Nature hides her secrets because of her essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse.
- Albert Einstein, Germany
Never quite had a Christmas eve as such last night but we ended a pilgrimage that began with a long drive straight to South for Pura Luhur Uluwatu. Had a simple toes in the hot sand lunch of grilled garoupa and king prawns, the freshest kangkung I had in a long time, and soaking in the many events of 2008 in front of Pura Luhur Tanah Lot at sunset.
We came home to crack open a bottle of Merlot from the Naked Grange (Yarra Valley) at our villa's pool. Pure darkness enveloped our surrounding with a fine blanket of mist breaking the humid heat of the day. A lone umang-umang did the dance of the firefly by the jungle as we sat amongst our simple candle lit dinner.
Behind us an invisible orchestra of monyet loudly completed their chatter of the day.
In the short distant background, our resident gecko croaked his melody.
We looked up and it was a clear night. I saw my 3-joint stars.
Merry Christmas to one and all. Love from Ubud.
