Last March we and a couple friends were on Bali, in a village in the northern hills, for Nyepi, the 'day of silence' that mark's the first day of the Balinese New Year. As soon as we returned to KL Dave's photographs from that trip - and there are alot of them - got buried beneath deadlines and other obligations, so I never posted much about it. But I just came across a stick drive full of photos, and I've been looking and remembering ... all the amazing experiences (culinary and otherwise) we had that week. The Balinese start their New Year's celebrations several days before Nyepi with Melasti, a cleansing ceremony (I'm simplifying ... read more