Monthly Archives: June 2016

Ye Olde Hermitage

Toby settled in his new digs, then dug out his phone and texted his friends: Toby: Come hang out with me! I’ve got this new gig. Some old fart just gave me a place to stay. It aint much – just four walls and a roof – but it sure beats living in the park. Right? Friend: How’d you land that? Is there noise ordinance or anything? Toby: No way, Dud! It’s a lord. He said he wanted a hermit. […]

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Hike up Tjampuhan Hill

Tjampuhan Hill is a popular walk that runs from the farmland on the outskirts of Ubud right into the city. It’s a fairly long but not particularly strenuous walk with some great scenery. Many locals as well as tourists frequent sections of the path. We started off in one of those typical Indonesian rural settings – a few houses and businesses interspersed by rice paddies. At this point the walk was pretty flat. I didn’t clock us, but I think […]

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Suzie’s House 459 : The Lethal Machinations of a Maniacal Kook? AKA a Reputation

Drew unplugged the laptop.  Some people might think you wouldn’t ruin the battery by leaving it plugged in over night, but he’d read the manual.  No point in making the charge cycle any shorter than it had to be.

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