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the wanderings of dan pyzam com click here for thousands of free blogger templates skip to main skip to sidebar the wanderings of dan thursday january 21 2010 indonesia part one sorry for the long break it seems like awhile since i was in indo but at the same time the memories are so fresh so many different things happened while i was there so many new experiences insights and feelings it was such an unreal experience a much needed experience to be away from stuff and be isolated with a few friends and my thoughts i kept a travel journal while i was there i treasure it and am so glad i took that we really felt that we were completely out of our comfort zone about 95 of the time except when we were in the water we experienced some pretty amazing things from surfing amazing waves to cruising through bali on scooters they drive on the opposite side ha drew getting pulled over by the police to no one speaking english being on an airplane to the island java and being the only white non muslim people to a open wild life safari it was non stop action we were even able to attend church in bali at a members house which the whole island has about 6 10 members very humbling experience 10 percent of bali was christian all in all it was the people of indonesia that made the experience complete the nicest and most humble people i have ever met also the happiest people ive met i ll let the pictures tell the stories please comment on the pics you like and any questions you have i will probably post more about my experience its one that was such a blessing and a learning experience in every way no words to express it so blessed bangen beach the indo crew with our local friend aleks eating at a warung no utensils streets of bali a hindu ceremony uluwatu hindu temple monkey in the temple about to take a bath uluwatu surf break we chilled in this beach hut sitting above the ocean watching some good surf sunset at uluwatu the beautiful scenery on our scooter ride to ubud the indo crew ryan drew poliman james kristi eating at a warung in ubud and our view the people scootering through the rice fields rice fields and this super nice man you could look in his eyes and see 100 happiness i wanted to ask him what made him so happy about life but he spoke no english sunest in ubud posted by dan kettle at thursday january 21 2010 14 comments monday november 2 2009 calmness of mind i am back from indonesia and safe thanks to all the emails or posts on face book for your concern during the earthquakes there fyi they have still had minor earthquakes every week since those big ones hit feel blessed to not have to worry about that on a weekly basis so for quite awhile now i have been on this reading kick and meditation stuff most of the books are self help and inspirational type stuff but i have found amazing insights and solid meanings this year for some reason has been a reflective one for me i think part of it is at the stage of life im at and part is due too my travels and experiences in general this last trip especially was a pretty powerful and eye opening experience today i was reading this book and came across this deep insight that i thought i should share as long as there is a lack of the inner discipline that brings calmness of mind no matter what external facilities or conditions you have they will never give you the feeling of joy and happiness that you are seeking on the other hand if you posses this inner quality a calmness of mind a degree of stability within then even if you lack various external facilities that you would normally consider necessary for happiness it is still possible to live a happy and joyful life i was blown away when i read that it totally put a finger on my whole experience in indonesia i thought i had seen poor conditions and people in hawaii or costa rica which i did but not to the extent of there on the other hand i have never met more loving giving warm and happy people as i did in indo they lead extremely simple lives and work very hard for what they have which is not much you could see it in their eyes eyes can tell so much of a person i will blog about the trip and my experiences later but this was another way i learned i have way too much and need to simplify more than i have and we really don t need much to be content and happy truly happy the true antidote of greed is contentment in my journeys too indo i decided to bring a friend back with me posted by dan kettle at monday november 02 2009 7 comments monday september 21 2009 odyssey od ys sey d s n pl od ys seys 1 an extended adventurous voyage or trip 2 an intellectual or spiritual quest an odyssey of discovery i guess this is what i m about to embark on an odyssey a few friends and i had hooked up with this humanitarian group to go to baja to do some building of houses and stuff and a little surf as well a few weeks before the trip it was cancelled due to the drug wars and violence there the question then was what now since we couldn t go there i wanted to go somewhere cool where i would be completely out of my comfort zone and be surrounded by a totally different and deep culture after debating a few places indonesia was the winner located below thailand and above australia i know that sounds funny to say where it s located but i have had a million questions where it is and why we chose that place indo is made up of 17 000 stunning and jaw dropping islands and beaches and has incredibly rich culture bali is mostly hindu and java is mostly islamic i have had a few friends from indonesia when i was at school in hawaii tell me to come visit them one of those friends had past away two years ago due to a sudden illness her brothers ended up coming out to hawaii for school as well and i became good friends with them the day we were buying tickets to indo happened to be two years since their sisters passing so i wrote them on face book and let them know i was thinking about them and their sister and had just bought tickets