After New Zealand, it felt good to be back to South East Asia. Life is much more cheaper, weather is sunny and hot all the time and food is amazing! Enough of Fish and Chips or Meat Pies, finally real delicious food. I just feel like home in Asia...
This was my first time in Indonesia. I arrived in Kuta on Bali Island. Some friends already warned me telling me that I wouldn't like it. And they were so right. Kuta is just full of young Australian tourists whose main purposes are surfing, shopping and partying. Exactly what I was trying to avoid. So as soon as I could, I moved to Ubud, THE spiritual and cultural town. It is the town where Elisabeth Gilbert, from the book Eat Pray and Love spent 4 months in Indonesia trying to find a balance in her life. Well, it wasn't my target first but when I arrived in Ubud, i felt something special about the place.
First I was with 3 other people, 1 guy that I met in New Zealand and 2 girls that I met in the bus on the way to Ubud.
Ubud is where I discovered yoga. I took 2 classes and enjoyed it so much that I promised myself to be back very soon to Ubud and spend more time practicing yoga.
After 4 days visiting temples, practicing yoga, trying all kind of Indonesian food, I decided to leave for few days to East Timor.
When I came back from East Timor, I went straight to Gili Trawangan in the Gili Islands which are part of Lombok Island, another island of Indonesia. There I met some friends from Belgium. And together we decided to take the basic diving certificate, the PADI. 3 full days of intensive training. It was tough but at the end, we all succeded and were very proud to have the certificate that allows us to dive anywhere in the world. After these 3 intense days, I went to Gili Air, the island just next to Gili Trawangan. It was very quiet and relaxing, exactly what I needed.
But time to go back to Ubud and to yoga! I spent my last week in Indonesia practicing yoga, reading, relaxing and meeting up with friends for lunches and dinners. After 8 months traveling and moving around everyday, it felt just great to stay at one place and have a "normal" life.
I definitely will be back in Indonesia very soon...
Next stops: Singapore and Bangkok (Thailand).
