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Situation Bali

A limited series travelogue featuring dispatches from the Indonesian archipelago

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Olympic gold medalist and former Subway spokesman Michael Phelps once told me the “secret” to surviving the flight back from Asia: hit the pool, then…

Nov 27, 2022

I’m writing this dispatch from the Manila airport. If Dante’s ghost ever gets around to doing a sequel to The Divine Comedy, I think this place is in…

Nov 21, 2022

After our escape from the mischievous monkeys of Ubud, we needed to chill the fuck out. Thankfully, the final leg of our journey takes us to an island…

Nov 18, 2022

After more than a week in Ubud, we thought we had the local monkeys figured out. We did some “research” while visiting Ubud’s Monkey Forrest. We chatted…

Nov 16, 2022

As far as I know, there aren’t any Balinese restaurants in Los Angeles. But my knowledge in this area is limited. So maybe I’m totally wrong about that…

Nov 14, 2022

I travel to learn, but the farther I go from home, the more likely I am to find myself in the role of a teacher. In Bali, that cultural exchange is…

Nov 13, 2022

Before we left for Bali, I bought an audiobook called History of Bali: A Captivating Guide to Balinese History and the Impact This Island Has Had on the…

Nov 12, 2022

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