Sometimes we get a chance to take a side-trip that is not business-related.  This year we went to Bali following the Conference in Surabaya.  Bali is a very laid-back island with a mainly Hindu culture as contrasted with the mainly Muslim culture of the rest of Indonesia.

We visited a coffee plantation and ground some coffee beans.

We visited  the caldera of the Batur volcano, one of Bali’s most active volcanoes.

We had several romantic, candle-lit dinners.

We even took a class in Indonesian cooking.  And there was the sea-salt and turmeric massage for which we have no pictures. 

We had dinner on a cliff overlooking the breakers coming in off the Indian Ocean at the Tanah Lot Temple.