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A day of silence, a first hour before the heat, a meal that takes all afternoon. The tropics keep some very old habits about pace, and travellers who borrow them tend to come home better rested than the ones who did more.
One day a year, an entire island stops. No flights, no traffic, no work, no light after dark. What Nyepi does to Bali is worth understanding even if you never…
Between first light and about eight in the morning, hot countries hand you the best hour of the day. Almost nobody on holiday takes…