So the Bali Marathon released the results on their website… albeit possibly only photographs of the winners on the podium. For the full results, ya know, the ones that I’d be in, and that have the actual times people ran, including the winners, those are only available through their app. A close-up: Sigh. Nothing like […]
I’ve spent the morning (and into the afternoon) uploading photos to finalize the Bali Marathon posts. I’ve then tried to reorder them into some semblance of chronological order. As is typical of the multi-day travel events I do, I compiled an index that you can find under the TOURS menu. Or for expediency sake, you […]
The Return – A Two Day Flight Back: August 29 – August 29 And, no, that’s not a typo. Because of time zones and the international date line, I left on the 29th at 1 AM and I got back to the United States at 7 PM on the 29th. It also means I’ve technically […]
I wish I felt better. And I really wish I had availed myself of the free hotel on my layover TO Bali as well. Maybe I could’ve avoided that Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford stair fall. To be frank, I thought the hotel was connected to the airport and I would therefore not be able […]
Travels with Andi – A Two Day Roadtrip on August 27 to August 28, 2017 The “tours” I booked essentially meant I paid for a driver for a few hours and he’d take me around to places. I’d pay admissions, parking, tolls, meals, etc on my own. My driver’s name was Andi. His English wasn’t great […]
Yesterday after the marathon I was able to book on short notice with my hotel a half day sunset tour. My driver, Andi, then was also my driver today for a full day tour. There were ups and downs, highlights and lowlights, pros and cons, but ultimately I’m glad I did what I did in […]
August 27, 2017 – The Bali Marathon You meet some people on the road… and that was again true on the Road to Bali. I got a bit lost hoofing it from my hotel to the Bali Collection shuttle stop. Somewhere in the dark, I bumped into Matt, a guy from Adelaide who was here with […]
The Road To Bali was longer than you might have imagined. After walking the 2 KM to the shuttle pickup, we rode out to the start line… sorta. We rode out to a holding pen for the buses and then were told we’d get on minibuses that would take us the rest of the way… […]
This is what happens when you have to catch a 3 am shuttle that’s a half hour walk from your hotel for the race… I don’t know why that’s freaking me out. Time has lost all meaning Bali, in this place of naps and discombobulation. And since this *is* the Road to Bali, it’s also […]
August 26, 2017: The Bali Marathon Expo Where to begin? I purposefully booked Clamonic House as my hotel because: (A) it was cheap (the better to suck my blood perhaps…); and (2) it was located not too far from both Saturday’s race expo site as well as Sunday’s shuttle bus stop to get out to […]