Well, we're back in Bali. After a great two months, some in Europe, some in Canada, we are settling back into life here for yes, another year.
Stay tuned for updates.
We're still trying to find a house - staying somewhere temporarily now - but kids are back at school (Greenschool.org) and have settled in fairly nicely.
That's all for now.
P
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
A film we shot in Lombok
This past weekend we had a few days off so we went to Lombok with the Thompson family...
While there we shot this film:
While there we shot this film:
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Durian season (and ultimate season)
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| From April in Bali |
I like this photo... That's me with a durian, a smelly, yummy fruit found here in Bali (and around Asia). Two weekends ago we were playing in a Ultimate tournament in Denpasar and the disc went over this wall... I climbed over, threw the disc back, and discovered a truck selling durian. I happened to have some money on me and bought one. A great halftime snack! Kept our opponents away (though sadly not everyone on my team partook). Fantastic.
Friday, April 15, 2011
East Java Mountain Bike Trip
Greetings all...
Peter here: This week I went on a four day bike trip, starting in Bali and ending in Malang in East Java. The highlight was a 20km climb of Mount Ijen, an active volcano (that was on Tuesday). Here are some pictures from the trip (video coming soon):
Peter here: This week I went on a four day bike trip, starting in Bali and ending in Malang in East Java. The highlight was a 20km climb of Mount Ijen, an active volcano (that was on Tuesday). Here are some pictures from the trip (video coming soon):
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Badra's wedding
Our friend Badra got married on Thursday. It's a romance fit for a fairy tale... which I will elaborate on at a later time... but for now, here's some pictures I took at the wedding.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
A cobra pays us a visit...
Yesterday Janet and I were going about our business at home and we heard Nyoman, one of our staff, yelling at the cat. Janet asked her what was going on, and Nyoman said: "cobra!" The cat was investigating a small cobra who was next to a tree about 5 metres from the house. So...I ran and got the camera (with the long lens) and here's a few pictures of the snake. It was a small one, about 3 or 4 feet long, and though they are poisonous and venomous and all that, they really aren't super dangerous unless you corner them or attack them... or if you're a cat and go right up to them, like our cat Jesse did. Nyoman took a long pole and scared the snake away, and all was well... though we walked a bit carefully in the yard the rest of the day!
Update: This from a friend, who sent the cobra pic to the leading snake expert in Bali. Here are his comments::
Oh yes, this most certainly is a common spitting cobra (Naja sputatrix). But at 3-4 ft long, I would say that it was not 'small' but rather 'big' - certainly a fully grown adult! A 'small cobra I think of as under 20 cm /8 in, up to about 30-35 cm / a foot long., in which case it is a hatchling or a yearling. So the cobra you saw was considerbly oldr than that. I wonder why you never saw it before? Has its original habitat been disturbed (building, land clearance??).
As for not being super dangerous, I would add that these cobras are probably the main cause of snakebite death and long term injury to peple and animals in Bali. So it might not be a good idea to tell people once more to treat them with respect and stay well clear of them. A spitter can and will spray venom up to 2m, and aim for the top of the dark moving shape it sees (= your head and eyes). While the venom will not harm you if it gets on your skin or clothes, any venom entering a cut, graze, scratched bite etc, and especially the eyes will cause envenomation. If sprayed in the eyes, wash continuously under running water (if there is a tap0 or irrigate with bottles of clean water for about 30 min, and then get to a hospital. If washed out sufficiently, and certainly never rubbed, the eyes should suffer no lasting damamge, although thy will be very sore for a few days
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Janet was not so happy...
...but brave Nyoman scared the snake away with a long pole.
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| From Cobra! |
Update: This from a friend, who sent the cobra pic to the leading snake expert in Bali. Here are his comments::
Oh yes, this most certainly is a common spitting cobra (Naja sputatrix). But at 3-4 ft long, I would say that it was not 'small' but rather 'big' - certainly a fully grown adult! A 'small cobra I think of as under 20 cm /8 in, up to about 30-35 cm / a foot long., in which case it is a hatchling or a yearling. So the cobra you saw was considerbly oldr than that. I wonder why you never saw it before? Has its original habitat been disturbed (building, land clearance??).
As for not being super dangerous, I would add that these cobras are probably the main cause of snakebite death and long term injury to peple and animals in Bali. So it might not be a good idea to tell people once more to treat them with respect and stay well clear of them. A spitter can and will spray venom up to 2m, and aim for the top of the dark moving shape it sees (= your head and eyes). While the venom will not harm you if it gets on your skin or clothes, any venom entering a cut, graze, scratched bite etc, and especially the eyes will cause envenomation. If sprayed in the eyes, wash continuously under running water (if there is a tap0 or irrigate with bottles of clean water for about 30 min, and then get to a hospital. If washed out sufficiently, and certainly never rubbed, the eyes should suffer no lasting damamge, although thy will be very sore for a few days
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| From Cobra! |
Janet was not so happy...
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| From Cobra! |
...but brave Nyoman scared the snake away with a long pole.
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| From Cobra! |
Sunday, April 3, 2011
This past week, the kids had their March break.
Emmet went on a school trip to West Bali,
where he camped on a beach for five nights
and lived close to nature (accompanied by Blair,
who arrived a few days before and went on the trip
to shoot video for a commercial for the company
organizing the trip). Janet and the twins
also went to West Bali, but stayed at a high end resort nearby...
pictures from both of those trips coming soon (we hope).
Peter, on the other hand, got a little work from UNICEF shooting
schools in Papua, on the island of New Guinea... Indonesia's
eastern most province. Here's a few pictures from his trip
(click on any picture to go to a photo album).
Above: on lake Sentani.
Below: some locals.
Below: Shooting in a school.
Emmet went on a school trip to West Bali,
where he camped on a beach for five nights
and lived close to nature (accompanied by Blair,
who arrived a few days before and went on the trip
to shoot video for a commercial for the company
organizing the trip). Janet and the twins
also went to West Bali, but stayed at a high end resort nearby...
pictures from both of those trips coming soon (we hope).
Peter, on the other hand, got a little work from UNICEF shooting
schools in Papua, on the island of New Guinea... Indonesia's
eastern most province. Here's a few pictures from his trip
(click on any picture to go to a photo album).
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| From Peter goes to Papua |
Above: on lake Sentani.
Below: some locals.
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| From Peter goes to Papua |
Below: Shooting in a school.
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| From Peter goes to Papua |
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