Sunset in NY, herald of great journey
Indonesia
"No thats not the Bulge effect on Photobooth, thats just my face."
Fishermen's morning commute
"We're going on a fish hunt... Can't go under it. Can't go around it. Have to go over it."
Timing is everything Odysseus, and don't be so prideful.
Poseidon is the father of the Cyclops and look at what he can do
Battleship Pinklactica makes it
Mountain in the distance overlooking the fishermen
Family temple blessing ceremony, Heat of Day at Fisherman's launch
Offerings to the gods at beach family temple ceremony
Everyday art work\prayer
The ceremony in full when looked at from behind in the shade shelter slash convience store restaurant
The Presiding religious Matriarch. Probably from the Brahmin caste
Pose of Prayer at Monkey Forest Temple
Holy Water. (Taken from the Waterfall of Life?)
Prayer rice
important woman coming from the shade in the background to the front sunny ceremony
You know i am right cause i am gesturing with this corn for emphasis
Full Spider-Man gear tied to together with pink sandals
What the kid in Spider-man clothes should have been wearing
Hummingbird
Underappreciated, laboriously created, hand carved wood door.
Man and Machine part ways
Oceans apart
Delicious Mixed juice drink, elaborate pineapple carving
Obliviously drinking orange juice while the liquid Sword of Damocles hangs over his head
Doom befalls him. Hahahahaha
Peanuts grow in the ground like potatoes. They are good raw too
Its pandemonium on the streets of Lombok. The renowned Schoolwide Lombok Walkoff Championship is underway
Can any other sporting event in the world match this enthusiasm? Perhaps only the Scripts National Spelling Bee
Poor kid on the far right. One truly takes one's life into their hands just being a witness to this grueling event.
Imitation is universally funny
And they're off
Cool Muslim Girls
"Disaster Strikes" Overanxious middle man on the Sakra Blue Tigers Team causes perennial favorite to lose the cherished Schoolwide Lombok Walkoff Championship
The Bad News Bears of the great Schoolwide Lombok Walkoff Championship. The Jenti Jumping Fish failed once again this year to shake their enduring reputation of mischivosity
Good showing from the Narmada Huskers under the strong leadership of their center and captain Mataram. That fellow looks to have a future in politics as well as walking
Very good symmetry from the Praja Warriors team. I would have liked to see a little more spirit in the presentation
Speculation
Emma brought sweets and this kid is trying the old i didn't get one with hand behind the back trick. Emma has seen that one before
Cocoon Baby
Better shot of the person pod hammock
Behold i have found the fountain of youth
Waters of Life?
Yes, Life everlasting!
Father carefully navigates the rocks to safety, after a powerful inundation. He stands at the border between light and dark
What to do now?
Rainshower over rice valley
Beauty and the Betel
Granddaughter
Imagine if men carried babies in their bellies
Early stages of a marriage ceremony at a Muslim weaver village
Marine Hermit Abode
Formidable Climb
Mouth has healed
Fishmonger
Fishmonger makin deals
Gili Trawangan fisher. To fish, he throws his bait out by hand. Then he lets up a kite. One-handedly, he controls the kite to make the bait swim where he wants it to go
Pony cab ride costs $3. $6 around the island
This just in. Nely's laundry service has just won the "Laudry Galactette Times Award." This presitgious galaxy-wide award given annual by the LGT is a big deal! in the whole galaxy wide internet magazine. It was the "medicine with etc" that put them over the top. Especially with pearls
Spider-man, the great american cultural ambassador. and a karate kick
Not at all surprising for a 3 square kilometer island society economically based on beach and diving tourists, Chess was an important game. Gili Trawangan's dock, the main center of activity, daily featured many highly attended and competitive chess matches
Man in touch with his feminine side
Tourist Team Green and Straw
Wayan, king of this hill, and lord of a domain the range of how far he could accurately throw something
Lord Wayan demonstrates his awesome power
Emma Rose
ME
Happy face
Tide pool reflection
Grasping at the tree of wisdom. Its roots have drank entire oceans. Each twisted and knarled branch is an eon
Pig guts, to be used to make sausage. The dish soap in the right corner will clean them. Pigs eat everything so their guts need a good cleaning
Butchery of an enemy on a public dock. The Sopranos would never make it in Bali. Joking, its more pig
A Hindu god on a cow skull. Contradiction? No. just a water buffalo
Attentive face
Ent Stairs
Where's Jane at? (says Tarzan)
"Not till pigs fly." Pig ear\wing in early stages of development
Last Sunrise in Bali
Same Sunrise
The Tale of Monkey Forest begins. The day began like most for , who was dreaming uneasily. A monkey who smelled of lightning was inspecting his fur for lice. The monkey suddenly yelled at him in warning and he jumped forward to avoid a spine severing kick in the back from a dark, dream horse. He awoke from this dream mid-flight out of bed but in time avoid a fall. He had always been nimble.
