roymond wrote:QotD: not sure I remember any weird birthdays. So I'll go for "novel": I climbed a volcano in Bali on my birthdayonce. And did it before sunrise so we'd watch it from up there. Was a bitch hiking up in the dark, but well worth it.
I'da just slept in and not have to climb down a mountain for brunch.
A man after my own heart Hoblit - for I did the very same thing at the very same mountain of which Roymond speaks!
I planned to climb Batur to see the sunrise, but I got drunk at Kedisan the night before with a bloke who has just been bitten by a monkey and slept in (I slept in - don't know about the bloke with the monkey bite - he probably got rabies), then wandered around to the base of the mountain mid-morningish just in time to see some English backpackers coming down who said the climb probably wasn't worth the effort and I would be much better off just hanging around Toya Bungkah eating chilli fish and getting drunk again, which seemed like an entirely sensible suggestion.
Must add though (and having been there, I'm sure Roymond would agree) - Bali is quite possibly one of the coolest places on earth...(providing you can avoid all of the drunken Australians)
Leaf wrote:
Here's mine: When I was a teenager, the local paper, on my birthday, had my first name printed beside my birthday... I kept it... can't remember the exact date...but it said something like "Sept. 14, 1987 TOM"
actual status for me today: just got the keys to my new apartment, need to get all sorts of household crap (toilet paper, cleaning supplies, shower curtain) and decide whether I'm going to paint over the weekend (probably!), need to get Internet access. Now I have the shortest commute I ever have - just a 10-minute walk. Which is also the shortest and easiest commute of everyone in the office. Woo.
Caravan Ray wrote:Must add though (and having been there, I'm sure Roymond would agree) - Bali is quite possibly one of the coolest places on earth...(providing you can avoid all of the drunken Australians)
Cool, Ray. Though I disagree with the English blokes, who usually hate any activity where you break a sweat. Indeed, Bali is definitely one of the coolest places on earth. We didn't encounter many Australians beyond the heathen hangouts of Denpasar (Hard Rock Cafe, etc.) and the surfer beaches of the south east coast. Keeps all the drunks in one place and away from the good stuff.
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Caravan Ray wrote:Must add though (and having been there, I'm sure Roymond would agree) - Bali is quite possibly one of the coolest places on earth...(providing you can avoid all of the drunken Australians)
Keeps all the drunks in one place and away from the good stuff.
A man after my own heart Hoblit - for I did the very same thing at the very same mountain of which Roymond speaks! 
