As you can see, Bali is not a large island, but it is home to more than 3 million people, the majority of whom (93%) are Hindu. It is also home to at least 3 volcanoes and is situated 8 degrees south of the equator just east of Java. The city of Ubud is the cultural center of the island and we will spend several days in that area since it is close to the Green School, where Dara's son Aron Vaughn teaches 11th grade physics and math. We are greatly looking forward to visiting this unique school with its environmental focus that has been the subject of feature reports on CNN, ABC, CNBC, BBC, and other news sources.
It will take us 25+hours to fly from Nashville to Chicago to Seoul, Korea to Denpasar, Bali. We don't know much about the itinerary at this point, except we will start out at a beach hotel probably at Sanur. Dara has amassed 2.75 million Indonesian Rupiah, which sounds like a suitcase full of bills, but is the equivalent of $350 and fits nicely in a money belt. We also know from our previous travels to Sumatra that US dollars are welcome in $20 bills (but they must be new and crisp...no dirty old money!). We will hope to post daily updates on our travels with photos and possibly video of the Bali environs starting on departure day October 13. Hope you will enjoy our journey! Here's a photo of Aron's family, wife Hapny and....drum roll please....the principal subject and motivation for this trip, sweet little Sofie (age 2 and a half), Dara's granddaughter!
As you can see, Bali is not a large island, but it is home to more than 3 million people, the majority of whom (93%) are Hindu. It is also home to at least 3 volcanoes and is situated 8 degrees south of the equator just east of Java. The city of Ubud is the cultural center of the island and we will spend several days in that area since it is close to the Green School, where Dara's son Aron Vaughn teaches 11th grade physics and math. We are greatly looking forward to visiting this unique school with its environmental focus that has been the subject of feature reports on CNN, ABC, CNBC, BBC, and other news sources.
It will take us 25+hours to fly from Nashville to Chicago to Seoul, Korea to Denpasar, Bali. We don't know much about the itinerary at this point, except we will start out at a beach hotel probably at Sanur. Dara has amassed 2.75 million Indonesian Rupiah, which sounds like a suitcase full of bills, but is the equivalent of $350 and fits nicely in a money belt. We also know from our previous travels to Sumatra that US dollars are welcome in $20 bills (but they must be new and crisp...no dirty old money!). We will hope to post daily updates on our travels with photos and possibly video of the Bali environs starting on departure day October 13. Hope you will enjoy our journey! Here's a photo of Aron's family, wife Hapny and....drum roll please....the principal subject and motivation for this trip, sweet little Sofie (age 2 and a half), Dara's granddaughter!
