Hi Gram,After getting up early yesterday and hiking up and down the mountain, I was wiped out and slept in today! I finally got up around 8 and headed down to breakfast with Dash. Ashley headed up after breakfast, but David and I hung out and talked for a while. Around 10, I headed up…

Hi Gram,My alarm clock jolted me awake at 2am, reminding me that I had signed up for a sunrise hike to the top of a volcano. I hit snooze once or twice, then reluctantly got out of bed for my morning routine. I met David and Samantha downstairs where we sat on the curb waiting…

Hi Gram,It’s been a few days, and I’ll be honest – they were kind of a blur. I was exhausted from all the travel and I had a bad case of vertigo for a couple of days that started on Friday at breakfast. Luckily, I had friends around me who understood and explained to the…

Hi Gram,Today is the day! We decided to get back to Ubud today after having spent the past week on the islands. I woke just before my alarm went off and dealt with some emails and paperwork to make use of the time zone overlap. After getting some business done, I met Dash near the…

Hi Gram,I’m feeling much better today. Luckily it seems to have just been food poisoning or something. My stomach has a strict policy of “if you don’t pass the test, you leave the way you came in” and kept the bad food from going any further. It sucks because it ejects all the nutrients I’d…

Hi Gram,I woke this morning feeling a little off. The display on the AC unit was shining very brightly, which kept waking me up all night. Just before my alarm went off, I was aware that my body was rejecting my lunch and/or dinner from last night. Despite trying to will myself to keep it…

Hi Gram,The roosters woke me again this morning, but it was just a few minutes before my alarm would have gotten me up anyway. I packed up and headed to chat with my FI friends before they took off. We all had breakfast while recounting our stories from our scooter adventures and their car tour…

Hi Gram,I didn’t sleep well last night. I was exhausted throughout the day and went to bed early after dinner, but I think the ginger tea that I had with dinner was black tea mixed with ginger. I felt caffeinated and alert as I got into bed and I was tossing and turning all night.…

Hi Gram,This morning, I packed my bags then had a banana pancake with honey and chocolate for breakfast, then washed it down with banana juice – which I didn’t even know was possible. It was delicious and I imagine it’s what monkeys would eat if they stayed at hotels with fancy breakfast options. After breakfast,…

Hi Gram,I woke this morning to the sound of waves crashing outside my door, which made getting out of bed so very difficult. Once I mustered the motivation, I did my morning exercises then headed to the main building for breakfast. When I say “main building”, I just mean the main roofed area – no…