We ride past incredible scenery... down winding roads through thickly forested canyons, up steep edges of meticulously groomed rice fields, through bustling little villages with chickens and dogs and children and people sitting playing cards in the road... Iluh maneuvers the scooter at a steady 40 mph. Soon the clouds become thick and lower and a breeze comes up. People hurry along the road carrying their burdens... prized roosters in baskets balanced on a long bamboo pole, bundles of bright green leafy branches, buckets of water, armloads of banana leaves, crates of coconuts, burlap sheets with drying spices... everyone hurries to get in out of the impending downpour. Iluh and I just laugh... we don't care if we
get wet, just another rainy day in
Bali.