My life is sooooo fun!

I've been having a great time the last few days, Yanni and Chris aren't working as much lately so we've been spending some quality time together as a group. Another couch surfer arrived a few days ago, and she's from Oregon too! Its been nice hanging with the four of us. We've been making some pretty wild memories. I've officially fallen in love with Bali, I'm so glad that I will be coming back in just a few short months... Thanks to my amazing love! I leave Bali in 5 days for Malaysia and then meet up with my mom. Yipppi!

Bali, Lombok, and the Gili Islands

My most recent adventures took place in Lombok and the Gili Islands, Levi, Nof and I decided to do a little trip to some of the near by islands... the first stop was Lombok, as I said in some of my comments on the photos, Lombok wasn't the most exciting place. We only spent 2 nights there and by the time we left it felt like we were running to leave. There were so many locals trying to make money off of tourism, and unfortunatly not enough tourists. For instance while we sat down for dinner there would be atleast 30 people approaching us to sell a cheap cheap necklace. It was actually quite sad. The one guy that we bought stuff from, we ended up sitting down and having a drink with. He told us about his life, and how he's just waiting to die, because he knows things will be a lot better for him then. I couldn't bare to hear someone say that. Life is special, and its sad to hear a 40 year old say that he hasn't discovered that. There lives are much harder though. Anyways, the one whole day that we spent in Lombok, we rented motorbikes and drove through those hills that I took pictures of. It was breath taking, and I mean that. My face was locked in a look of aw. We passed through a few villages too which was pretty cool. Then the next day we got on a ferry to the Gili Islands. It was very nice there too. The first day me and the boys walked around the whole island. the next day Levi and I went snorkeling for the whole day, we swam with sea turtles, saw an eel, and a SEA SNAKE, I was stoked. This little island that we were on was a hot spot for young travelers whol like to party. Unfortunatly I didn't have much energy left at the end of the day... Now I'm back in Bali, I was in transit for 14 hours yesturday! It was tedious. But I made it and I am soooooo happy to be back at my home away from home. Today I woke up put on my running shoes and went for a 2 hour run, it was great.

HAPPY VALENTIN'S DAY CHARLIE!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day my love... I've been working on this project for about 2 months now, the photos were taken in three different countries; Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. These photos were inspired by my ever growing firey, passionate, true, crazy love for you. I couldn't send you anything so I thought it would be cool to show you that I am thinking about you all the time through a series of photos. I am incredibly greatful to have you in my life, thanks for being so supportive of me and giving me all the love and happiness in the world. You're the sweetest man to me. I love you soooooo much! I can't wait to see you again and have that warm feeling of being in your presence. I love you with every fiber of my being Charlie!

Bali

I've been having so much fun lately, surfing, exploring the rice patties, and playing playing playing. I don't have much time, but I will write a special post for Valentine's Day...

BALI (the greatest place on earth) haha

Wow! Bali is incredible, its what everyone imagines in there mind when they think of dream land paradise. This place has it all. When I first arrived, Yanni was so nice and picked me up at the airport. When we made it to his house and I saw the place I was in complete shock from how big and beautiful it was. Couch surfing is proving to be pretty awesome. Every experience is different and great in its own way. My first day here I didn't have a motor scooter yet so I just went for an exploration run in the morning and took it easy lounging around the pool in the afternoon. On my run I found these stairs that were over grown by jungle plants, when I went down them and made it to the bottom I was stunned by this amazing little beach. It was so beautiful that my whole body was immediatly covered in goose bumps, I was laughing and my eyes were watering.. It was euphoric. I've been thinking about my pops a lot lately and its so cool to be retracing his foot steps. He's such a cool dad, I love you PAPA!!
Today, I met this sweet german girl named Lilly, she's staying with Yanni too, we really hit it off, I'm stoked to be hanging with a girl. Tomorrow we are going to this beach to surf together. I'm looking forward to that. The snorkeling here looks good too. There is nothing bad to say about Bali. I've almost crashed on my motor scooter a few times because I am so drawn to the scenery around me. Oh man do I love my life right now.

Langkawi Malaysia

When I first arrived I was having a bit of a hard time, but now I've found a really great place to stay in the Rainbow Lodge and fun people to be around. The past few days have been fairly mellow, I've just been doing some exploring around the island, settling myself, and spending time on the beach. The Malay people are friendly and can speak english well, so its nice being able to fully communicate again. I'm really excited right now because on the 5th I'm going to Bali to surf surf surf! I can't wait to finally get some good action. Wahooooooo!