Lolo the bunny

Lolo and dragonfruit at Haleiwa Farmer's market

Sometimes the simplest of things are the most important. I missed out on a trip to Bali in July. My husband had a month long  job in Bali, and I was planning to tag along as I often do, but my dad got ill and I ended up staying in New York. All of July I travelled vicariously through Ruslan, who sent me photos of elephant park, and monkey safaris, Ubud, the country side, and the beautiful mountain retreat he stayed at. I listened to his stories and musings about Bali, we stayed on Skype for hours, and I would ask him to describe everything in the most minute detail. From what he had for breakfast, to typical Balinese fashion, to how the monkeys behaved themselves. I made him promise me over and over again that we will return to Bali together soon. He brought me lots of gifts from the trip, all of which were pretty fantastic. He is good like that. I got traditional sarongs and “matryoshka” like rice boxes, pretty jewelry and lovely clothes. My  absolute favorite though is a small brown bunny wearing a traditional Balinese outfit.

At Sunset beach

I named the bunny Lolo and vowed to take him along on all my travels. So I did, his first trip being to Oahu and Maui. I predictably took pictures of Lolo at farmer’s markets and the beach, on the boat, in the botanical gardens. Anywhere I remembered to take pictures:). He is very photogenic it turns out, looks adorable from every angle. I hope to make a collage of these photos one day and hang them up in our apartment, as a reminder of Lolo’s and our fun travels

Going to Bali has been a dream of mine  for some time, and being unable to go at the last minute was pretty upsetting. Somehow having Lolo made it a lot more bearable. Hard to explain really. I guess it’s just a funny, child like notion…

boating...

Hawaiian water tastes so clean!

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