Mixed Blessings
Rainy season typically arrives in Bali in November and lasts until April or so. This year, however, it seems to be dragging in here later than usual. This is a mixed blessing: Without the rains, Bali is rather more hot than usual. The gap between dry season and the beginning of the rains is generally agreed to be the least pleasant time of the year. (Mind you, we’re splitting hairs here as Bali weather at its worst is still better than many places!) However, despite the heat, there is one dramatic upside: Rainy season brings the most spectacular sunsets imaginable. I don’t know what it is, the region’s volcanoes spewing detritus into the air, or simply some change in the atmosphere, but whatever the cause we get sunsets in glorious technicolor. I send people photos, they think I’ve spent hours in PhotoShop making them this sexy. Nope. It’s just Bali…naturally beautiful.
