Tuesday, December 14, 2010

My trip to Bali - by Maxwell James Wall Bixby (Myles and Austin's Cousin)

Bali is very fun. I like it there. It’s a nice place. Though there are a few bugs that can give you a little bit too many bug bites. But Bali is a really nice place. It’s fun, and active!

Austin and Myles’s house is awesome! It’s ancient, and there are mosquito nets all over the beds. It has a pool that is huge and very deep. We swam a lot! I liked it when we all played Marco Polo.
From Max visits Bali
We also went to a local market. We wandered off, and I noticed that there’s a guy on every street who tries to sell you something. We bought some things.

We went to Bali Tree Tops and I did 2 courses where I did a zip line through the trees. It was a cool adventure park and even though I was a bit scared, I liked it.
From Max visits Bali

We went snorkeling up north and I saw parrotfish and swordfish and angel fish and every kind of fish you can imagine! I loved it. We went on a boat that had thingy’s that look like flippers that made it stable. That was a great day.
From Max visits Bali

We had lunch at Kadek’s house one day. It was very very very ancient and they were poor there. We had coca cola! The Dadda was a duck farmer so we had duck.
From Max visits Bali

One day we went to Bali Funworld and it had zip lines, too. Then we went to Bali Bird Park and Reptile Park. We saw salt water crocodiles – they were huge! I carried a lizard and some birds sat on my head and my hand.
From Max visits Bali

The food in Bali was gross. The milk tasted funny. The rice was good! And the juices were very good. Mango smoothies were my favourite.

On our last day there, we went to Waterbom. It’s a big waterpark that is all waterslides. We sure had fun, but it was very sad that day because we had to leave afterwards. I was sad to leave Austin and Myles. They are not just my cousins, they are also my best friends.
From Max visits Bali

“Makasi” is thank you in Indonesian.
Maskasi, Austin and Myles and Janet and Pete and Emmet for sharing your adventure with us - I loved it!!!!!!!!

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Galungan

This coming week in Bali is the holiday of Galungan. The holiday occurs every 210 days and is celebrated by all Balinese. It's an important holiday here, when the Balinese believe their gods visit the earth. So the kids are off school next week, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On Friday of this week Myles and Austin's Grade 2 class did a special dance in front of the whole school for Galungan. Here's the video from their performance:



And here's a few pictures from a web album. Click on any picture to go to the web album.



From Galungan


From Galungan


From Galungan