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Poolside and Studio

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Tomorrow I’m gone.

Leaving a country is painful, like leaving someone you loved and cherished. And in fact, you never leave just a physical space but you do leave the people that connect you to that land. You are closing the door to all the possible future you might have with them, may they be good, may they make you stronger, may they be destructive. You are saying goodbye to friends, and to all the experiences and moments you lived together, and the one you might have had in the future.

The prospect of leaving a country always make my eyes water, my throat close and my belly ache. I’m not just taking an airplane and discovering a new place, I’m saying goodbye forever to the person I was, at that time and space in my life. This is not only a goodbye to friends but to my self.

Tomorrow I’m gone, and today I’m only half here.

It feels like I’m separated in half. I’m already two person, the one I was yesterday, the one I will be tomorrow. Both brave, both carefree, both sensitive. It is possible to cry of happiness and sadness at the same time and the ticking clock toward my departure create a conflicted feeling of gratefulness, hope and regret.

It’s my last day in Bali and I have to make it count. But the prospect of doing anything else than staying in a warm swimming pool to cure the hangover from the too-many-cocktail from Deus ex machina, Pretty Poison, and Sandbar is not appealing. So we chat, we swim, we float and we laugh. Before everybody get together for dinner, I join Sashi in her recording Studio. It feels special and unique to be there. Tomorrow I’m gone, but I’ll remember, forever of these moments spent in Bali.

Magnetic Canggu

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And like that, I arrive in Canggu. I drop my backpack in a small surf hostel. It’s cheap and near the beach but I’m not really sure I’ll stay here for a long time. After sleeping in my own room in Ubud for a couple of days, suddenly the idea of sharing a dorm with seven other people with no space between the mattresses doesn’t seem really appealing.

I grab a delicious meal at California Republic and hop on my scooter to meet Marielle and Salma at Sashi and Puck’s house. There is something delightful to be reunited with friends. I missed this “all women” group, how relaxing it is to be surrounded with feminine vibes. Coming back to Canggu and knowing I’ll stay there until my departure to Lao, is reassuring and exhilarating. It feels comfortable to know people, knowing the way to anywhere, the shortcuts, the local faces and name, going to the same warungs and bars… A little routine will come along for the next couple of days that will include a lot of partying, dancing, scooters rides, good food, getting to know my friends a little deeper, meeting new awesome people, doing a bit of yoga and opening ourselves and sharing our hearts out to each others.

Canggu, don’t let me go

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Staying in a place for a week or more is, I would say, essential when you travel for few month. It’s like taking holidays of your trip. You can rest your bones on the same bench in the same spot at the same time everyday if you want to. You start to make friends and do some plans together, the kind of plans you do at home with your homies. You discover all the good places of the city and you have time to try all the different coffee shops and register all the wifi passwords of the town in your iPad. You take your time. 
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Secret temple

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I like taking the little roads when I visit a place but you never know if there will be a treasure at the end of the alley or if you’ll find the dump of the city. A nice and sunny path in the rice fields can turn into a muddy grey road. That’s when you regret to have come so far because you think you’ll never find your way back on time before sunset or because you feel that this dude working on the field is looking at you in a strange way.
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Tanah Lot

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Old Man’s + Pretty Poison = Terrible Hangover.
But eh. You are travelling, you are still young and you have a new mate. So you wake up, drink a lot of water and you shake the fog around to feel better and do something with your life. Actually, you don’t shake it too much, your liver will never forgive you too much energy right now.

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Sashi

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We are at Old Mans, in Batu Bolong, a beach bar. I am still working on some articles, enjoying the sunset with two beers. Two. Because when it’s the happy hour, at Old Mans, you can’t get just one. I must look a bit nerdy with my iPad, alone at this big round table and my two drinks that I hardly sip. 
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