Selamat Pagi from Bali…. just wanted to drop in and say thank you to everybody who sent me happy birthday emails. yeah, it was my birthday on oct. 1st. kelia leaked it out on her blog and it got out. it’s so amazing how many people check her blog everyday. i have to go back to hawaii and scold her. “hey girl, uncle likes to keep somethings private in his life girl. go easy”….. then give her a big hug… i usually keep my birthday to myself and celebrate it by looking back at the past year, and looking forward to the next. so many things happened and are happening. keeping positive and still learning how to appreciate things and people more than i already do. last year i spent my birthday in cebu, philippines. this year i was in sumba, indonesia. pretty cool. anyway, gotta get going. thanks again and have a great day…
**by the way, wanted to say happy birthday to kyle nakamoto from hawaii, and chobo-san from “the shop” in hiratsuka. we were all born on the same day!!! happy birthday boys!!!!

this is the hassle part of traveling. getting the boards on the truck, off the truck, on the truck, off the truck, on the plane, off the plane, on the truck, off the truck, on the dingy, off the dingy and finally on the boat. it takes a lot of time but after it’s all done, it’s worth it… oh, then when the trips over, it’s the opposite all over again….. we had 350 something kilos in excess baggage. everybody bought their houses with them…. i felt bad only bringing 5 cups of rice and nori… haha….

what’s up everybody. got off the boat yesterday in sumbawa. jumped in a crazy 4 hour bus ride through the jungle at night. one mistake, everybody’s dead and never be found. 1000′ feet cliff drops on both sides of the car. bumpy as heck, goats, dogs, people out of nowhere popping up on the narrow gravel road. it was nuts!! checked into a pretty bust up hotel near the airport. got attacked by mosquitos. flew out this morning and landed in bali. first stop? mcdonalds…. ummmm….. i opened my email and there were over 1250. shit!! no way… i’m out of here. i’ll get back to you all when i get back to hawaii. mahalo…

hey, i wrote a 14 day diary while i was on the boat checking out the islands. day 1 seemed so long ago. the only thing i remember off hand was the lobster sashimi we all ate for pupu’s….. great start to a great trip….

these are just 2 of many big fish i speared. a GT and a big ass uku. sashimi? you know that!!!!

ok, for the past 14 days, i seen 14 sunsets and 14 sunrises. this is just one of the better ones i woke up too… imagine falling asleep gazing at the millions of stars, then waking up with the golden orange light warming your face up? then scoring solid perfect surf and plenty of fish? dream trip? you better believe it. i took over 2300 images and some of them will blow your freaking mind. if i were to rate that trip on surf, fishing, diving, and fun. i’d have to give it a solid 10 points. i had enough surfing/diving/fun in the last 14 days that some people won’t experience in their lifetime. ahhhh…. i’m so happy… i’m going to get a nice massage, then eat some ice cream…. gotta go…..