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I have the hiccups. To be specific, I’ve hiccupped pretty much non-stop for the last 24 hours. The taxi driver is freaking out a little. Not bad, and not about my hiccups, but the anxiety level is rising in the car. We’re lost. <Hiccup> “Where you friend go? He drive too fast! This the street! Continue reading Baptized in Bali: Lost, found, purified, reborn  
My screeching alarm clock coincides perfectly with the call to prayer from a nearby mosque. It’s before dawn and I’m both disoriented and angry. Where am I again? Oh yeah. Cairo. Why am I awake so early? Oh yeah. Emil. I’ve just worked two weeks straight and, regardless of the opinions of the muezzin or Continue reading Sunday in the Valley of Salts 
Join me on Thursday May 6th, from 7 pm to 8:30 pm, at Mystic Journeys Bookstore in Venice for a talk on travel and spirituality called “The Secret Alchemy of Travel.” Mystic Journeys Bookstore 1319 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice CA 90291 Telephone: (310) 399-7070 May 6, 2010 7:00pm – 8:30pm info@mysticjourneybookstore.com Mystic Continue reading The Secret Alchemy of Travel – Presentation: Mystic Journeys, Venice- May 6th, 2010 What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood? -Buddha Shakyamuni Just before this last Christmas I flew from Los Angeles to Seattle to spend the holiday with my family. A sudden snowstorm closed the airport in Seattle and forced our diversion to Spokane, which ironically was itself sitting under 3 and half feet of snow, but where the airport was at least open. The scene at the airport was a kind of panicked chaos. It was now well past midnight and the tiny airport was overwhelmed with rerouted travelers from up and down the West coast. There were no facilities, no food, not much information, and many unhappy people. Continue reading Lessons from the Road: Hipless in Seattle You can find the most amazing and beautiful things in Bali: from 12 foot carved stone Buddhas to the tiniest, most delicate silver filigree work – and everything in between. It’s all of the highest quality and the lowest prices. Continue reading 10 for the price of 1: The Arts in Bali The average Balinese will, between birth and adulthood, pass through a whole series of ceremonies that ritually mark, and celebrate, the various stages of human progress. One of the most elaborate and important is the “matatah” or tooth filing ceremony. The optimal age range for tooth filing is generally considered to be between 6 and 18 years old – but even the elderly will have it done. Continue reading Balinese Tooth Filing The Balinese can be called by 6 different names: personal names, birth order names, kinship, teknonyms, caste names and public job titles. Continue reading 2 of 6: Balinese Naming Our Balinese friends and guides, Yenta and Darta, often joke about “rubber” time in Bali (that’s one of the great things about our friends at Tour East – they’re always on time). But it’s not surprising that time would be perceived a little differently in Bali than here in the States. The Balinese use three different calendars at the same time: Continue reading Balinese Rubber Time |
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