I lost my Bali travel partner to cancer, a lady by the name of Susan Gomez. OK, Bali is just an island with tons of tourists and very little undiscovered in comparison with other areas, but you would be surprised. I made it my business to go to every village practically in Bali to check it all out, and Susan would often come along (just buddies); in fact she loaned my now wife a swinsuit once and we still have it. I did not contact her for ages because I was unable to travel to Bali officially / openly any more, then one day I got an email from her sister saying she had lost her fight for cancer. My how quickly that stuff gets you, my how it brings it home to you how you must squeeze every last ounce out of life while you can huh?

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