Swimming with Sharks: Diving in Komodo National Park

In the last week of my Indonesian adventure, I spent Thursday to Sunday floating around Komodo National Park, chatting with my new friends, eating, napping on the top deck, and scuba diving four times a day. Komodo National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its namesake: the three main islands that make up…

Eat Pray Surf

On our fifth day in Bali, Alyssa and I took our beautiful De Moksha hotel’s recommendation and booked a surf lesson with their go-to guy, Wayan Sukerta. Sunday morning at 9:00am we slogged to the front of the hotel, hungover and tired from dancing in party-town Seminyak the night before. We were less enthused as…

An American in Bali

This morning I awoke on an island in a country on a continent where I know no one. For some people this might be a complete nightmare. But I had never slept so well and awoken with such excitement. That is, after a 5 AM alarm call from the neighborhood rooster. Today is my first…