We got the wrong impression of Bali. For the first two weeks, the weather was sunny. Then it started raining … Welcome to the Elliott Confidential podcast. To get the full Elliott Confidential experience, please subscribe to this newsletter. Here’s this week’s question: Has bad weather ever ruined your vacation? I’m talking rain on a ski vacation or a hurricane when you’re trying to visit the beach. Please share your tales of woe. We’d love to commiserate! Balinese are deeply spiritual people. Here’s a local woman leaving an offering for the gods at a busy intersection near our rental. Why leave an offering at an intersection? It’s said to prevent accidents. We got this picture of this Balinese temple between the raindrops. You can find temples, large and small, on almost every street corner. Here’s an example of the Bali bubble. It’s a private villa at the Bulgari Resort overlooking the Indian Ocean. It’s the most expensive hotel in Southeast Asia, and one of the most beautiful. If we ever came back to Bali, we would go here. Don’t forget this week’s question: Tell us about the last time bad weather ruined your vacation. We love getting your comments. Iden Elliott  0:00   UHello, everybody. Welcome back to the Elliott confidential podcast. My name is Iden Elliott. I'm joined by my brother, Aren Elliott. My father, Christopher Elliott, and my uncle, Dustin Elliott. Are you guys doing today? Christopher Elliott  0:16   Hello, hello!  Aren Elliott  0:17   We are doing good?  Christopher Elliott  0:18   Yeah, awesome.  Aren Elliott  0:19   So, over the past two weeks, we've done a lot of stuff in Bali. But last week, we weren't able to get to the podcast, unfortunately. But we have a lot in store. We've done a lot here in Bali and can't wait to share that all with you. But unfortunately, it has been raining, basically, constantly while we're here. Christopher Elliott  0:41   You can even hear the rain right now. Iden Elliott  0:43   It is currently raining very hard out. Christopher Elliott  0:45   We should add some sound effects to the podcast with rain and maybe some thunder. Just for dramatic effect.  Iden Elliott  0:52   You don't need to add it, you can already hear it. Christopher Elliott  0:53   Yeah, okay.  Aren Elliott  0:54   Yeah, yeah. But I'm trying to think well, we've been staying mainly in Canggu lately, and we've been sort of eating at the restaurants and making our own food while it rains outside. So, but we've also explored some other things. There was a full moon and we were able to see the ocean at high tide, which is really scary. Christopher Elliott  1:17   That was today and it had been raining. And it was the tide was so high that we could not walk on the beach. Yeah, it was that you could there was a little stair that you walk down. And if you walk down to the bottom stare, you get hit by the water. Scary. Aren Elliott  1:33   Very crazy. And Dustin, you went and did stand up paddleboarding? How was that? Dustin Elliott  1:38   Yes, I did. It was very, very fun and enjoyable, but also very scary. If you don't know how to deal with the waves. Yeah. And it, it's hard. If you don't know how to surf for you don't add it, like keep your balance on a board. So I'm most of the time I was kind of on my knees trying to get around, Christopher Elliott  1:58   We should mention that Bali is still a developing Island. And that when it rains, the sewage goes from the rivers into the ocean. And you can't really swim in the ocean because there's a lot of runoff.  Dustin Elliott  2:15   Yeah, there's a lot of sewage that goes into the water.  Christopher Elliott  2:17   So it's yeah, this is something that's new to us is like, you know, don't after the rain, don't go into the hole. Dustin Elliott  2:22   Well, it's new to us, because we're not really ocean dwelling people that are around the beach a lot. But for most people who a