrise! Tides were high, sunrise was incredible, and also saw a dead eel! So gross!	Mira Puspayanti! Socialized with the staff of Rantun's Place and got really close to one of my new friends Mira! Unfortunately it was her last day working here due to a new job opportunity! But I still plan to keep in touch with her through WhatsApp!
Snap! Monkey Forest time with Ryosuke and Maisie! I was really surprised Ryosuke came all the way up to Ubud before his flight to spend this day with us! Such a kind person and definitely a good friend!	Second To Last Day Heloise decided to come out to Sanur from Denpasar to spend the second to last day with us! Going to miss her so much. We really bonded this day and realized how similar we are (Both Sagittarius..)	Delicious Gelato! When it's humid, 95 degree weather, and your throat is throbbing from being too dry, go to Gelato House in Sanur for a three scoop 45.000 IDR ice cream cone to satisfy your cravings! Haha
Bali Bird Park! Was able to visit the incredible Bali Bird Park! The red parrot on the left is 90 HUMAN YEARS OLD... and the blue one is 7!	Snap It! Maisie and I posing with our three parrots! Everyone was waiting in line for this photo!	African Grey Parrot! Strike a pose birdie!
Scarlet Parrot! This Scarlet Parrot is 90 years old! The guy at the sanctuary told us he's been really depressed lately since his owner previously passed away.	Cockatoo! This cockatoo was vicious! I tried snapping a photo next to it and it dropped it's corn and tried pecking at me!	African Grey Parrot! Solo Shot!
Military Parrot! This little fella looked rather old and restless. I'm sure he has been through a lot.	Blue and Gold Parrot! Beautiful bird!	Street Art! Roamed along Sanur Beach and stumbled upon this beautiful display of artwork drawn by this local guy! Thought this was pretty incredible to see and to know how much time he spent on each of them!
Views! Maisie was not feeling well so I decided to take a long two mile walk along Sanur Beach and captured this photo in a very secluded area of the beach!	Dream come true! It has always been my dream to see rice fields - and it finally came true!	FLOWER Literally looks like the emoji flower, lol.
Balinese Flower! Took this sick shot of this rare Balinese Flower at our stay in Samsara Inn in Kuta!	Mei Goreng... Probably the most simple yet famous dish here in Bali. It was nice eating this for the first couple of days but eating too much of it got me sick! I stayed away from fried noodles for half of this trip due to my stomach becoming upset!	Monkey Monkey Could not stop taking photos of the monkeys here. I found it so interesting how they reacted
The whole crew! Took a self photo through my iPhone 7 Plus of everyone that was on our tour!	Beauty! Traditional Balinese Lady preparing fruit for the festival! It was such a beautiful sight to see all of the Balinese people come together and prepare for the festivities!	VEGAN FOOD Had vegan food at Kismet Restaurant. At first when the two Australians and I entered, we had no idea that they only served vegan food until I took a closer look at the menu and there was no meat option! I was disappointed but the food was still very delicious!
Ayam Bakar! The famous fried chicken dish wish sautéed vegetables and a scoop of rice! My "to go" meal for majority of this trip!	Views from Samsara Inn! I thought this was such a good photo of me and the view until I looked closer at the back of my neck and saw the fat roles, LOLOL.	Bali Sea Turtle Society (BSTS) I was able to release a baby sea turtle into the ocean. At around 3:30 pm at Kuta Beach, visitors from all over lined up for a chance to do this activity and sea their sea turtles run to the beach and into the ocean. To me this was a very sad moment letting little Alfred go.
Temples in Kuta! Passed by this ancient temple looking over Kuta Beach. It looked very well deserted but still a nice sight to see!	SO GOOD! I asked the server to order me something on the menu that brings out the full Indonesian traditional dishes and this is what I got! Pure amazing! Could not believe the unlimited variety of taste on one plate!	Views View from Kuta Beach. This was before we were about to release baby sea turtles into the ocean!
On The Road Caught this photo of a motorbike sitting at the edge of a cliff looking over Hilton Beach!	MAD Maisie always angry looking at views from the top of Rantun's Place!	Festival Time! Ryosuke and I watching Bali kids fight and not understanding what's going on! Haha
Imade Gitar! The founder of Rantun's Place and here's a photo of him preparing the canars for the annual six month festival!	Temple/Festival Time! In Balinese Culture, it is forbidden to enter a temple or any form of cultural event without wearing a sarong! Ryosuke and I borrowed two from Imade Gitar to see the performance down the street from our hotel!	Praying To My Ancestors We all took photos in this little thing.. Not sure what it was called but I barely fit.
Tumpek Landep! The tradition in Bali - This festival is worship everything created from iron since this material is so essential for living.	Joy Ride To The Beach! Hopped on a motorcycle and enjoyed an extremely bumpy ride to Pandawa Beach! Felt sorry Ryosuke had to get off numerous times due to my driving and the bumpy road! Hahahaha	Bali to THE BAY Thought it was funny how the name of this beach was called "The Bay" which resonated so close to home!
Gintang! I thought it was so funny how even after Gintang left Bali to head back to his home city of Medan in northern Indonesia, he would still send us selfies of himself! Haha	Deliciousness! This was probably the closest I got to Vietnamese food. This was a very simple, yet tasty dish. I had this along Geger Beach!	MINYAK TAWON! There's nothing greater than herbal oil medicine from foreign countries! Bought myself nine bottles including six others!
Cruisin' Maisie, Heloise, and Ginting cruising home from Pandawa Beach! Cannot believe Ginting asked Heloise to marry his son! SO CRAZY! Felt so bad for her.	Sunglass Photo! Took a sunglass photo at Pandawa Beach! I was trying to get everyone to join in but no one heard me due to the loud crashing waves.	Nusa Dua! This place was not great at all. This was at the water blow which many tourists come here to see yet with our luck it was closed! But I still managed to snap a photo at Nusa Dua Beach!
Hispanic Food! While we were in Ubud (and in this throughout this trip in general), cravings of hispanic food lingered in our mouth and luckily, Ubud had a well known restaurant with high ratings called Taco Casa!	Maisie's Dish Sometimes the perks of going on vacation with a vegetarian is that they're limited to what they can eat.. therefore, I ate 2/6ths of Maisie's chicken quesadillas!	Bali Flower These flowers had probably one of the largest leaves I saw!
AH CHOO Walked passed these flowers and sneezed so much that I decided to take a photo to remember this moment.	Balinese Coffee and Tea Tried different tastes of Balinese coffee and tea with an incredible view of the forest! This was such a moment to enjoy and relax!	Variety Image of the different flavors of tea and coffee we tasted while on this tour! My favorites were the Mangosteen tea and the Bali ginseng coffee!
TEMPLE! We were able to explore of the finest Balinese Temples located deep within Ubud. Surprisingly the temple was very well kept and landscaped, unlike the many others we saw that weren't.	Old People. Rude ass, old ass, Japanese man. The fool literally cut everyone and took this dumbass photo when my bitch ass stood in line for 15 minutes in 110 degree weather.	Second To Last Day! Heloise, Maisie, and I enjoying a nice Italian dinner before we depart back to the United States!
LOL! Probably the best photo I've taken! Maisie getting humped by a wild Balinese Monkey and enjoying every moment of it!!!	Haha Ryosuke was just standing next to a ledge and some Balinese monkey decided to jump on his shoulder. Obviously he was not ready for the photo shoot!	Hello Temple chair, sarong, and myself - what more could you ask for!

Indonesia Pt: 2 - Kuta - Nusa Dua - Ubud - Sanur

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