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fishermen near gaia going out at dawn |
tejakula beach babe |
the ocean makes my boobs look big |
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| tejakula dawn |
palm fronds for amazing kechak dance decorations |
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more set-up |
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getting our pre-dance makeup |
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ahhhhhh (before tonsilitis kicked in) |
ready to rock my monkey chant |
same with jennifer |
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| and peter (he and i had a bit of arak, the local moonshine, before all this) |
peter n' christine pre-kechak |
nenad from slovenia |
me and mojca, also from slovenia |
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| me and shila |
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les and sanja from croatia |
that checkerboard pattern is everywhere in bali. it's a black/white magic balance thing |
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| egads, am i really that white? |
good i'm not the only one |
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| putting the "ham" in hamlin |
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the princess of the dance gets ready backstage |
her first-ever performance! |
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| our kechak "commander" who taught us the dance and songs |
his nemesis in the dance |
les and toothy friend |
and we're off! |
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chak chak chak chakachakachakachaka! i got to make the high-pitched "ponk" noise, which kept time |
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ours was said to be one of the first kechaks ever to include westerners and maybe the first to include women! |
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hotties |
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how to make hindu offerings using only bamboo and a dull-ass knife |
add some flowers with hindu trinity-approved colors, plus incense and voila! |
they make and consecrate these many times a day; often just buying them pre-made |
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outside a temple after my offering |
our last morning at gaia: so sad to leave such idyllic environs! |
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betcher bottom dollar... |
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| now we're going back to ubud for our final leg: scenic car shots en route from tejakula |
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the holiest of holy: mount agung |