Sanur is a quieter beach town than the more famous Kuta.  Most of the village seems to be about 1mile long. The local Hyatt hotel is under renovation when it’s completed this will bring a much needed spark to the village. It is a nice beach village. It has a 2.5mile promenade along the beach.…

We planned on leaving Ubud on the 14th but we decided to stay for The Caka New Year (Nyepi or Silent day) celebration. The festivities begin several days – if not weeks – in advance as each community group builds a papier-mâché effigy called ogoh-ogoh (evil and destructive figures.) Some are smaller but most are…

Cluster Reflection Gathering Ubud’s Baha’i community is very small, 9 adults, hence an LSA (Local Spiritual Assembly), and 2 children.   We were lucky to be here to join 5 of the adults and the two precious children for dinner (and breaking the Fast) and their Cluster Reflection Gathering.  The joyful gathering was filled with stories…

When we travel and feel comfortable in a new area Missy and I occasionally split up and go exploring on our own, otherwise we are pretty much together throughout our many awesome experiences. We are feeling very comfortable in Ubud, so this past Sunday I went exploring Ubud one way and Missy, another.  Several hours…

March 3-13, 2018 We have now been in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia for ten days. Some of our initial decisions have turned out to be good. We are glad we came to Ubud. It’s very relaxed, compact and easy to get around. The shop owners, taxi drivers and even the few women asking for money on…

Dear friends, We leave Thursday March 1 for Southeast Asia. We have been planning for this day for more than a year. Originally we planned to leave last August but life got in the way and we postponed our travel for a few months. We needed vaccination for Hepatitis A and B, Typhoid, Japanese Encephalitis,…

It was a little over 18 years ago, when our son Kris  decided to offer a summer of service, working with the youth in El Salvor, that I first heard about this country located in the heart of Central America on the Pacific Ocean.  Little did he (and we) know that he would find the…

We spent some 3 months in Paris. We had a wonderful time. Often when we go somewhere especially if it is for a long time we ask- Could we live here? In all our travels the answer is no. Too hot, too cold, too far from family, not enough of the activities we like, and…

  Once we learned that our good friends Nayyirih and Mahvash are in Luxembourg, on the way to the Baha’i House of Worship near Frankfort, Germany, we decided to rent a car and do a week long road trip. We spent a wonderful evening with our beloved friend (sister!) Nayyirih. She had prepared a delicious…

  One of the other perks, and there are many, of living in Paris is its proximity to our most favorite place on earth, where we had lived and served for almost 7 years, the Holy Land.  Since the Twin Holy days (bahaiteachings.org/twin-birthdays-mystery-birth-bab) were celebrated on November 1 and 2 we decided to join the…