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8 August 2012
July 23rd – August 03rd
The ferry gets across the narrow straight between Lombok and Bali in a couple of hours. It’s already dark when I get on the highway to Mas, where Melanie lives. I never met Melanie but it’s like we’ve known each other since 1995. She is Luke’s sister, my best friend from Launceston (he now lives in Brazil). And I call Suzanne, her mother, mum as she calls me son. So Melanie and her husband Khan guide me through the narrow gate to their big house. As most houses in Bali, it is decorated with dragons, Hindu deities and gods, and various statues of animals. Two weeks ago, Claire was here, for two days, on her way to Noumea. As I spend my first night in a real bed in a real home for months, I realize I miss her more than ever.
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23 July 2012
July 18th – 22nd
As I was waiting for the sun to go down last night, I was watching an episode of “The Sopranos” on my laptop, with the window down. So within minutes, a couple of truckies stood next to the car, and watched the movie with me. But as the plot thickened, well as much as there is a plot in a TV series anyways, so as the video progressed, nudity became more and more present. And since pornography and any form of nudity are strictly forbidden in Indonesia, I thought it was best to keep the screening for myself. So, I paused the video, got out of the car, and slammed the door shut…on my finger. Ooooh f** me, Jesus f**ing Christ on a stick, that f**ing hurts. I suddenly realised, while my finger was still caught in the door, that I had locked it, not just closed it, but actually locked the door.
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July 15th – 17th.
The Gardena Hotel had only one room available, and as it’s the cheapest hotel I could find with a room, I took it. One bungalow, one bed, a simple shower and no windows. There is a fan though, which is the only solution for mosquitoes really. Anyways, this gives me an opportunity to shower and update the blog as well.
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