Our fur is the same color
Ours is too! (This monkey eventually bit Ben)
So how was your weekend
Clinging to his mother's underside, young Arja burbled on his delicious mid-day repast and wondered where the belly would take him next
Safely enfolded by the loving warmth of his family, young Arja daily observes a flow of travelers from every corner of the world
These monkeys are kissing, not biting
He turned the corner and their eyes met. Is that a glimmer of recognition?
No he is not the one. But what could possibly be the evolutionary advantage of whitened Handle-bar mustache and tufted eyebrows?
"I will bite you fool" she threatens, as he accidentally stumbled too close.
Hoarding the last ray of Light Warmth before the long Night
What can go wrong in Monkey Forest. Most humans are not used to unprovoked attacks and so will give up the advantage in a fight even though they are much larger
Typical temple textiles Tilly strides purposely onwards
The hair on the head of the Steward of Monkey Forest Temple, had been fused together over time, by the power of the temple
The spirits of gods physically imbued into the wood carved door that guarded the entrance to the Monkey Forest Temple. They were then painted to dazzle the eye and make the untrained eye unable to see the truth.
Keepin the ceremony in Monkey Forest Ubud, monkey free
The macaques of monkey forest thought that there was some impoliteness about meeting the eye when a person is so close.
They just don't want to look you in the eye
Pancake flat monkey face
The boy recognized him right away. He was doubly impolite. not only did he stare directly at him, but he also ate with his mouth open
"Hanuman? is that you?" the boy asked anyways in search of confirmation
"Yes, my son" he replied. "Finally you have found me. I have been waiting to guide you since the day of your birth. You bear my mark and it causes you pain whenever you sit too long. It is the bud of the monkey tail to show the link between us. Traditional doctors will misdiagnose it as a sensitive coccyx. Evil bully monkeys and their human compatriots have taken over monkey forest"
Uncle monkey, the sage. He provides many important lessons
"I know you can feel the rays of change that are sweeping this planet. A divergence in the stream of fate approaches that is greater than the Nile river delta. We must act now in this tumultuous time to shape the future, or else all that is good will be lost forever."
Up there, at the end of one of the uppermost branches of that great Mahogany Tree, lies the Ruby Dragon Fruit. Use its seed as a key to open the True door of Monkey Forest Temple to begin your quest. But first there is a terribly inconviencing trial you must face. Your legs must be healed before you begin this journey.
(Ruby Dragon Fruit)
(My parents stand at the base of the Great Mahogany Tree)
"The healing will be long and arduous and at times feel like this picture, but you must be patient. Also you must take young Arja with you. Although he is young now and has a wrinkled nose, he will grow into a brave and cunning monkey, and a good companion. Only together will you succeed."
and wait, what is that? Hope on the Horizon
Fire Dragon Magic?
I think the other monkeys question why she does it. But wise counsel is sometimes easier said then followed.
Her vigilance is not without good cause. "Holding onto Grief is never a good idea," This mother is counseled
