Flowers and sunshine

Miss T:
I love the flowers! I've never received flowers from a girl via online before. :) What an arrangement you put together! When I move back to the States, you will have to come and plant a patio garden for me full of wild California plants.
I am happy to report I am fully cheered up. Between you flowers and a smaller, more secluded island, my fear of globalization has become a fogged memory. We spent the last week on Nusa Lembogon with nothing to do but sunshine, swim, surf, and exploration! It is an island that is not home to any global chains; not even cars! Surely, there is no sulking when you wake up to this:

and end the day with this:

Well I must be off now. Today is our last full day in Bali. Tomorrow evening we enter the skies once again and make our way to Africa. With love. - Mrs. K

Mrs K...if the flowers don't work

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Happy Thoughts

You forgot to mention the 7-Elevens that abound in Bangkok...when we were there we had a game similar to Slug Bug for all of them.  It is really sad, but the silver lining might be that with all the tourists going there, it will free up the places you want to go.  So, in an effort to cheer you up from the gloom of globalization, these are some pictures of a housewarming pot that I made. The green plant (Euphorbia) reminds me of little tea cups. I had been eyeing this pot for a couple weeks and finally had justification to do something with it. If these don't help, I imagine Mr. K and the beaches are working wonders. May there not be any McDonalds, Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks for miles and may your nights be filled with wondrous fruits.

Same Same But Different

What's going on A? Thanks for the cat.

My quick two cents for today. We both have traveled fairly well and I want to ask you. Do you think it's all becoming the same? I feel like despite being thousands of miles away from the good old U.S. of A., I could seriously be in some new-fangled state. There are Starbucks, McDonald's, even Dunkin' Donuts (which you can't even get in California) infiltrating main roads and tiny corners of Bali. I feel like the world I left four years ago here no longer exists.  It breaks my heart to see western travelers choose these options over local cafes and coffeehouses. Why bother traveling if you're going to stay in your big air-conned tour bus, eat at western master chains, and stay in gated compounds??? I remember 10 years ago, the only two truly international brands were Coca-Cola and Marlboro's (and seriously, what's up with the Marlboro's?)

Roar!

What's up Mrs. K? I thought this an appropriate start to our blog. This is a card I found in a shop up in Seattle when I was visiting Carrolle. You are the fiercest. -Miss T

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