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this kid was incredible! everyone knows these dances, too |
audience participation: she pulled me up there |
spazz dancing with a placemat fan |
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our first cacophanous attempt at gamelan playing |
pentatonic purveyor |
linda and john are copping my licks |
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| arriving the next day for our first of several gamelan rehearsals with the tejakula musicians |
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nipple gongs: the trickiest rhythms of the bunch |
jennifer has the hit/dampen technique down |
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| spectacular sunrise at gaia |
gaia beach shot |
another gaia sunset |
handmade bamboo ladder for scaling the palm trees |
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| these were for the totally straight trees. the others were climbed hand over foot. in the study. with a machete. |
we left gaia oasis for a few days to go snorkeling in the far west of the country. amusing sign on our way to waka shorea conservation resort, where we stayed. |
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getting ready to go snorkeling |
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me n' sonja from austria |
our fearless guide Wilbert |
lynne and sonja |
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outside our bungalo at waka shorea |
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and inside our mosquito-netted bed |
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| view from our deck: black monkeys being shy |
waka shorea shoreline at dawn |
les, jen and i on our maiden voyage |
mojca and nenad opted to dive instead of snorkel |
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| shila with 4 months to go |
jen glowing/dripping from coral wonderment |
lesley's FIRST snorkel ever |
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post-snorkel group shot on menjangan island on the northwestern tip of bali; java is just across the bay |
after a great couple days away in the water we returned to gaia for our first balinese dance lessons. |
Ibu, our vivacious dance teacher, shows us the sarong lift technique: vital to fancy dancy footwork! |
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| doing the mashed potatoes |
and the monkey |
sonja and ibu free forming |
i got to sit in on cymbals with the real guys |
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| wilbert counts his 3's and 4's |
more gamelan tutelage |
that thing provides the quarter note pulse of every song |
get it on |
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| this guy keeps looking at me like this until i get my 7-over-4 groove |
now i need to keep steady 16th notes... |
gaia sunset from our room |
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