to indonesia within 30 minutes i got a call from their aunt who lives in slc and she was in the process of arranging places to stay for us and stuff to do i was blown away by their generosity and how fast the word had traveled we are fortunate enough to stay with my friends family for most of the time these people are ridiculously kind they have completely gone out of there way for us because we were good friends with their daughter and two sons and also since i had organized a memorial in hawaii in her honor while the funeral was in indo there are three of us going on this epic trip and we are stoked out of our minds and humbled at the same time here are some things we expect to experience on this trip splendid beauty indo has to offer the culture the people the waves we feel extremely lucky and are 100 grateful for this rare opportunity to visit such a unique and pristine place in the company of locals and humble people this is gonna be a huge learning opportunity and a spiritual quest i almost forgot to mention the lengthy travel time but it will be well worth it i take off wednesday the 23rd for two and a half weeks feel free to leave me any good tips or thoughts or qoutes to take with me aloha posted by dan kettle at monday september 21 2009 10 comments sunday august 16 2009 may hem part 2 back in the blogging world took a break for a bit after a crazy summer so far so back in may june some friends and i went on a road trip to nor cal for my cousins wedding in oakland this was quite the reunion my buddy drew flew into slc and julie holland and a friend of mine here named jen all got in my element and went for a good old road trip to meet up with our good friend tyler ryan the drive was crazy and long nevada is not fun to drive thru we hit up some cool spots and i ll let the photos do the talking tell me your top three favorite photos and give me honest feedback negative positive it was a fun trip and we had some cool adventures some pics were just for fun everyone was good to let me photog and document the trip and be models when i found a cool shot posted by dan kettle at sunday august 16 2009 13 comments sunday june 14 2009 may hem my apologies for being absent for quite some time may was an insane month for me it was one adventure to the next a few months ago my brother n law and i had kinda started doing a little running to get in shape he had ran a 10k in southern utah and after we came back from that he suggested we train for a half marathon my first reaction was laughing neither of us were runners nor pretended to be after some thought on it i decided i needed to challenge my body and myself mentally in a new way and this would be a good opportunity something completely out of my element we checked out the training schedule and we re already a week behind but we put in the time and worked our way up to it one day during my longest run i got that runners high it was such a good experience i felt unstoppable i was in a different frame of mind so as the race approached we were still nervous since we still felt like we didn t know what we got ourselves into we drove down the night before and pulled up at 11 30 and had to be up by 4 30 and if anyone knows me im a night person and at that i don t like running or doing anything that early the alarm rang and in a short bit we found ourselves stretching to run a race it was crazo so many things were going through my mind but i knew i was gonna finish we all got lined up to run and it was such a weird experience we were a herd of people all just going to run a course here is a pic i found on the internet that shows the herd im talking about it was just such a different thing to be in once the gun shot and everyone started running i just looked around and all you could see is heads everywhere just bobbing up and down i kinda felt like a bunch of animals in a herd and we were all just following each other the race was a real intense and challenging experience but was such a good growing opportunity for me physically and mentally i challenged myself in new ways i finished the race in good time and had such a good feeling once i crossed the finish line i took myself to a new level in life its important i realized to challenge ourselves mentally and physically push the limits try new things i never considered myself a runner but it happened so the next week to reward myself for doing that i went on a last minute random cruise with a couple of my friends we booked a weekend cruise to ensenada mexico but due to the swine flu we were rerouted to catalina island we barely made it to the airport in time and when i mean barely they had been calling our names and we were the last people to sit on the plane it was so nice once we got to san diego to take off the ocean breeze and smell felt like home again i missed being close to the ocean we had such a good time on the cruise even though it was a quick one being out on the open water is such a good feeling and catalina was a cool little town here s some pics of the adventures more mayhem events to come shortly posted by dan kettle at sunday june 14 2009 9 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom followers music amigos karrie crawford dani punderson mike sloan david and ashley bowen pehrson and kate hawkley matty and lindsay raynor chris and nicole gardner matt and amy bracken lindsey hymas james and kristi claverie whitney and dan blocker jessica lynch chelsea matthews leslie miles mari osterloh hailey price jake and cody boucher marci white clay and jen tori and joe clay s photography mj photography cody and alycia lacie jordan and megan flake lisa hall aarean heather robinson warner aaron and erin jackson and shandra brown mike and mindi watkins marni vail justin smith jeana and steve jeff and tyler kettle bonnie rachel johnson matt and tenille gates cassie chen ashley flake jen and ryan baumann jess jones john and shanster kristi brian drummer jaques jesse and doretha price 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