17th October 2012
We left the Gilli Islands today.
It sure was beautiful over there!
We more or less spent every day eating our
weight in delicious food, getting massages and swimming in the beautiful aqua ocean.
It was nice being there with Bec and her friend. It left me free to just float
around, do whatever they wanted and if I didn’t feel like it, drift off and do
my own thing. It was a very chilled and easy atmosphere.
It was a significant change from the
overthinking and emotional exhaustion that was being in Kuta.
We woke up this morning nice and early and
went for one last snorkel in the deep and magical reef.
Beautiful right?
I have no doubt in my mind I was a mermaid
in a past life.
I love being in the water, I think I spent
more time holding my breath trying to get deeper into their world that actually
breathing through the snorkel!
I came out dizzy and wishing I could live
down there in the dreamy reef.
After a few hours of hot and sweaty
travelling (the best kind!) we now find ourselves back in Bali and in the
beautiful mountains of Ubud, right in the center of the island.
This place is so incredibly peaceful.
Bec and I managed to score ourselves a
villa in a 5 star resort and spa (something that is absolutely unheard of for
me when I travel!!) because the jacuzzi outside our room wasn’t working, so we got
a sweet deal.
The place we are staying is absolutely
wonderful, surrounded by mountains, relaxing freshwater pools, hardly a soul
here, just the sound of birds, cats and a temple next door. It’s the kind of
place you could easily forget the world outside, bang in the middle of the Bali
mountains.
I guess every now and again its okay to put
away the dirty backpack and treat yourself ;)
I just had the most relaxing massage of my
life. Absolutley amazing. I feel so refreshed and peaceful.
During my massage I managed to learn
something about myself; I have always considered myself a pretty relaxed and
chilled person. But that hour, I honestly could not turn my mind off.
I have a butterfly mind. Always have. I
know this.
(One of my friends actually said to me the
other day, quite seriously, that he thought I may have a minor case of ADD,
which would explain my short attention span!)
But I thought I would at least be able to
relax and chill when absolutely nothing else mattered.
My train of thought was ridiculous, even
turning into something unrelated and bizarre from me attempting to make myself
concentrate on the music playing or my breathing.
I was relaxed, but my mind wasn’t clear.
I have decided I want to learn to clear my
mind.
Afterwards I sat out in the garden and the
lady gave me ginger and lemongrass tea and some sliced ginger.
It was a really nice and relaxing moment,
sitting in that garden. I sat there with literally nothing to do but stare at
where I was in the world, surrounded by mountains and in the most beautiful
garden.
I thought about my life at home.
I never EVER just sit and do nothing. Even
when I take myself out for a coffee or sit on a train. I am not programed to
sit still; I am programmed to always be doing something, whether it is typing
away on this, fiddling about with my phone, nothing worthwhile.
When was the last time I just sat and managed to turn off my mind?
*******
Tomorrow we are waking up early to go and
meet the cheeky monkeys of Ubud, which, seeing as monkeys are my absolute
favorite animals, will be something fun and silly to enjoy in amongst all this
relaxation and spiritual awakening ;-)
On Friday we are heading to meet Ketut
Liyer, a Balinese magician/medicine man/artist/palm reader. I am really excited
at the thought of getting to meet one of the worlds most intriguing men to many
people.
I would really love to get a palm reading,
just out of curiosity. But then, even just a chance to speak to him would be
incredible.
Will report back kind strangers. Xxx
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