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VISI
TINGBALI

Ther
eweresomanyplacestoseeinBalit
hatmyauntdecidedtoj oi
nthet
ourstoseeas
muchaspossibl
e.Myauntstay
edinkutaanarriv
al.Shespentt
hef i
rstthr
eedayswimming
andsufr
ingi
nkutabeach.Shev i
sit
edsomet ouragentsandselest
edt wotours.Thefi
rst
onewastosi
ngaraj
a,t
hesocondwast oubud.
Onedayofthetour
,shewasready .Myauntandhergroupdroveonthroughmount ains.
Singaraj
aisaci
tyofaboutgothousandpeople.I
tisabusybutquiett
own.Thestreetalined
withtreesandt
herearemanyolddut chhouses.Thent
heyr et
urnedver
ylateint
heev ening
tokuta.
Thesecondt outtoubudwaav erydif
ferentt
our.Itwasnott oseecthescenerybutto
seet heartandthecraftoft heisl
and.Thef ir
ststopwasatBat ubulan,acenterofstone
sculeture.
Ther
emyauntwat chedyoungboy swer ecar
vingawayatbigbl ocksofst
one.The
nextst opwasCeluk,acenterforsilv
ersmithsandgoldensmit
hs. Aft
erthatshestoppeda
l
itt
lewhi l
eforl
unchatsukawat iandont omass.Massisat our
istcenter
.
Myaunttendayst
ayendedv er
yquicklybesi
dehertour,
allherwasspentont
hebeach.
Shewentsai
l
ingorsur
fboar
dingeveryday.Sehwasquietsat
isfi
ed.

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MYDESTI
NY

I
nt hemiddl
eofabr
ightday
.Ipl
annedt
ohav
eshoppi
ngi
nindomar
t.Idr
oveata
r
easonabl
espeed.
Aboutfi
ftymet er
sbef orethecrossroads,agoatwhowaswal ki
ngont hepav ement
suddenl
yrunacrossther oadinfrontofmymot or
cycl
e.Iwassosurpri
sedthatIbr
akedas
hardasIcoul
d.Iwasr eal
lypanicbutIhadtoswervet
oavoi
dthegoat.Icr
ashedint
oat ree
onthesideoftheroad.
Fort
unatel
y,t
hegoatandIwasn’ tinj
ured, butoneofmysandal sent
eredapaddy
i
rr
igati
onandwascar ri
edtotheriver. Then, whenIwantt ocont
inuemyt rav
el, my
motorcycl
ewasdi f
fi
cul
ttorun. AfterIchecked, itturnsoutt
hattakesfrontofthe
motorcycl
etir
eThadhadcrashedintothet r
eewasl eakedout
.Iwasashamedbecause
manypeoplewaswatchedme.
Ideci
dedtocal
lmyf at
hert
ohelpme andr
epai
redt
hemot
orcy
cle.Fi
nal
l
y,Icancel
ed
goi
ngtoindomar
tthatdayandwenthome.