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On a rainy, near-freezing Friday afternoon, we start out with the drive from Austin to Dallas. - IMG_3132
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A view of the boats at Padangbai. - IMG_20131124_160635835
11,800 RP = 1 USD - IMG_3155
Gigantic plants abound. - IMG_20131123_124939625
Dropped at DFW by Leslie's parents, we proceed immediately to our customary international departure lounge, TGI Friday's. - IMG_20131124_154454605_HDR
Almost there! - IMG_3153
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After a smooth flight to LAX we effortlessly transfer to our 12-hour Delta flight to Tokyo. This is the last we'll see of the sun for almost 24 hours as we chase it behind the horizon and across the international date line. - IMG_3157
Weird fruit also. This was like a very slimy pomegranate. - IMG_20131129_120301764
Denpasar to Yogyakarta was a paltry 1:20 in the air. Nothing after our epic journey west. - IMG_3152
The beach walk runs about 5km along the beach in Sanur, connecting all the various hotels, resorts, and private villas. We walked most of it the first morning. - IMG_20131123_200049570
Complimentary on international flights: beer. In this case, Japanese. - IMG_20131124_154502210_HDR
The sun finally catches up to us as the sun rises over the Indonesian archipelago. - IMG_20131126_201328958
Bryan relaxes in what he decided to refer to as the "Sala" in our room. - IMG_20131127_135731697
A painting of the April, 2013 crash landing of a Lion Air flight into Denpasar. - IMG_20131124_070059735
We survived the flight! Bryan stays awake the whole time; Leslie nearly does. - IMG_20131124_074332948
Tokyo Haneda Airport, international terminal. We await our 8 hour flight to Denpasar, Bali. We're kinda tired. - IMG_3208
Ubud shop. - IMG_3146
Dramatic clouds! - IMG_3139
Our private deck. - IMG_3134
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Cabana, 4:15am. Our wakeup call turned out to be totally unnecessary because of the 4am call to prayer. - IMG_20131129_135621283
The base of Borobudur, pre-dawn. - IMG_3142
The cool-ass door to our room. - IMG_3161
Day two, we strike out to Padangbai for some scuba diving. - IMG_3179
Bryan gets more cash. - IMG_20131127_170645915
Typical offerings left in the street. Stepping on them is bad form but hard to avoid entirely. They are cleaned up and replaced at least daily. - IMG_3150
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We evacuate as hordes of schoolchildren arrive, probably from Yogyakarta.