<----BATAM-PADANG---->

thought for the day----> the moment we want to be something, we are no longer free….

Batam/day 10

Padang/day 9

.....…….in today's "tales from the hollywood bowl"…………another travel day……from batam to padang…….left my hotel at 7am….a 40 minute taxi trip to the airport…….flight on-time…….then the indo factor kicked in…….and after circling for 25 minutes we landed in padang at 11…….richard and susanna landed just after me so by the time I got my bag, they were in bagage claim…..the bali airport was closed again yesterday due to volcanic ash from east java…..it was opened back up today though….…now, I am in my bed at bridgitte's, and its 330pm…..nap time I reckon…..after a rest…..…I went for a walk to get some supplies……stopped in at the place terry the magician stays…..he was there…..I knocked on the door and in my best indoneasian accent I said polsi……..after about 30 seconds I let him know it was me so he didn't panic and start eating everything, and I would have to take him to get his stomache pumped…….we caught up and went for a coffee and a massage…..massage places were booked or closed, so we settled for coffee and a pastry………..today's photo is one of my water-shots, my camera will be with me soon, so I can shoot more water-shots again………below…..……..……the sign-series continues…………….below(sea-level)………….……..below………….is from the un-ridden wave series………below……..…..…is from the point-&-shoot series………below……….………is the 2015-mentwai-surf-section……….…below…………….…is from the "shoot-from-the-hip" collection.….……….below……..………in the "as fink sees it" section, it's …………and finally, some more ogoh ogoh's from the not so recent Nyepi celebration…………