today was pretty epic. i explored temples, hiked through rice rields, villages and jungles on teeny tiny slippery trails i'd never have found on my own. i bathed in holy water and drank out of the village spring (which was maybe kind of sketchy but whatever). i was invited to a local balinese ceremony and ate lunch with a finnish couple in a torrential downpour. but my favorite moment by far was when nyoman took me to his school. i'm not sure what they were learning exactly because i didn't see a single teacher. instead every classroom was filled with chattering, dancing, singing, jumping children. as soon as we walked up they came swarming out of the classrooms and crowding around me. dozens of them and more just kept coming, one after the other after the other out of the doorways.
"what is your name?!"
"marin. what is your name?"
"i am tui!"
"i am ketut!"
"i am kadu!"
and on and on and on. today i was mobbed by bouncing balinese children. (this isn't the "best" photo technically but i felt it goes pretty far in showing what was going on here.)
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