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Listen To 'In Bali With Baggage' On CBC's 'WireTap'
Nov 22nd, 2012 at 9:00AM: Jon Goldstein was able to publish our excellent series "In Bali With Baggage" over on "WireTap" this past weekend, marking the first time that a Gadling story has ever been broadcast on the North American radio waves.
You can check out the landing page for the show over on the CBC or subscribe to the weekly podcast here.
Our thanks to Mr. Golstein and the producers of "WireTap" for ...
In Bali With Baggage: Rince
Nov 8th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
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As I wander Bali for the next few days, I can't stop thinking about the pink lotus incident, how bending down to pick up that flower inaugurated a flood of emotional introspection. On my last day here, I stop into a restaurant and have an iced coffee and, as I've been doing a lot of lately, pull out my notebook within which I've been ...In Bali With Baggage: Monkeys, A Cat, A Lotus Flower
Nov 7th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
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Madai and I study the tourist map and decide our next stop will be a place marked as "The Monkey Temple." It is in Ubud, in the midst of a forest overrun with monkeys.
As we make our way, I find myself growing giddy, like a kid. One thinks one has hung out with monkeys because one has seen so much of them on TV and in movies. Wearing ...In Bali With Baggage: Madai
Nov 6th, 2012 at 10:00AM: [read earlier parts of "In Bali With Baggage" here]
Is it possible to avoid the snare of Bali's cheap drink, massages, great food and beaches to hit the countryside and visit temples? It seems like it'd take some will power. But as indicated in earlier installments, I come from educational film stock. Not amusement park ride stock so, not to brag or anything, but I think I can handle it.
I ...In Bali With Baggage: A Night
Nov 5th, 2012 at 10:00AM: [read earlier parts of "In Bali With Baggage" here]
I will give travel this: it gives us an excuse. It allows us to get away with things we never could back home. In Bali I can have beer with my breakfast. I can take three baths during the day. I can spend a great deal of mid afternoon time staring at a tree and thinking about trees without the risk of running into an old friend from high ...In Bali With Baggage: A Massage
Nov 2nd, 2012 at 10:00AM:
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Because they're so cheap and good, I find myself wandering from massage to massage. I walk out of one and right into the next, like I'm trick-or-treating. In the Balinese style of massage, the masseuse gets up on the small of your back and rides you like a horse – a nice horse that has worked hard in the field all day and has earned ...In Bali With Baggage: Getting A Look Around
Nov 1st, 2012 at 10:00AM:
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Perhaps it is some fluke of Balinese grammar. Perhaps the words for "lonely" and "alone" are the same. But the hotel staff keeps asking me, "traveling lonely?" and I say, "Yes."
"No friends?" they continue, just to make sure.
"No," I say, feeling my nose being rubbed in it. "No friends."
In my short time here, I've already learned ...In Bali With Baggage: Getting There
Oct 31st, 2012 at 10:00AM: [read earlier parts of "In Bali With Baggage" here]
It's the first time I've ever traveled business class and getting on ahead of economy feels strange. I am now one of those guys I've always hated. Seated at the front of the plane as the second-classers trudge by, grunting and depleted, I'm tempted to call out, "I was once like you." But instead, I sip my sparkling wine and fiddle with my ...In Bali With Baggage: Childhood
Oct 30th, 2012 at 10:00AM: [read earlier parts of "In Bali With Baggage" here]
My ambivalence about travel probably began in childhood with our family's summer road trips. They just weren't fun. Except for the time my father had to pull into a Frontier Town parking lot to urinate and possibly weep in a locked toilet stall, we never stopped any place good. We just drove along, wanting to make good time, our colons ...In Bali With Baggage: The Unfunnest Man Goes To The Funnest Place On Earth
Oct 29th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
For guys like me, men who soldier through life with their chins glued to their chests, men who have never stopped to smell a single rose once, what is the point of travel? Travel insurance, shots, $15 sandwiches at the airport that usually involve cheddar jack. Feh.
And let me be clear: I do not say "feh" with pride. I don't even know if such a thing is even possible. I dribble my puny feh ...
