EARTHQUAKES!

In the past two weeks, I've experienced three earthquakes. THREE! The first occurred when I was in a movie theater watching Transformer. The second woke me up in the middle of the night. Definitely a freaky way to wake up. The third was around dinnertime. Of course, I've experienced numerous earthquakes since living in Taiwan, but not three in two weeks. Thank goodness they've all been relatively weak. I hope they stay that way.

Five-day trip to Bali, Indonesia

Bali is a favorite vacation spot for Taiwanese and having stayed there for five days, I can see why. It is a beautiful island where people can choose to relax on the beach, go parasailing, bungee jumping, snorkeling, biking, and so much more. Here is what we did on our trip.

We arrived around 5 pm and went straight to our villa. After getting settled, we left for dinner followed by a two-hour hot stone massage with essential oil. The second day, we visited a silver workshop, went water rafting, walked around a traditional market in Ubud, and stroll along the beach in front of the Discovery shopping mall. The third day, we took the boat to Moon Cot Sari turtle farm, went parasailing, rode on a flying fish, went for spa treatment, visited Tanah Lot temple, a Hindu temple next to the ocean and finally checked into our hotel, Ayana Resort and Spa. The fourth day, we went on the Quicksilver cruise to visit a tiny island east of Bali. We also went snorkeling and went on numerous banana boat rides. We ended our last night in Bali with a wonderful essential oil massage. The final day, we decided to take advantage of our five-star resort and and didn't go out at all. It was the perfect way to end our trip.

Our lunch

Ayana Resort and Spa (last two nights)

Renewing our vow?

Breakfast area

BBQ on Quicksilver

Boarding the Quicksilver

Tanah Lot Temple

Parasailing! (so much fun..)

Flying fish! (can you see Dennis and me?)

We're holding a bat!!

Yummy bakery

In front of Discovery shopping center

Indonesian women are so good at balancing!

Traditional market (make sure to ask for a bargain!)

Water rafting!

Silver workship

Our villa (first two nights)

Villa Seminyak