If you are Indonesian, you are dealing with a frustrating politic situation lately but you are also blessed with Bali. You know not everyone in this world have a privilege to frequent the paradise for less than $100 a round trip, to give you the calculation. It gives us a chance to explore all the pretty place around Seminyak, join the crowd inbetween Kuta and Legian, visit the tranquility of Ubud, and hop place to place for infamous local foods... repeatedly. In the middle of all dramas over Jakarta, it is ubelieveably consoling to be in the island of Gods.
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This highly digitalised era brought us to browse, check, and find new, great, and cute places so easily. There are places that everyone post on Instagram, places that have high rating on TripAdvisor, places that Bloggers are in rave about, and so on. I'm not complaining, since I used those as guide so often. But this one time, I use my privilege as an Indonesian to take Bali for granted. Meaning: there is no rush in my trip to explore anything and everything--I just relax and see how things turn out.
We drive and stop at places that is interesting, take a curiosity turn at path that never been explored before. It is one way to travel, but then I realized it might be one thing we used to do--the original way. Those pictureless moments is obsessing, and it is indeed a splendid thing to feel so carefree and settling.
But it really is not about exploring--I'm not that much of an adventurer. I believe in pampering myself in the cozy hotel room with book in hand, exploiting jacuzzi, and no wake up call in the morning. On frame is A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk. A Nobel-worthy read and modern epic. Now this is a holiday.
x, Michelle
This highly digitalised era brought us to browse, check, and find new, great, and cute places so easily. There are places that everyone post on Instagram, places that have high rating on TripAdvisor, places that Bloggers are in rave about, and so on. I'm not complaining, since I used those as guide so often. But this one time, I use my privilege as an Indonesian to take Bali for granted. Meaning: there is no rush in my trip to explore anything and everything--I just relax and see how things turn out.
We drive and stop at places that is interesting, take a curiosity turn at path that never been explored before. It is one way to travel, but then I realized it might be one thing we used to do--the original way. Those pictureless moments is obsessing, and it is indeed a splendid thing to feel so carefree and settling.
But it really is not about exploring--I'm not that much of an adventurer. I believe in pampering myself in the cozy hotel room with book in hand, exploiting jacuzzi, and no wake up call in the morning. On frame is A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk. A Nobel-worthy read and modern epic. Now this is a holiday.
No, though, I can't resist exploring cute places and taking those fake candids when it's a place I've never been. That's what makes Bali so special, I guess. Because it still is the most beautiful destination I've been whilst at the same time home enough to comfort you for a reflection. Well, that is, the perks of being Indonesian.When you are not worrying over the pretty pictures you should have taken, your mind is surprisingly left with a big vacancy for far more occurrences. I reflected a lot, and it is the end of the year so the timing couldn't be any better.
x, Michelle
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