My Trip to Bali

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

Well, I am finally back, a lttle scraped up (funny story), a little jet-lagged, but definantly a differnt person. It was a trip I will soon not forget. The people, the places...all amazing and so different then my little world. I have a bunch of pics so I will pick a few and post them.

First was a week spent in Bali itself. Stayed in the Seminyak region...turned out to get to our condo you had to drive down the only gay district in Bali. And yes...they have "guys" sitting in groups whistiling at you that aren't really guy's at all. Some quit convincing!!! HAHAHAHA The food was awazing a soooo freaking cheap. Everything was cheap there except for the clubs..they are normal prices. Our main place to hang out at night (skybar) was next to the place were the 2002 bombings happend that kiied 212 people. All that remains is a memorial and an empty lot.

Visted some of the main Temples on the Island, one on the edge of a 500' cliff looking over the ocean, one made out of solid rock in the ocean, only accesible during low tide and one on an island in a high mountain lake.

The main staple of the island is rice, and every open lot or mountain slope was rice paddies...everywhere. Really cool to see people out there choppin rice.

Transportation over there is insane. I would say 5% cars, 95% mopeds with little to no traffice laws. The center strips are useless and sidewalks seem to be part of the road (yes, I even road up on the sidewalks myself on my 'ped) You also drive on the left side of the road..that took a bit to get used too. My friend described the relationship b/w cars and mopeds like this..."Cars are like the big rocks, and the mopeds are like sand filling in every single space until you cant fit anymore"

Then from Bali, took a plane over to Lombok, picked up at teh airport, driven across the Island to a marina on the other side, were a boat was waiting which took us to a tiny island of the northwest corner of lombok called Gili Trawanga and its part of three islands. There we stayed in an awesome condo. One thing about the Island...no motorized vehicles...you either rent a bike or ride a horse drwan carrage. Makes the nights impossibley quite. Did a shark dive and snorkeld a bunch. Really my favorite part of the trip...oh and on the last night, I took Andraya on a stroll down the beach and asked her to marry me...as soon as she said yes, a shooting star went across the sky..kid you not! So thats my trip..I wont talk about the trans-pacific flight...cause it sucked....but it all worth it!!!!!

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

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jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

Yay D-Money, congrats man, I won't even give you chit about how gay you look on that moped.

PS you suck at a trip report, you need to come up with more that 5 pics.

Jensen · Posted: Mar 05, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject:

wow, that trip sounds like it was a blast! and that food looks really good. oh ya, congrats!

btw, nice stunna shades, fits the badass moped Laughing

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

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Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

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Yes...and my lady loves the shades..she wouldn't let me take em off! HAHA

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

I have over 900 pics...all b/w 1.5 and 2 megs...so I have to reduce the size for each picture I want to upload. Pain in my arse!!!!

You happy now JR HAHAHA

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

jjaszkow · Posted: Mar 05, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject:

Dpierce37, looks like a great trip!!

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

Good stuff...and congrats on the engagement!

Corporate · Posted: Mar 05, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:

Congrats D$....before even opening the thread I said to myself "ah, here's where I hear about D$ getting engaged".

Speaking of which has Haugystyle gone to NYC yet?

goofyboy · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 3:46 am Post subject:

Congrats D$. Hell of a way to propose. good job!

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

Glad to see you took my advice and finally locked her down - you can't do any better, that's for sure! Congrats bro!

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Looks like an awesome time man. Congrats!

vette74 · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 11:57 am Post subject:

It looks like you had fun Congrads!

kavlock99 · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 1:11 pm Post subject:

Congrats on the engagement! Looks like you had a fab trip.

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

Yea thanks for all the congrat's....a man has to know when he found the best...and I do...so I did. It's just nice finally having my mom off my arse for awhile! HAHAHA

I'll get a pic of the ring as soon as it gets in. It is being custom made in New York by some designer. Should be kick arse.

Raider Lefty · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 470 City: The 713

Sweet pics D$ and congrats on the engagement. That flight is definitely a killer.....I dread making it.

Looks like a place I need to go visit next time I'm on that side of the world.

ohsix · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject:

Congrats. I've decided not to take anymore trans-oceanic flights until I can afford 1st class tickets or charter.

No photoshops yet? wakeboarder.com is a let down today. Not even some anal lube in the bedroom picture.

Bambamski · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject:

Great pics looks like a great time

congrats as well

Lindsay · Posted: Mar 08, 2008 5:43 am Post subject:

CONGRATS!!!!!

Very happy for you guys, glad you joined the club!

My only bit of advice: small wedding + short engagement = less money + less stress

We got engaged end of January, and we will be married four weeks from tomorrow ( 04/06/08 ) at his parents oceanside condo in FL with just immediately family and best friends (<20 people). Major details were planned in about 24 hours. It has been awesome!

Bali looks amazing. I had another friend who just did the trans-pacific engagement....they went to Thailand and the Philippines (got engaged in the latter).

MojoPin · Posted: Mar 09, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject:

Congrats man! And that seems like a sweet trip!

oshensurfer · Posted: Mar 11, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject:

Dpierce37, CONGRATS bro!!!! That's awesome! Glad you had a good time and glad she said yes. HAHA. Let's hook up for a beer soon. I've got your vest in my truck, too.

Email me tho, I haven't had time to be on here much....

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Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Wow, just had a chance to go back and take a closer look. Holy crap man that looks like an awesome trip. That "postcard" shot is amazing. I love that style and type of architecture. 500 ft cliff is frickin huge. Haven't seen one so vertical like that dropping right into the ocean.

I'm probably out of the loop, have you guys tied the knot yet?

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

Wakebrad, nope..not yet. We decided to get a house together first! HAHA Thanks for the compliments. I miss that place and am going back soon.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Dpierce37, very cool. Btw, if you need a better merge of that pano let me know. Photoshop CS4 has a great tool for it.