Bali Bali Bali...

If you have watched the Eay Pray Love movie and wondered if the places Julia Roberts visits are real, I can tell Bali was pictured very well!

The movie did show the peaceful side of Bali which is something very beautiful, peaceful and full of serenity. As I've written before on my Cambodia blog, there's something 'in the air' in Bali. It's the people, weather, sunsets, food, smell of incents...it's everything!

There is the other side; noisy and chaotic traffic, poor people begging, desperate people trying to sell products and dirty stray dogs and cats running around the streets. This is in the main tourist area called Kuta Beach...which I only recommend to pass through...quickly! And concentrate on other parts of the beautiful island.

Once you've visited Bali, you want to go back over and over again. Watching the movie and seeing the scenery of Ubud's lush tropical jungle made my heart feeling so warm and peaceful. One day I'll go back there!

Here are some memorable photos I took in Bali 2 years ago:

Cruising around the Caribbean...dreaming.

Ten night Southern Caribbean cruise...Starting point San Juan, Puerto Rico...Visiting the small islands in the beautiful and charmy Caribbean: British Virgin Islands, St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Barbados, Gredada, Aruba, Curacao...mmmm, just thinking of all this makes me wanna wear linen clothes, white sun hat, big sunnies and listen rythms of the sunny and smiley islands. 

(luxurybeachfrontvillas.com)

Celebrity Cruises does these cruises (and so does many other cruise companies), but if you want some luxury while being on the cruise, choose Celebrity Cruises! As they write on the website: "Celebrity Millennium is more than a ship; she is a special memory waiting to be had." World class restaurants and broadway-style shows and luxury beauty and spa ameneties are calling!

One of my very good friends is working on this ship and I've got an invite to go on the cruise...should I...? But I have already Dubai and Dominican Rebuplic trips booked and planned...I wanna go go go!


Back from daydreaming to the snowy and cold Finland...spring is almost here, I'm hoping.