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Today is our last day in Bali. I’m writing this from Bali’s soon-to-be-replaced airport terminal (which will be a huge improvement, I’m sure). We have a late flight tonight, thereby giving us a mostly full day in Bali to use. Sightseeing? No. Too long of a drive from Nusa Dua. Swimming at the pool or […]

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After breakfast this morning, we met up with our driver for a visit to Ubud, which is a major art and cultural center that’s located amongst rice paddies and ravines in the island’s central foothills. While much of southern Bali’s beaches focus on ‘fun in the sun’ tourists, Ubud has a more artistic, natural, and […]

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After sleeping for 10+ hours, I awoke with the girls at an early-normal time. We opted to go to the hotel’s buffet for breakfast, as it was open, nearby, and free due to my Marriott status. This turned out to be a really good choice, because the breakfast was very good in terms of variety […]

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We faced a dilemma today: to go to Batam or not? That was the question. As I’ve mentioned previously, we define countries based on the Travelers’ Century Club country list. Because their definition of a “country” includes territories that are politically, geographically, or ethnically diverse, Indonesia is broken into a series of different “countries.” This […]

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Day #12: Singapore Zoo

We’d planned on heading over to Batam today. But, we got kind of a late start, and I just wasn’t feeling it today. Instead, we opted to go to the Singapore Zoo, which is considered by many to be the finest zoo in the world. While I’ve not been to that many zoos, I’d have […]

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