Following in the steps of J-Rob

Hello from Bali. While I have not read the book / seen the movie, I realized I am currently mirroring the last 2/3rds of Eat Pray Love. This was unintentional; however, I'd be amenable to bringing home a European yoga babe.

I arrived from Bombay where I stayed with my friend Ashay and his wife Abha at their new home in Malabar Hill. I had been to the city once before for Ashay's wedding a few years back. Bombay is a city like Shanghai, that has grown so quickly and has attracted so much capital, that it was hardly recognizable. Although not a great "tourist" city, a nice place to visit after Nepal, as all we did was hang out and go to nice restaurants. It was interesting that in Rajasthan, beef was nowhere on the menu, but at upmarket spots in Bombay, many places had beef, and in fact I ate two cheeseburgers over the course of the weekend (goodbye Everest weight-loss). Abha and Ashay were terrific hosts and on Saturday, post dinner, which like NYC ended at nearly 12am, we went to Ashay's country club, whose bar was turned into an amazing bar late night by other young members. Bollywood and western dance turned were blaring in the wood paneled room- this was more Dorrians than the Racquet Club. Everyone was dancing, taking the odd break to go out on terrace to smoke or go to bar for another drink. At around 2am, about ten of us went back to Ashay's for late night karaoke session. When Journey's Don't stop believing came on, knew that this was a city I could call home. Unfortunately, still not used to city-lifestyle from Nepal, woke up at 8am after sleeping for 4 hrs. People left at 5am but I passed out beforehand. The nice thing about no drinking while trekking was no hangovers! After another day of hanging out and having brunch with Ashay's friends, who I had met during his wedding, we went to watch the Indian premier league cricket finals and I was off to the airport to fly to Bali.

In Bali, I'm staying at the Ashram Ghandi. It's on the ocean about 2 hrs north of the touristy southern area. While accommodations are simple, I'm learning yoga and participating during prayers and other Ashram activities. Ive attached a copy of my daily schedule. Also, the food is amazing. Pretty incredible that room and board here is only about 25 dollars per night! Have another 2 days here and then off to Gili Islands, then Borneo, then Java, then aspen and then back to my adoring fans. Hard to imagine I only have about 2 weeks left!

EPL,
Jacob