This is a spiritual book, an American woman searching for balance and want to talk to God through Italy, India and Indonesia.
Only love and delicacy cannot refuse.
In Italy, she was learning Italy language in there, she booked course and talked to local people to learn a new language, she also shared her experience to us, she found that people use local food or dish to name Rome subway station. Wow, I guess this food in there must be yummy.
In India, she was staying the Ashram for meditation and learning Yoga, she also to be a ritual girl to service visitors who come from all over the world.
In Indonesia, yes, finally, she came there, she was in Ubud, Bali. She wanted to find an aging person who talked to her two years ago, that medicine man told her that she would come to Indonesia again and would spend at least three months in here. She really come to Indonesia again. Of course, she found this medicine man in Bali, she tried to stay Bali for three months, she visited this medicine man in the afternoon every day when she is in Bali.
Where the Bali come from? In the sixteenth century, the Javanese king first immigrated Bali because of some religion's uprising, so the king brought hers family and some high-class person to come here. That's why Balinese say they are the descendant of either a king or priest and artist.
Balinese real name is funny and religion, there are only four names to use, first, second, third, fourth. How can we distinguish who are whom? Yes, They use nicknames to name it.
Bali is a paradise or not? I guess not, this book remind me some Indonesia history that I read in Indonesia Museum. The Dutch and Japanese has been invaded there. Independent war.
What did this medicine man tough her? Something like China medicine, the holly water, the herb....
She got an accident when she were riding his bicycle on the road, his kneel got a hurt, so she found a healer who is a divorced woman and have a young daughter in Bali. Then they become friends, she known more people in Bali. And she went to the party with them, she met an excellent and attractive man in there who came from Brazil. Same age. She went to the outdoor party, she dressed up, she found his only dress in the package, she always wears T-shirt, I guess because she is in the trip.
I guess our writer are pretty beautiful, confident, brave, and attractive. I am not wandering why she can travel a lot. First, she is still working for a magazine company during her trip. Second, she is an American, their passport allows them to go to plenty of countries. Of course, there is some news said that Europe will require American get Europe Visa before them go there since 2019.
She got more friends in Bali, there is one guy who is not allow to come to American, and he's wife still in Manhattan, so he has gotten homesick, that way they always talk about American life, which restaurant are more attractive, which shop they have been there and where they met their ex-boyfriend or wife. She and this new friend took a American style road trip, of course, they didn't found any suitable road or highway to do their trip, they passed beaches and beaches, they ate chips and chicken, just pretend their in American.
She was falling love with a Brazilian. Finally, she being loved again. Her new boyfriend's name is Felipe, who is fifty-two years old, and his son is working in Austrian, and he have his own business in Bali.
She tried to a local family to build their own house, she collect a huge money from all over the world, but there are some problems in Bali, it is not easy to buy a land in Bali. The important thing is her friend want more, she has gotten more crazy, she want more money, even she want to have own hotel. OMG, she should be gratitude have enough money to buy a nice house. So the things become complicated. Her boyfriend Felipe told her some truth about local people, you can't angry with those local people, just change your way talk to them. So she made a excuse to push her friend to made a decision quickly, she said that she's all American friends are angry with her, because they don't see their money has been use for building a house. Yes, after that, only few hours, her friend made a choice which land she want to buy and even don't choice a auspicious day to buy it, and she also booked the building material. See the arts of communication.
She also attended a new born's ceremony and talked some of Gender Topics with her local friend, about birth control, female banana, infertility, vasectomy and so on. Definitely, Those words are advanced for me.
After that, she finally go back to American, and she didn't break up with her new Bali boyfriend, she find her love and balance in her spiritual trip thought Italy, India, Indonesia.
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