Bali, Indonesia: Setting Sail (October 2013)

Sometimes the most memorable experiences are those that are unexpected. We started the morning with a yoga class at Power of Now Oasis, an open air loft studio fully equip with mats, large fans, juice bar and a sacred cow. After class the owner of the studio suggested we join him on his sailboat for the afternoon. Not much else was planned for the day so we decided to take him up on his offer, and boy are we glad we did. We took a dingy out to the yacht anchored in bay. It was a beautiful boat. Chris, the Aussie captain, bought the boat in Puerto Rico and spent about 1.5 years sailing it to Bali.

Sunning on the deck, it took us a couple hours (or something like that, honestly I had no track of the time) to get to another area of Bali where Chris was meeting up with a friend. Once we arrived to the private(ish) beach, we spent a bit of time jumping off the boat and swimming around in the sea before it was time to taxi to the shore for lunch at the local hotel. The options were to swim in or take the dingy, of course I picked to swim… and it felt great although it was quite a battle with the current.

After lunch we made our way back to the boat, and sailed through the sunset back to Sanur.

That boat was a wild one and her captain wasn’t much different. Chris was a very generous host, and not only did he make our afternoon, but that day became the highlight of our Bali retreat.

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