Traditions

Tradition number 1. No matter who else comes to Bali with us, Yohanes, Peco and I will always be together for New Years. We are the only three people who have been there every year for the past four years in a row.

New Years 2009

New Years 2010 (We never actually took a picture of the 3 of us together that year, but I promise I took the following picture of the two of them, so that is proof that we were all three there!)

New Years 2011

New Years 2012

Tradition number 2. The first two years I had this great tradition of taking a picture of the first sunrise of the year. It worked well for those two years, then it all went to heck.

First sunrise of 2009 (taken from Sanur)

First sunrise of 2010 (taken from Gili Air over Lombok)

First sunrise of 2011. This was the year that we saw – not exaggerating – TWO HOURS of sunlight during our 10 days on Bali. I set an alarm for 4:30 on New Years Day, woke up, looked out the window, saw that it was pouring down rain, and went back to sleep.

First sunrise of 2012. I already broke the tradition last year, so why bother? We were on the west side of the island anyways, so it wouldn’t have made for a good sunrise photo.

Tradition number 3 (kind of). I like finding Happy New Year signs and taking pictures of them. I’ve done this a couple times, so I think I’ll make it my new tradition. I like it because I don’t have to wake up at 4:30 to accomplish it.

Any good suggestions for other New Years traditions out there??