This past weekend we had a few days off so we went to Lombok with the Thompson family...
While there we shot this film:
Thursday, May 19, 2011
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 |
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Emmet turns 13!
Yesterday was Emmet's birthday. He has reached teenage-hood...
Amazing.
A few days before his birthday, he became a certified scuba diver.
He worked hard over the last month getting this certification,
studying and practicing and diving. So congratulations to him.
He can now dive up to 18 metres... and today, as a birthday
present, he went for a dive. Here's a video of him scuba
diving:
And here are a few pictures of Emmet diving over the past few months.
This one was taken today... he dove up to 18 metres.
Geared up:
Fish:
Eels underwater:
Amazing.
A few days before his birthday, he became a certified scuba diver.
He worked hard over the last month getting this certification,
studying and practicing and diving. So congratulations to him.
He can now dive up to 18 metres... and today, as a birthday
present, he went for a dive. Here's a video of him scuba
diving:
And here are a few pictures of Emmet diving over the past few months.
This one was taken today... he dove up to 18 metres.
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| From Emmet 2010-2011 |
Geared up:
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| From Emmet 2010-2011 |
Fish:
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| From Emmet goes diving |
Eels underwater:
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| From Emmet goes diving |
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