Category: Indonesia – Bali
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Bali Night
The skin underneath my fingernails is still stained yellow from the fresh turmeric we were peeling and chopping this past Saturday. Fresh turmeric looks much like ginger except that when you peel off the skin, you find a pleasing orangish-yellow piece of root. The hue is so exciting, a revelation. The shock of color brightens…
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Postcards from Bali
We escaped from all the New Year festivities here recently to the island of Bali in Indonesia. Most of our time was spent in Ubud, an area of very fertile rice terraces and a cultural center. It’s full of art galleries, furniture shops, antiques, wood carvings, silver jewelry, as well as batiks and other wonderful…
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