Looking Back - Bali

Things I learned about myself

• Trying to relax makes me anxious
• I knew something had changed after I lost my brother, now I think it's that I lost the little bit of faith I had.

Skills that came in handy

• Altering clothes by hand (as a kid, my first alteration looked like a Frankenstein scar, than my great grandmother showed me the proper way to do it)
• Hand washing clothes (It's crazy how, after only one day, the clothes get sooo dirty. The water was brown with dust. I had never realized.)

Things of interest that happened while I was in the country

• Eruption of a volcano in the neighboring island of Java (where I was supposed to go at first).
• Preparations for elections in April.

Main issues I noticed

• Organized begging rings
• Commercialization of temples
• Lack of garbage management
• Chaotic and sometimes dangerous driving conditions