Bali - Living the Dream

2/23/2012 5:42 PM

So it is yet another evening in Bali; another wonderful sunset, another day spent enjoying such absolute paradise. Yet, I feel, like I have many times before, it is time to move. To where, I am not certain yet. All I know is that it is time to start wearing shoes again; time to start thinking more about the next great adventure and less about what the waves are going to be like. Bali has been fantastic to me, but I am feeling stagnant; feeling like I have overstayed my welcome in paradise; feeling like its time to explore the other destinations of this beautiful continent. One could get lost here; never to return. Would it be a bad thing? I am not sure; all I know is that this place is addictive. It takes you over with its beautiful beaches, welcoming people, delicious food and oh-so strong Arrak. Paradise is paradise. But other things await me, and while I cannot say I want to leave, I must. I’ve never understood the phrase “too much of a good thing is bad thing” until now. To some extent, I am beginning to feel at home here; at peace with the outside world; careless of the goings on of non-tropical places. As much as I want to embrace that feeling; to make it my friend; it is a wary feeling travelers should avoid. I fear that if I spend any more time here, I simply will not leave. I will be trapped forever in paradise; and while this does not seem like such a bad idea, I’m 50 years too young. Perhaps in my old age I will allow the seductiveness of this beautiful and alluring island to take me over, right now, I simply have too much to do and too much to see. I would simply love to spend a few more weeks here living the surfer’s dream, but choices must be made and new places wait to be explored.