Motor scooters & meditation

Well, we are starting to get the hang of things here. We checked out of our lovely little villa and moved to an area closer to Denpasar. This whole traveling by car is a challenge though. Cars & motor scooters everywhere and no obvious rules except for horns. You beep for everything. We have mostly walked, but needed a driver to bring us to Sanur. At least I know my heart is strong! Our hotel is a dive hotel, which will allow John to renew his diving credentials. Actually, the place is kind of a dive too. John is thrilled however, so here we are for the next while. Food is cheap, basically good, and spicy(mmmmmm). Last night's dinner ran us about $5.00 for the two of us. Gasoline is more expensive than the US and is often found for sale on the sidewalks in Absolute Vodka bottles. It makes it easy and accessible for the motor scooters. I met Dr.K. last evening who I will be working with me during this immersion. We are scheduled almost everyday together. Today we went first for meditation to a place in the country (yes, in a car again!) where she has been meditating since a child with her family. Now she participates with other families. We went into a small temple area and sat on mats. Men in the front, women behind. After a few words the meditation began and lasted for approximately 30 minutes. Shortly afterward food was brought out for everyone. Rice, curried meat, and spinach with chilies. Next were nuts, fried tofu,watermelon and very sweet coffee. We then drove to a beautiful temple on the ocean for meditation by the sea. It was explained that we would sit on the sand, relax and let the enery of the sea come to us then after a time, lay down in the sand to let the energy return to the sea. There were approximately 15 people there sitting on the black sand beach with the temple behind us meditating. We were there for almost 2 hours as the waves crashed, the sky went dark and the full moon appeared. What an experience!