INDONESIA’S ISLANDS—field notes from the journal of guide Donald Lyon. October 19-November 3, 2009 Day 1 (October 19, 2009) Sanur and Denpasar, Bali: As it does every day in Bali, the sun rose at 6:30. Our little band, almost complete, was stirring. Robyn Searl (Beijing, China), Marlin and Edna Owen (La Miranda, CA) had arrived on the 17th and were old Bali hands at this point. Yesterday Chris Kogut (Pittsford, NY), Ronnie Levin (Williamstown, MA) and your humble correspondent (YHC, aka Don Lyon) arrived in the afternoon while Bonnie Hegge (coming from Nairobi, Kenya) and Deanna Alderman (Arvada, CO--where Bonnie normally lives,) arrived in the evening. Jim Treat (Walnut Creek, CA) would arrive this afternoon. Visas at the airport were just a matter of standing in line at the airport and paying the $25 fee. Some
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