Home. It’s really good to be home. It was really good to be there. As we juggle with schedules and responsibilities and this pesky lingering jetlag, we try to hold onto the memories of a pretty perfect month.
Thank goodness for pictures.
Once again, thank you so much for visiting, for your gracious comments….for watchin’ the rice grow with us. Stay tuned for updates on my novel of (most likely) the same name…
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a bali month
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_group3.jpg]2260Around our bungalow...
Us and our new Bali family...[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_motor2.jpg]860
Our host, Agung, giving princess Kai a ride around the driveway[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_flower1.jpg]770
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_flower2.jpg]680
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_b6.jpg]330
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_writing.jpg]670
morning tech sessions[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_pool5.jpg]680
the glorious pool[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_pool7.jpg]710
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_b1.jpg]290
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_pool8.jpg]690
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_carlakai2.jpg]730
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_komangayu.jpg]650
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_papaya.jpg]600
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_ceremony1.jpg]620Bali's spiritual beauty
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_temple2.jpg]580
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_temple1.jpg]560
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_temple3.jpg]560
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_b3.jpg]260
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_ceremony3.jpg]550
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_arguna.jpg]540
Arguna Wiwaha[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_agung2.jpg]540
Agung, in his ceremony garb[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_dancers.jpg]580
Balinese Legong dancers[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_happy2.jpg]540Around Ubud...
Happy II....not looking so happy anymore. I finally found the bungalow I stayed in 20 years ago. Sadly, bigger giants overtook the ricefields that surrounded it, and squeezed the life out of what once was paradise.[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_beadman.jpg]530
the beadman[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_marketplace2.jpg]530
the marketplace[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_motor1.jpg]520
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_gelato.jpg]530 Our Fave Food hangouts
Gelato...oops! [img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_cafeorganik2.jpg]520
Sari Organik in the rice fields...best salads[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_b5.jpg]230
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_cafewayan.jpg]540
Cafe Wayan...best sate[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_caferice.jpg]510
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_beach_1.jpg]500Beach days...
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_beach3.jpg]480
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_b4.jpg]240
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice93.jpg]490Rice EVERYWHERE!
If I took the time to snap a photo of every breathtaking rice field, I'd fill up the month...[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_kairice.jpg]480
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice92.jpg]520
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice1.jpg]480
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice5.jpg]480
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice2.jpg]470
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice3.jpg]480
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice4.jpg]470
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_kairice2.jpg]510
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice6.jpg]490
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice7.jpg]490
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice8.jpg]490
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice9.jpg]480
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_b2.jpg]280
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_agung_1.jpg]540
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice91.jpg]600
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_moon.jpg]460
Full moon over Tatiapi
Us and our new Bali family...[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_motor2.jpg]860
Our host, Agung, giving princess Kai a ride around the driveway[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_flower1.jpg]770
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_flower2.jpg]680
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_b6.jpg]330
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_writing.jpg]670
morning tech sessions[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_pool5.jpg]680
the glorious pool[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_pool7.jpg]710
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_b1.jpg]290
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_pool8.jpg]690
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_carlakai2.jpg]730
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_komangayu.jpg]650
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_papaya.jpg]600
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_ceremony1.jpg]620Bali's spiritual beauty
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_temple2.jpg]580
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_temple1.jpg]560
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_temple3.jpg]560
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_b3.jpg]260
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_ceremony3.jpg]550
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_arguna.jpg]540
Arguna Wiwaha[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_agung2.jpg]540
Agung, in his ceremony garb[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_dancers.jpg]580
Balinese Legong dancers[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_happy2.jpg]540Around Ubud...
Happy II....not looking so happy anymore. I finally found the bungalow I stayed in 20 years ago. Sadly, bigger giants overtook the ricefields that surrounded it, and squeezed the life out of what once was paradise.[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_beadman.jpg]530
the beadman[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_marketplace2.jpg]530
the marketplace[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_motor1.jpg]520
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_gelato.jpg]530 Our Fave Food hangouts
Gelato...oops! [img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_cafeorganik2.jpg]520
Sari Organik in the rice fields...best salads[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_b5.jpg]230
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_cafewayan.jpg]540
Cafe Wayan...best sate[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_caferice.jpg]510
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_beach_1.jpg]500Beach days...
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_beach3.jpg]480
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_b4.jpg]240
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice93.jpg]490Rice EVERYWHERE!
If I took the time to snap a photo of every breathtaking rice field, I'd fill up the month...[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_kairice.jpg]480
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice92.jpg]520
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice1.jpg]480
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice5.jpg]480
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice2.jpg]470
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice3.jpg]480
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice4.jpg]470
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_kairice2.jpg]510
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice6.jpg]490
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice7.jpg]490
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice8.jpg]490
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice9.jpg]480
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_b2.jpg]280
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_agung_1.jpg]540
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_rice91.jpg]600
[img src=http://carlaimperial.com/blog/wp-content/flagallery/a-bali-month/thumbs/thumbs_moon.jpg]460
Full moon over Tatiapi
each photo was better than the last. Amazing sissy. My favorite was the 2nd to the last one. Love you! G
Thank you, sissy!
Amazing pictures! I love them all! What a beautiful place and family! <3
great photos! I love them..ox