From a30c790edea652494e7481f6798047a3bc1fd4ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:43:36 -0500 Subject: added a backup of old pages that are no longer live --- bak/oldluxpages/writing/indonesia/1/index.html | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ bak/oldluxpages/writing/indonesia/index.html | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 298 insertions(+) create mode 100644 bak/oldluxpages/writing/indonesia/1/index.html create mode 100644 bak/oldluxpages/writing/indonesia/index.html (limited to 'bak/oldluxpages/writing/indonesia') diff --git a/bak/oldluxpages/writing/indonesia/1/index.html b/bak/oldluxpages/writing/indonesia/1/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef451ea --- /dev/null +++ b/bak/oldluxpages/writing/indonesia/1/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ + + + + + Luxagraf | Travel Writing from Indonesia + + + + + + + + + + +
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Writing from Indonesia

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+ The Worst Place on Earth +
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The Worst Place on Earth

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Scott Gilbertson

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+ + Gili Trawangan, Indonesia + + + – + + They aren't really the worst place on Earth (everyone knows that's Yuma, AZ), but the Gili Islands would top my list of places you should never go to. In the end they're not even a real place, just a collection of paradise fantasies culled from decades of hippie travelers, scuba divers, honeymooners, and the rich, lost children of the West. + +

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+ The Best Snorkeling in the World +
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The Best Snorkeling in the World

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Scott Gilbertson

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+ + Nusa Lembongan, Bali, Indonesia + + + – + + Drift snorkeling is like watching fish float by the window of an underwater train. And Indonesia has more marine life than anywhere I've ever been. Fish I have previously seen perhaps two or three at a time are swimming in massive schools. The blue depths are filled with dozens of Moorish Idols, schools of deep purple tangs, so dark they look black until you get up close, parrotfish in clusters, munching on the coral, bright, powder blue tangs, yellow-masked angelfish, countless butterfly fish, wrasses, triggerfish, pufferfish and even bright blue starfish that crawl slowly over the reef. + +

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+ The Balinese Temple Ceremony +
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The Balinese Temple Ceremony

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Scott Gilbertson

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+ + Ubud, Bali, Indonesia + + + – + + While Balinese temples look partly like Hindu temples in India, there are other elements that come from older religions. Bali is what happens when Hindu beliefs collide with animism. The Balinese seem to embrace the basic tenants of traditional Hinduism, but then add plenty of their own animist flourishes to the mix -- like frequent and elaborate temple ceremonies. We were lucky enough to be invited to a temple ceremony in Tegallantang, Bali. + +

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+ Motor City is Burning +
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Motor City is Burning

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Scott Gilbertson

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+ + Ubud, Bali, Indonesia + + + – + + Awesome as it was to be back on the Asian version of a motorbike, it wasn't quite the relaxing riding I did in Laos and elsewhere. You can never recapture the magic, and I wasn't trying.... Okay, maybe I was, but it didn't work. regrettably Honda seems to have phased out the Dream in the last five years, replacing it with something called the Nitro, which just doesn't have the same ring to it. But the bike is irrelevant, was always irrelevant. I missed my friends. It just wasn't the same by myself. Debi, Matt, where are you? There are roads to be ridden, locals with ten people on a bike to be humbled by. Six fingered men to be seen, by some. + +

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Walk Slowly

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Writing from Indonesia

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+ The Worst Place on Earth +
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The Worst Place on Earth

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Scott Gilbertson

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+ + Gili Trawangan, Indonesia + + + – + + They aren't really the worst place on Earth (everyone knows that's Yuma, AZ), but the Gili Islands would top my list of places you should never go to. In the end they're not even a real place, just a collection of paradise fantasies culled from decades of hippie travelers, scuba divers, honeymooners, and the rich, lost children of the West. + +

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+ The Best Snorkeling in the World +
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The Best Snorkeling in the World

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Scott Gilbertson

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+ + Nusa Lembongan, Bali, Indonesia + + + – + + Drift snorkeling is like watching fish float by the window of an underwater train. And Indonesia has more marine life than anywhere I've ever been. Fish I have previously seen perhaps two or three at a time are swimming in massive schools. The blue depths are filled with dozens of Moorish Idols, schools of deep purple tangs, so dark they look black until you get up close, parrotfish in clusters, munching on the coral, bright, powder blue tangs, yellow-masked angelfish, countless butterfly fish, wrasses, triggerfish, pufferfish and even bright blue starfish that crawl slowly over the reef. + +

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+ The Balinese Temple Ceremony +
+

The Balinese Temple Ceremony

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Scott Gilbertson

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+ + Ubud, Bali, Indonesia + + + – + + While Balinese temples look partly like Hindu temples in India, there are other elements that come from older religions. Bali is what happens when Hindu beliefs collide with animism. The Balinese seem to embrace the basic tenants of traditional Hinduism, but then add plenty of their own animist flourishes to the mix -- like frequent and elaborate temple ceremonies. We were lucky enough to be invited to a temple ceremony in Tegallantang, Bali. + +

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+ Motor City is Burning +
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Motor City is Burning

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Scott Gilbertson

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+ + Ubud, Bali, Indonesia + + + – + + Awesome as it was to be back on the Asian version of a motorbike, it wasn't quite the relaxing riding I did in Laos and elsewhere. You can never recapture the magic, and I wasn't trying.... Okay, maybe I was, but it didn't work. regrettably Honda seems to have phased out the Dream in the last five years, replacing it with something called the Nitro, which just doesn't have the same ring to it. But the bike is irrelevant, was always irrelevant. I missed my friends. It just wasn't the same by myself. Debi, Matt, where are you? There are roads to be ridden, locals with ten people on a bike to be humbled by. Six fingered men to be seen, by some. + +

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