The rest of New Zealand and Bali 4/15-4/27

So after a couple days in Nelson getting things together and meeting a new friend of a friend, Aileen Shepard, Rena and I set out to catch the ferry from Picton to Wellington. We arrived in Wellington and said our goodbyes unfortunately but will meet again someday in the future for sure. I then drove up all the way to a couple hours outside of Auckland and picked up a hitch hiking girl from Israel named Naama Sitry. We kicked it off and hung out for the day finding a hidden gem near Auckland called the beach lands. We then hung out for a bit then hit the town for a little sneak and eat into Nomads hostel. After found a nice place to sleep and I woke up to flying out to Sydney then flying into Bali late at night. Got through the customs and the 25 dollar visa on arrival fee without any hustle but a bag grabbing helper who asked for money for helping carry my bag 50 meters so I gave him 10 cents and told him you grabbed my bag without me knowing of giving you anything and I thought you where from customs so piss off! When I made it out I was surrounded by taxi drivers asking me where I was going and what I was doing for an hour straight before finding my friend Jill, American Ex, who was waiting in the wrong place. We hung out for a couple days before things got too personal and I decided I wanted to do my own thing. Everything happens for a reason and I'm very glad it happened this way. I saw tons of surf places, amazingly spiritual people who lighten your day with their most genuine smile, crazy monkeys clan fights, Ubud, Uluwatu, Panang Panang, Bingin Beach, Rice terraces, and everything between. Had some really amazing yoga at the Yoga Barn and another Yoga studio right next to Buddha Bali which has amazing food and healthy Juices. Stayed on the beach at Kelly Warungs in Bingin for 7.50us and also Bali Spring home stay in Ubud for 10us a night that had a family staying right in the court yard with also their kids playing around everyday. Rented a motorbike 125cc for 4us a day and rode all over through crazy bee storms of motorcycle traffic. Hung out with some amazing people, Katrina Seidel, Ty and Erin Essenburg, Brian Larsh, and Anja Thompson, whom made the trip well worth it.

Some thoughts:

You'll find me saying goodbye to someone who I thought I knew but I guess people change in time and their jealousies blind their mind to the point of you letting them go. As much as I hate letting go, I love new beginnings and what ever has an ending means that there is a new beginning.

Bye for now...

4-14 The New Zealand Tour South Island: Golden Bay, Farewell spit, Wharariki beach, and Nelson.

After a nice sleep in a bed I got up to make some left overs and also stumbled upon a conversation about a beach called Wharariki. Two gentleman staying at the hostel where talking about the beach and how you can play with baby fur seals. I was super intrigued and asked where this beach was. One of the gentleman showed me on a map where it is and also explained that you need to be very calm for about twenty minutes before trying to play with the seals so they can get adjusted to you. I told Rena and we, her and I, ate some food, charged up some things, cleaned up the car, looked up some Internet searching, and then head out to check out the farewell spit with also the intent of heading to the Wharariki beach after. The drive along the 60 to the Collingwood-Pupinga Main road was very nice and didn't have as many crazy turns as the one from Motueka to Takaka. We arrived at the Spit and walked all the way down to almost the end before running out of time to see the seals during low tide. The beach of the Spit is seashell land and when your walking down the beach it's very hard not to crunch down on more than a few shells. At around five thirty we made it over the dunes to the amazing Wharariki beach and walked along a huge sand bar ending up at a small pool filled with baby fur seals jumping out of the water playing with joy. We sat for a bit before playing with them and got a few amazing panarama sunset pics as well. We then walked out in amazement and drove off to Nelson in search for a good place to park for the night.

Bye for now...

Some thoughts:

You'll find me starring at an animal who keeps Coming up to me and trying to nibble at my feet. I keep wanting to jump in with them and swim away but don't want to familiarize them too much with humans. I can't really believe what is going on in the moment and when I leave this place there is the most amazing sunset I've seen in a long time. I feel pure bliss when I just got an amazing view of an animal so close to me and also our sun putting on a show.
I hope you find something that feels completely out of this world and you remember ill till that one day you tell your grand kids or your friends grand kids this amazing story that makes their eyes light up brighter than a skylight.

For my video of the seals on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTgc3lgENOo

But it might just be easier looking up jubean16 on YouTube or google jubean16 and it will pull up all my videos and youtube channel