The Sudden Breeze

mimpi dive resort, tulamben, bali Just got back home around midnight last night from my diving trip to Tulamben which is in the north-east coast of Bali. My friends and I completed our advance PADI course with our good friend and great dive instructor Angela. One of the things I love the most about these trips are the unique characters of people that I encounter and share my travels with. Listening to their stories, and seeing their interactions with their loved ones always inspires me to become a better person. I had arrived in Denpasar on Thursday night meeting Katsura and our driver at the airport to take us to Tulamben where most of our friends already arrived earlier. The road to Tulamben is a smooth cemented road with a curvy snake like path slithering in the wee-hours of the night. I took some antimo (medication for motion sickness) before I left so there were no worries about sudden hurls in sudden whirls. We passed by traditional balinese houses, still and quiet with their sle

I begin my first posting in a taxi ride to the airport. The sunset is showing it's first hints of glow and I see the local kids play soccer with their bare feet on an unrully grass field. The traffic is on my side today, evenly paced with no traces of anxiety. What a peacefull afternoon it is. Right now I feel as if I can achieve an ultimate sense of gratitude. I am grateful for my life, my family, this feeling, and where I am today. It is going to be a wonderful trip...