Oh hey there,
It's literally been years since I've written a blog post. Truth, I got distracted with Instagram and life in Dubai. But I'm heading back to Nunavut, this time in the community of Resolute and it's my goal to restart the blog. So, while I'm not promising anything over the summer, I will start blogging once I get internet in the north. I'm super excited about the change ... drastic, and ridiculous, I know... but awesome. I'll be posting in Arctic Adventures.
Cheers,
Jen
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
BALI, INDONESIA
Christmas is Bali
So, we rented a villa and this is it http://www.jendeladibali.com/ It was exactly as advertised. The compound consisted of several little houses: two sleeping houses, a yoga/tv house, dining house etc. We had a staff of four people cooking and cleaning for us.
Yes, those were all pictures of our villa... and the pictures don't even do it justice.
Christmas morning we got up at 2am and climbed to the top of Bali's active volcano. When we got there I was sorry to find out that is was only steam and not lava that was still pouring out of the top. Looking back, though, it's probably for the best because I can't run worth crap and lava is not something you saunter away from.
So, we rented a villa and this is it http://www.jendeladibali.com/ It was exactly as advertised. The compound consisted of several little houses: two sleeping houses, a yoga/tv house, dining house etc. We had a staff of four people cooking and cleaning for us.
Yes, those were all pictures of our villa... and the pictures don't even do it justice.
Christmas morning we got up at 2am and climbed to the top of Bali's active volcano. When we got there I was sorry to find out that is was only steam and not lava that was still pouring out of the top. Looking back, though, it's probably for the best because I can't run worth crap and lava is not something you saunter away from.
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| View from the top - Happy Christmas! |
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| Monkey! |
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| Skyping with Mom, Dad, and the fur babies Christmas morning in Canada. |
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| Panorama Christmas morning, Bali. |
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| Elephant Temple, Ubud, Bali. |
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| Terraced rice fields |
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| Hindu temple |
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| terraced rice fields Bali is fantastic. It's beautiful. The food is incredible. I felt safe the entire time. Shopping is excellent. Accommodations were out of this world. And the beauty of it all, once you get here Bali is inexpensive! Merry Christmas, everyone! |
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Sri Lanka
In the previous post I admitted to being incredibly neglectful of the blog. This post is going to jammed full of gratuitous vacation photos to get everyone up to speed on the awesomeness of living so centrally in Dubai.
Dubai is a 3 hour flight to Sri Lanka.
South West Sri Lanka (near Galle) 2014
Dubai is a 3 hour flight to Sri Lanka.
South West Sri Lanka (near Galle) 2014
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| The Portuguese fort in Galle |
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| Elephant Orphanage |
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| At the tea factory. |
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| Tea tasting. |
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| Tea picking |
Better late than never?
Alright, so I've been extremely neglectful of the blog. I've been busy. Dubai is a crazy place. I should probably start from where I left off...
December 2013 - I went back to Canada for Christmas. I was foolishly sick for the duration of the vacation and I vowed never to do that again. Two weeks is not enough time for a real visit and yet just enough time to really mess up your sleep schedule. Turns out I'm delicate like a flower.
Since then, things have been great. The food in Dubai is incredible. We've been eating a lot.
Seafire, Atlantis the Palm - Middle distance
Sarcasm and sushi
Zaroob!
Sophie and I on the Al Qudra Cycle Track
Oryx crossing the track at Al Qudra
Spinney's 92 Starting Line
Representing in the Cycle Canada gear at Spinney's 92
Spinney's 92 December 2014
Spinney's 92 2013 we did 84km in 3 hours 10 minutes.
Spinney's 92 2014 we did 92km in 3 hours 10 minutes.
Then of course, it wouldn't be Dubai without the copious holidays and fancy dress parties!
Traditional dress for National Day.
National Day at school! I'm wearing an abaya (black dress) and shayla (scarf). The colourful abayas have another name that I always get wrong.
St. Andrew's Scottish Ball 2014
Halloween 2013
So I brought my bruising kit face paint and I put together a proper zombie for the Bridge Tower Halloween Party. I'll be damned if I wasn't the ONLY PERSON IN COSTUME. Hilariously, in a clash of cultures, the front desk security ran to me and asked if I had fallen off my bicycle. I tried explaining that it was grease paint and I did this on purpose... he shook his head and asked me again if I was injured.
Halloween 2014 I went with something far more approachable (and cute)...
Halloween 2014 - I'm the Paper Bag Princess but aside from one other girl in the bar (who gave me a high five and demanded a picture), no one else recognized the brilliance of my costume. I got a lot of questioning looks that eventually morphed into (misplaced) recognition: Burger King!
Turns out Robert Munsch is only a big deal in Canada.
Secret Santa 2014
Pink Ball 2014 - taking this picture was like herding cats.
December 2013 - I went back to Canada for Christmas. I was foolishly sick for the duration of the vacation and I vowed never to do that again. Two weeks is not enough time for a real visit and yet just enough time to really mess up your sleep schedule. Turns out I'm delicate like a flower.
Since then, things have been great. The food in Dubai is incredible. We've been eating a lot.
On top of eating extremely well, I've also been riding bikes a lot. Here are a few shots from the last few months:
Oryx crossing the track at Al Qudra
Spinney's 92 Starting Line
Representing in the Cycle Canada gear at Spinney's 92
Spinney's 92 2013 we did 84km in 3 hours 10 minutes.
Spinney's 92 2014 we did 92km in 3 hours 10 minutes.
Traditional dress for National Day.
National Day at school! I'm wearing an abaya (black dress) and shayla (scarf). The colourful abayas have another name that I always get wrong.
St. Andrew's Scottish Ball 2014
Halloween 2013
So I brought my bruising kit face paint and I put together a proper zombie for the Bridge Tower Halloween Party. I'll be damned if I wasn't the ONLY PERSON IN COSTUME. Hilariously, in a clash of cultures, the front desk security ran to me and asked if I had fallen off my bicycle. I tried explaining that it was grease paint and I did this on purpose... he shook his head and asked me again if I was injured.
Halloween 2014 I went with something far more approachable (and cute)...
Halloween 2014 - I'm the Paper Bag Princess but aside from one other girl in the bar (who gave me a high five and demanded a picture), no one else recognized the brilliance of my costume. I got a lot of questioning looks that eventually morphed into (misplaced) recognition: Burger King!
Turns out Robert Munsch is only a big deal in Canada.
Secret Santa 2014
Pink Ball 2014 - taking this picture was like herding cats.
For the sake of organization, I'll include vacation pictures in a different post. Stay tuned for Sri Lanka and Bali!!
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