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Written June 10, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just found this email I sent my mother on Feb. 4, 2020. It\u2019s weird how many places on my computer I can find scraps of memories from that time. My mother invited us to stay with them in Florida, USA.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for the invitation! We are holding tight here in Bali. Maybe we will reevaluate later. For a lark Jill was looking at tickets to <\/em>[Minnesota] and I told her we can\u2019t go there as we have no clothes to wear. So we looked at <\/em>[Florida].\u00a0 <\/em>[Florida] is a bit more realistic to our small wardrobe. I washed my clothes in the bath tub today, it\u2019s not too difficult with less than a weeks worth <\/em>[of clothes]. It\u2019s nice here, the weather has been hot and beautiful. The food is first rate and everything is really cheap.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PS: Bali is not Bali Hai from South Pacific.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On February 5, 2020; the state of Wisconsin got it\u2019s first case of COVID-19. The Diamond Princess, the cruise ship quarantined in Japan, announced 10 more cases bringing its total to 35 of the 3,711 passengers and crew many more were to be tested. [LINK<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Feb. 6, 2020 the first person in the USA died of COVID-19, it was later confirmed by autopsy. [LINK<\/a>]\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had planned on staying in Ubud for a couple more days and returning to Shenzhen on February 7. We couldn’t do that because our plane ticket to Shenzhen was purchased as a Round Trip and because we forfeited the Shenzhen to Bali leg (because we came to Bali from Manila) we couldn\u2019t use the return trip either. The Chinese government had extended the national Holiday for two more weeks already. My school in China told me we wouldn\u2019t start until at least March 1. Jill\u2019s college was offering her to a chance to teach online beginning in the last week of February. Reality was setting in for us but not yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I walked around Ubud and snapped a few pictures on Feb. 5. It was Jill\u2019s last day in her Yoga workshop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/a>
I was still pretty happy. It’s hard to be anxious in Bali. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Ubud<\/a>
There is more than one temple in Bali with gates like this. A more famous one shows up all the time. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"A<\/a>
This is the courtyard that was behind that temple gate. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Day 6 in Ubud started with a delicious breakfast (again). Jill and I found our way to the Art Market. Later that evening, we ate together and had a delicious smoothie bowl dessert during a rain shower.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ubud<\/a>
This was the fruit plate that came with all our breakfasts. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Ubud<\/a>
This precious little cat lived around the guesthouse. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Ubud<\/a>
Jill looking around the Ubud Art Market<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Civet\"<\/a>
This is a Civet, it’s alive. If you don’t know, Civets are used to produce Civet coffee. This poor little guy wishes no one would buy Civet coffee (Luwak Kopi in Indonesian). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Which<\/a>
We used our umbrellas to block the sun a lot in Bali.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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