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Traffic
In Finland we are taught to respect people’s right to do something unpredictable.You can call it a mentality for tolerancesWe leave space for something unexpected to happen I have noticed that this mentality is best represented in trafficFinns leave space for others and try to be as predictable as possible so others don’t have to […]
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ATMs
This might be a weird topic, but it’s something that shocked both me and Petri in Bali. As far as I can recall, majority of all countries I’ve visited and used an ATM machine in, follows the same pattern. Insert your card, pin, how much you want to withdraw, with/without receipt, card comes out, cash […]
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Sleepless high above
Recently we have had a few travel days planned in and the idea is that “we have the chance to sleep then”. I’m usually sleep ok during flights, to Petri’s annoyance. So we had planned a night flight from Bali to Melbourne, starting at 21.00, and being about 6 hours long. Arriving rested and ready […]
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410 days
Today we’ve been traveling for 410 days since we left Finland. 360 of them has been spent in New Zealand. And today is also the day we are leaving Bali. We’ve had a very good time here, trying out different yoga styles and classes have been fun but challenging, food has been so tasty and […]
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Aerial Yoga
We had quite an eventful day, and therefore this blog is so late published. But. We had seen aerial yoga on the schedule, and I have to confess that it sounded tempting, even though I have quite limited yoga experience. One girl I spoke with last week said she had tried it and it was […]
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First yoga class
Today we took our first yoga class here in Bali! Also Petri’s first class ever. We decided to take a private class, as the prices are favourable and to ‘ease into’ taking group classes as well. Our teacher took good time to explain about the alignments in many of the basic yoga positions, help us […]
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Adventure time!
We went on an adventure on a beautiful tropical island. And got proper sunburned! We had bought “Gili island package”. So we got picked up early in the morning, to the harbour and with a boat to Gili Trawangan island. On this island we had 1,5 hours for cycling around and enjoying the idyllic scenery. […]
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Finally some action!
Though today has been ‘another day in paradise’, we finally have made some exciting news for the coming days! We’ve booked a day trip for tomorrow, going to the Gili island, snorkeling, cycling, visiting the largest Buddha statue and a few other things! We’re very excited, but a tad nervous about having a long day […]
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Forgiveness
Last night I attended a workshop on forgiveness, both on forgiving others and forgiving oneself. And something that the holder of the circle said really stuck with me, and though I don’t remember it word by word, it went something like this. “By forgiving someone else, it doesn’t mean that we are accepting the action […]
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